Gaṅgālaharī, circa 1700-1850; गङ्गालहरी,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Jagannātha Paṇḍitarāja

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for private or public recitation, prayer and worship (pūjā) in praise of the Hindu goddess Gaṅgā known also as the river Ganges, sacred to the Hindu religion. Title translates as the "Wave of the Ganges." Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Sacred space; Gangā (Hindu deity); Puja (Hinduism); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Rivers -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Sacred space -- India

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts