MS. Sansk. e. 50

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Jagannātha’s Gaṅālaharī, A. D. 1800.

The Gaṅālaharī, or Piyūṣalaharī, a poem in 54 verses, by Jagannātha

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṅgādevyai namaḥ samṛddhaṃ saubhāgyaṃ sakalavasudhāyāḥ kim api tan mahaiśvaryyaṃ lilājanitajagataḥ khaṃḍaparaśoḥ | &c.

Explicit: imāṃ Pīyūṣalaharīṃ Jagannāthena nirmitāṃ yaḥ paṭhet tasya sarva sarvatra jāyaṃte jayasaṃpadaḥ ǁ 53 ǁ yais tvaṃ dṛṣṭā tair na dṛṣṭaḥ kṛtāṃto yais tvaṃ pītā tair na pītas tanāṃbhaḥ yair vā magnaṃ iair na magnaṃ bhavāvdhau mātar Gaṃge yair mṛtaṃ no mṛtaṃ taiḥ ǁ 54 ǁ iti śrīmanmahāpaṃiḍitatriśūlījagannāthena nirmitāyāṃ Gaṅgālaharī saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 11 + v

Dimensions (binding): 21.3 × 11.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Vārāma Brāhmaṇa, who wrote it for Miśre Śaṅkaravallabha: me Vārāmavrāhmaṇena likhi śrīmiśreśaṃkaravallabhasya pāṭhārthaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1800.

savat 1856 ⟨1800⟩ jyeṣṭakṛṣṇa ekādaśyāṃ gurau |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 58).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1267, pp. 181-183

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1267, pp. 181-183

Funding of Cataloguing

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