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Title

Other related names

• Dāḍekara, Bhāskara, scribe

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958213793503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/809542608
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5821379

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Summary

Small manuscript for private or public recitation or prayer, venerating and worshiping the one thousand names of the Hindu goddess Gaṅgā, the personification of the Ganges river, considered both a heavenly and earthly body of water. Promotes the benefits of bathing in this river, which is sacred to Hindus and especially to the followers of Śiva. Presented as a dialogue between the deity Skanda and the legendary sage Agastya.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 28r).
   
• Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 28 leaves foliated 1-28, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1723 (1801) (f. 28r).
   
• Scribe is Bhāskara Dāḍekara (f. 28r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu goddesses
• Gaṅgā (Hindu deity)
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Hindu mantras
• Bathing customs--Religious aspects
• Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Dialogues
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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