Gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣa, 1865.
गणेशार्थवशीर्ष

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Gaṇapatyātharvaśirṣopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Hindu mantras.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 17 x 11 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 14

Other Title:

Gaṇapati arthavaśīrṣa.

Place of Publication:

1865.

१८६५.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Summary:

Collection of protective rites, mantras, and praises associated with the name Gaṇapati; manuscript identifies as a Upaniṣad (f. 4v) though likely written in the late medieval period; dedicated to the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Gaṇapati arthavaśīrṣa from title pages (f. 1r, 5v).

Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.

Colophon: ity upaniṣat // vakratuṃḍāparṇamastu // iti gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣasamāptaḥ // cha śake 1786 saṃvat // 1921 mitīmāghaśukladvitīyātadine pustakam saṁāptam // śrīhanumaṃtāparṇamastu // śrīkāśīviśveśvarāparṇamastu // lakṣumaṇ // cha // (f. 5r).

Dated śake 1786, saṃvat 1921 mitīmāghaśukladvitīyātadine (Saturday, January 28, 1865) (f. 5r).

Mistakes blocked out with black; some marginal additions and corrections; decorative floral borders on front and back covers with characters la, kṣu, ma, ṇ (f. 1r) and rā, ma, caṃ, dra (f. 5v), in corners (clockwise); on bluish paper.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 548 (UP 14).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 14

OCLC:

155918858