Gaṅgāmāhātma, circa 1700-1850; गङ्गामाहात्म, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of poetic works from the Mahābhārata and various Purāṇas celebrating the greatness of the river Ganges (Gaṅgā); includes prayers, hymns and myths about the river and its manifestation as the Hindu goddess Gaṅgā.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gangā (Hindu deity); Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Hindu mythology; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); poems; hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; prayers (compositions); devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (65 leaves) : paper; 11 x 33 cm

Geographic Subject:

Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Table of contents: Mahābhārata anuśāsana parvaṇ -- Mahābhārata āraṇyaka parvaṇ -- Brahmapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya -- Viṣṇupurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya -- Matsyapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya -- Kūrmapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya -- Skandapurāṇa revākhaṇḍa -- Liṅgapurāṇa gaṅgāmāhātmya -- Vārāhapurāṇa -- Viṣṇudharmottara -- Brahmāṃḍapurāṇa -- Kāmikāsaṃhitta.; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 57 leaves foliated 1-36, 40-48, 54-60, [i-iii], 64-65, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti kāmikāsaṃhittāyāṃ gaṃgāmāhātmye ekonaviṃśodhyāyaḥ 19 (chapter 19, f. 64v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2351

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts