Gaṅgāṣṭakastotra

Gaṅgāṣṭakastotra is a devotional text with eight verses (8+1) as the name suggests dedicated to the sacred river deity Gaṅgā. The text is attributed to Śaṅkarācārya there are other texts with the same name attributed to different composers but this one is by far the most common one reffered to. The stotra describes the divine purification qualities of the river and narrates a legend of Gangā's journey descending to Earth. This Ms. is written in 11 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 1b). Alternate title Gaṅgāstotra present in marginal abbreviation. There are double red vertical margins present on each side of the folio. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.