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Gaṅgāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850.
गङ्गाष्टकस्तोत्र

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2795
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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Kālidāsa.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Gangā (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Genre:
poems
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 12 x 22 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2795
Other Title:
Gaṅgāstotra
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Poem and devotional work devoted to Gaṅgā (embodiment of the Ganges river) and related mythology. Manuscript was folded in half for ease of portability, suggesting its use in personal rites and practice.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 1v); alternate title Gaṅgāstotra from abbreviation in margin (f. 1v).
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
Colophon: iti śrīkavikulatilakakālidāsakṛtaṃ gaṃgāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 1v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; blue European paper.
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 1763 (UP 2795).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2795.
OCLC:
979990850

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