Daśāharāgaṅgāstotra, circa 1700-1850; दशाहरागङ्गास्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for private use, recitation, and prayer in praise and worship (pūjā) of the River Ganges (Gaṅgā), personified as a goddess and important pilgrimage location in Hindu tradition. Recitation of the text is intended to remove ten kinds of sin. Text from chapter 27 of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa. Manuscript bears burn marks and obvious traces of use in worship (pūjā).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Forgiveness of sin; Hinduism; Gangā (Hindu deity); Forgiveness of sin -- Hinduism; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers (documents); Hymns (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 12 x 16 cm

Geographic Subject:

India; Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīkāśīkhaṃḍe 27 adhyāye daśāharāgaṃgāstotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts