Gaṅgāsnānaviddhi, circa 1700-1850; गङ्गास्नानविद्धि,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text on bathing at the pilgrimage site of the Gaṅgā (Ganges) river, with mantras dedicated to Viṣṇu, mention of the yugas, and references to the Puruṣasūkta from the Ṛgveda.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Bathing customs; Hindu mantras; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Bathing customs -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India; Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers (documents); Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 16 x 47 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Written in 22 lines total.; 1 leaf written on recto only.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in between lines. Blue ink spilled over part of manuscript.; Single leaf is folded into four sections.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts