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Genre/Form: | Manuscripts, Sanskrit Manuscripts hymns poems Prayers Prayers and devotions |
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Material Type: | Manuscript, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Archival Material, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kālidāsa |
OCLC Number: | 838618461 |
Language Note: | In Sanskrit |
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. |
Description: | 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm. |
Abstract:
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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गङ्गाष्टक, १७००-१८५०.
Gaṅgāṣṭaka, circa 1700-1850.".
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Related Subjects:(13)
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
- Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Sacred space -- India.
- Rivers -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
- Littérature de dévotion sanscrite.
- Lieux sacrés -- Inde.
- Gange (Inde et Bangladesh : Fleuve)
- Hinduism.
- Sacred space.
- Asia -- Ganges River.
- India.