A newĀ digital edition of the Mewar RÄmÄyaį¹aĀ has been published, inĀ a transnational “digital reunification project” that brings together pieces of the manuscript held at the British Library; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Mumbai); the Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery (Vadodara); the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute (Jodhpur); and a private collection in Mumbai.
The RÄmÄyaį¹aĀ is “one of two ancient Sanskrit epics of India and is traditionally attributed to the authorship of the sage VÄlmÄ«ki.” This particular edition, the Mewar RÄmÄyaį¹a, comes from seventeenth century Rajasthan, where it was commissioned by Maharana Jagat Singh, the ruler of the Rajput kingdom. The MewarĀ RÄmÄyaį¹aĀ is notable for lavish detail given to the manuscriptās 450 paintings.
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