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Ms. Coll. 390, Item 424 - Kālidāsa, attributed name - Gaṅgāṣṭaka
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| Author: |
Kālidāsa, attributed name.
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| Title: |
Gaṅgāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850.
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| Physical description: |
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm.
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| Language(s): |
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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| Biographical / Organizational History: |
Text attributed to this 5th century Sanskrit and Prakrit poet.
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| Summary: |
Manuscript is a short poem in eight verses, used for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the river Ganges
(Gaṅgā), especially sacred to Hinduism.
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| Subject: |
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Hinduism - Prayers and devotions.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Sacred space - India.
Rivers - Religious aspects - Hinduism.
Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
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| Form / Genre: |
Hymns.
Poems.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.
Manuscripts - India - 18th century.
Manuscripts - India - 19th century.
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| Notes: |
Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmatkālikāsakṛtaugaṃgāṣṭakaṃ samāptaṃ // śubham astu // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red
throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.
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| Indexed / Referenced in: |
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental
Society, 1938), Poleman 1625 (UP 424).
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| Cite as: |
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 424
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| Contained in: |
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 424
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390
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| Vernacular script: |
गङ्गाष्टक, १७००-१८५०.
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