Gaṅgālaharī, circa 1700-1850.
गङ्गालहरी

Format:

• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Jagannātha Paṇḍitarāja.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Gangā (Hindu deity).
• Śiva (Hindu deity).
• Siva (Hindu deity).
• Hindu mythology.
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

• Poems.
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2804

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

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 especially in the city of Vāraṇasī, sacred to the Hindu religion. Frequent mention of Śiva. Title translates as the Wave of the Ganges. Work is incomplete. Includes part of an unidentified commentary. A second fragment of a text from the Anusmṛti dedicated to Viṣṇu is at the end (f. 15).

Notes:

• Title from title page (f. 1r); title of second fragment from end title page (f. 15r).
• Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
• 7 leaves foliated 1-6, 15, upper left and lower right verso.
• 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 1661 (UP 2804).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2804.

OCLC:

979991074