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98
Stotra
[898.
band 1.
Description.- Country paper; Devanagari characters; handwriting
bold, legible and uniform ; borders ruled with double red lines and edges in single ; yellow pigment used for corrections ; the Ms. contains two works :
(1) गंगासहस्रनाम foll. I-20°
(2) गंगाष्टक , 20°-21 Age.- Sanvat 1903; Saka 1768 ( 2 1847 A. D. ). Author.-Ascribed to Kalidasa. Begins.---tol. 20°
श्रीशं बंदे ॥ कालिदासकृत गंगाष्टकं ।।
नमस्तेस्तु गंगे त्वदंगप्रसंगाद्धजंगाः प्लवंगाः । . कुरंगास्तुरंगा अनंगारिरंगा: शिवांगासि गंगा ॥
भुजंगाधिपांगी कृतांगा भवंति ॥१॥ etc. Ends.- fol. 216
इति गंगाष्टकं कालिदासविरचितं लिखितमात्मारामशर्मणा वाराणस्यां समाप्तं शके १७६८ संवत् १९०३ ज्येष्ठ शुद्ध इंदु बासरे तृतीययामे विश्वामत्रोपाभिधेन । Fol. 22° Contains the following endorsement :
इति गंगासहस्रनाम अथ च कालिदासकृताष्टकं संपूर्ण श्रीशं वंदे ॥ References.- See No. 896.
ग्रंथनामावलि (स्तोत्र)
Granthanamavali (stotra)
275. No, 899
1895-98. Size.-81 in. by 3 in. Extent.- 2 leaves; 9 lines to a page ; 23 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper, rough, thin and grey. Devanagari
characters; handwriting medium, legible and uniform. Ms. Contains 12 verses forming the stotra or hymn on the writings of Madhva.
