Gaṅgāṣṭakastotra, 1867; गङ्गाष्टकस्तोत्र,१८६७

Contributor:

Vālmīki (attributed name)

Date:

1867

Description:

Small manuscript used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the River Ganges, personified as a goddess (Gaṅgā).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gangā (Hindu deity); Hindu goddesses; Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Devotional literature; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents); Prayers (documents); Poems; Watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Prayers; Devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Attributed to the literary sage Vālmīki.; Title from colophon (f. 2r).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīvālmīkināviracitaṃ gaṃgāṣṭakastotraṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 2r).; Dated śaka 1789 (1867) based on watermark.; Mistakes blacked out; written on blue European paper.; Watermark of part of a coat of arms and the date 1864 A.D.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts