Gaṅgāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850. = गङ्गाष्टक, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 424
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31g0hv2h - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Sacred space.
India.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Sacred space -- India.
Rivers -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Ganges River (India and Bangladesh). - Form/Genre:
- Hymns.
Poems.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Biography/History:
- Text attributed to this 5th century Sanskrit and Prakrit poet.
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a short poem in eight verses, used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the river Ganges (Gaṅgā), especially sacred to Hinduism.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatkālikāsakṛtaugaṃgāṣṭakaṃ samāptaṃ // śubham astu // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black 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 1625 (UP 424).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 424
- OCLC:
- 838621347