Details

Subjects:

Sacred space.
India.
Gangā (Hindu deity).
Puja (Hinduism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Rivers -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Sacred space -- India.
Ganges River (India and Bangladesh).

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation, prayer and worship (pūjā) in praise of the Hindu goddess Gaṅgā known also as the river Ganges, sacred to the Hindu religion. Title translates as the "Wave of the Ganges." Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 1690 (UP 400).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 400

OCLC:

838614646