Gaṅgāṣṭakastotra, circa 1700-1850; गङ्गाष्टकस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Gaṅgāstotra

Name:

Kālidāsa

Date:

1700

Description:

Poem and devotional work devoted to Gaṅgā (embodiment of the Ganges river) and related mythology. Manuscript was folded in half for ease of portability, suggesting its use in personal rites and practice.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gangā (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 12 x 22 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v); alternate title Gaṅgāstotra from abbreviation in margin (f. 1v).; Written in 11 lines per leaf.; Colophon: iti śrīkavikulatilakakālidāsakṛtaṃ gaṃgāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 1v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; blue European paper.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2795

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts