Gajendramokṣa, 1800s; गजेन्द्रमोक्ष,१८००-१८९९

Date:

1800

Description:

Story about an elephant who gets caught by a crocodile and is liberated by the Hindu deity Viṣṇu; attributed to the Śāntiparvan of the Mahābhārata, but is not part of the critical edition.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Epic literature, Sanskrit; Hindu stories

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

animal stories; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); title also written in Telugu script on final title page (f. 29v); alternate title Gajendramokṣaṇastava from colophon (f. 29r).; 30 leaves foliated 1-30, upper left and lower right verso.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; Colophon: iti śrīmanmahābhārate śatasaṃhasrasaṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāsikyāṃ śāṃtiparvaṇi śaunakaśatānīkasaṃvāde gajeṃdramokṣaṇastavaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ // ratne // 5 samāptoyaṃpaṃcaratntaḥ // (f. 29r).; Invocation, title, colophon, introduction of speakers and double daṇḍas written in red. Mistakes covered over with yellow. Orange powder rubbed in over numbers.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī and Telugu)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2487

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts