Gaṅgāstavastotra, circa 1700-1850; गङ्गास्तवस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript used in private or public recitation and prayer. Text is in seventeen verses and is dedicated to the praise and celebration of the Hindu sacred river the Ganges (Gaṅgā), in the form of a goddess, along with mention of its geological aspects (such as the tributary Bhāgīrathī).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rivers; Rivers -- India -- Religious aspects; Gangā (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

India; Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Text is attributed to the eighth-century Vedanta philosopher Śaṅkarācārya. Some scholars hold that many examples of such hymns (stotras) are falsely attributed to this figure.; Title from colophon (f. 3v).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ śrīgaṃgāstavanastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ śrīgaṃgārpaṇamastu // (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Formerly housed with Item 459 and Item 460.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 458

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts