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Gaṅgāṣṭakastotra, 1867.
गङ्गाष्टकस्तोत्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2539
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Vālmīki, attributed name.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Gangā (Hindu deity).
- Gangā.
- Hindu goddesses.
- Hinduism--Prayers and devotions.
- Hinduism.
- Devotional literature.
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh).
- Genre:
- hymns
- prayers (compositions)
- poems
- watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Prayers.
- Devotional literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 17 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2539
- Place of Publication:
- 1867.
- १८६७.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Attributed to the literary sage Vālmīki.
- Summary:
- Small manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the River Ganges, personified as a goddess (Gaṅgā).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2r).
- Written in 10 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīvālmīkināviracitaṃ gaṃgāṣṭakastotraṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 2r).
- Dated śaka 1789 (1867) based on watermark.
- Mistakes blacked out; written on blue European paper.
- Watermark of part of a coat of arms and the date 1864 A.D.
- Cited in:
- Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1741 (UP 2539).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2539.
- OCLC:
- 968936375
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