Details

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Prayers (documents)
Poems.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Prayers.
Devotional literature.

Language:

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