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Gaṅgāsnānaviddhi, circa 1700-1850. = गङ्गास्नानविद्धि, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 16 x 47 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2433
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Bathing customs.
India.
Hindu mantras.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
Bathing customs -- India.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Form/Genre:
Prayers (documents)
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Text on bathing at the pilgrimage site of the Gaṅgā (Ganges) river, with mantras dedicated to Viṣṇu, mention of the yugas, and references to the Puruṣasūkta from the Ṛgveda.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in 22 lines total.
1 leaf written on recto only.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in between lines. Blue ink spilled over part of manuscript.
Single leaf is folded into four sections.
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 3321 (UP 2433).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2433.
OCLC:
964533645