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Gaṅgāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850. = गङ्गाष्टक, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Kālidāsa, attributed name.
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
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