Adhy ātma Rāmāyaṇ a

[Svevo D'Onofrio]

Dear colleague,

Anandaghan "Khwush" was  a poet who hailed from "among the intellectuals of Brindaban" (quoted by Rajeev Kinra, Infantilizing Baba Dara, "Journal of Persianate Studies" 2 (2009), p. 174).
He was the author of several Persian works, many of which are mentioned in Hermann Ethé's Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, London 1903-37 (nos. 1725, 1959, 1962,  2905, 2906, 2926). These (possibly) include Persian translations of the Gayamahatmya, Bhagavadgita, Kashikhanda and Ramayana.

Best,

Svevo D'Onofrio

PhD, Research Fellow
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Käte Hamburger Kolleg
"Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe"
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> Il giorno 15/feb/2011, alle ore 21.36, Robert Goldman ha scritto:
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>> Dear Colleagues, (I hope that this comes through better than y past posting.)
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>> A local gentleman, a California winemaker by profession, visited me today to ask me about a book in his possession that had belonged to his late grandfather.  Upon inspection I found it to be a two volume set consisting of a handwritten English translation of the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa with an introduction by one Anand Ghan who describes himself  as "A Member of the College of Brahmins at Benares" and who claims that he translated the text from "Sanscrit into Persian" and "Again translated from the Persian into English".  It is dated 1804 and appears to have been purchased in India, perhaps by the grandfather for Rs. 8.
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>> The book is in quite good condition. The handwriting is quite clear and the English excellent.
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>> The owner was reluctant to leave the book with me but  I was able to take  two images from it that I snapped with my mobile phone. One is of the title page of the first volume and one is from a randomly opened page to show what the text itself looks like.
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>> I would be interested to know if any of you know anything about  Pt. Ghan or the history of his double translation.
>> Dr. R. P.  Goldman
>> Professor of Sanskrit
>> Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
>> MC # 2540
>> The University of California at Berkeley
>> Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
>> Tel: 510-642-4089
>> Fax: 510-642-2409
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