Details

Subjects:

Gangā (Hindu deity).
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Hindu mythology.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Ganges River (India and Bangladesh).

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Prayers.
Devotional literature.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Collection of poetic works from the Mahābhārata and various Purāṇas celebrating the greatness of the river Ganges (Gaṅgā); includes prayers, hymns and myths about the river and its manifestation as the Hindu goddess Gaṅgā.

Contents:

Mahābhārata anuśāsana parvaṇ
Mahābhārata āraṇyaka parvaṇ
Brahmapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya
Viṣṇupurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya
Matsyapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya
Kūrmapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya
Skandapurāṇa revākhaṇḍa
Liṅgapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya
Vārāhapurāṇa
Viṣṇudharmottara
Brahmāṃḍapurāṇa
Kāmikāsaṃhitta.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
57 leaves foliated 1-36, 40-48, 54-60, [i-iii], 64-65, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kāmikāsaṃhittāyāṃ gaṃgāmāhātmye ekonaviṃśodhyāyaḥ 19 (chapter 19, f. 64v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Non-Latin script record.

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 1044 (UP 2351).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2351

Contains:

Mahābhārata. Anuśāsanaparva. Selections.
Mahābhārata. Vanaparva. Selections.
Puranas. Brahmapurāṇa
Puranas. Viṣṇupurāṇa
Puranas. Matsyapurāṇa
Puranas. Kūrmapurāṇa
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Revākhaṇḍa
Puranas. Liṅgapurāṇa
Puranas. Varāhapurāṇa
Puranas. Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa
Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa
Kāmikāsaṃhitta.

OCLC:

773695463