श्री सीताराम रस चन्द्रोदय
Śrī Sītā–Rāma Rasa-candrodaya
Janakarāja Kiśorī Śaraṇa (Rasik Alī) · Rasika Rāmānandī tradition · Sanskrit and Braj/Hindi
Rasik Alī’s Sītā–Rāma rasa work, securely identified through attributed quotations but not yet found as a complete witness.
Two exact NGMPP films located · images neededEditorial place
Why it belongs here
The recovered invocation and attributed verses connect the work directly to the Cāruśīlā–Candrakalā lineage invoked by the Dhyāna Mañjarī preface.
Production path
What a complete edition requires
- Step 1
Acquire every frame and catalog card for NGMCP M 4/5, then obtain M 60/3 as the explicitly incomplete comparison witness.
- Step 2
Audit both films for title, incipit, divisions, foliation, gaps, duplicates, and terminal colophon before assigning completion.
- Step 3
Route the prepared inventory request through the official Gyan Bharatam contacts to search Shri Ram Granthagar and International Ramkatha Sangrahalaya for the exact title, Rasik Alī’s names, Karuṇāsindhu, and the photographed invocation.
- Step 4
Continue lineage-repository searches at Lakṣmaṇa Kila, Jānakī Ghāṭ, Mithilā Rasik Nivāsa, and Vihāra Kuṇḍ.
- Step 5
Verify the opening, all internal divisions, and terminal colophon against page images.
- Step 6
Collate the known quotations, then prepare the complete source–English reader and PDF.
Verification
Digital source record
- NGMCP · Sītārāmarasacandrodaya · M 4/5 ↗
Exact-title 35-folio record with condition unspecified. Primary acquisition target; not cataloged as complete.
- NGMCP · Sītārāmarasacandrodaya · M 60/3 ↗
Exact-title 42-folio record explicitly marked damaged and incomplete; needed for comparison, not a release base by itself.
- Candrakalā Vaibhava Digdarśana ↗
Photographed exact-title quotations preserving the invocation, verses 14–15, and one attributed kavitta.
- Amara Rāmāyaṇa author witness ↗
Independent photographed identification of Janakarāja Kiśorī Śaraṇa as Rasik Alī.
- Gyan Bharatam · Shri Ram Granthagar ↗
Current catalogued Hindi/Sanskrit collection-level record in Ayodhya; no Rasik Alī item match is public.
- Gyan Bharatam · International Ramkatha Sangrahalaya ↗
Current catalogued Rāma-focused collection-level record; no target title or shelfmark is public.
- Gyan Bharatam · official contact ↗
Published Ministry of Culture routing page for the prepared item-inventory request; no message has yet been sent.