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Title

Gaṅgāmāhātma
गङ्गामाहात्म

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2351
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954145273503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773694620
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5414527

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Collection of poetic works from the Mahābhārata and various Purāṇas celebrating the greatness of the river Ganges (Gaṅgā); includes prayers, hymns and myths about the river and its manifestation as the Hindu goddess Gaṅgā.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9 lines per leaf.
   
• 57 leaves foliated 1-36, 40-48, 54-60, [i-iii], 64-65, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (65 leaves) : 11 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti kāmikāsaṃhittāyāṃ gaṃgāmāhātmye ekonaviṃśodhyāyaḥ 19 (chapter 19, f. 64v).

Subjects topical

• Gaṅgā (Hindu deity)
• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions
• Hindu mythology
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Genres

• Poems
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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