Ekākṣaramahāgaṇapatimantravidhi, 1800s.
एकाक्षरमहागणपतिमन्त्रविधि

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gesture.

India.

Tantrism.

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Hanumān (Hindu deity).

Hanumān.

Hindu mantras.

Puja (Hinduism).

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

Gesture--India.

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 17 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 472

Place of Publication:

1800s.

१८००-१८९९

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Summary:

Text of praise and recitation dedicated to the elephant headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa to be used in private or public meditation and prayer (pūjā). Includes reference to hand gestures (mudrās) such as the śuṇdamudrā and the liṅganiryāṇamurdā and prescribes various formulas (mantras) to be recited by the devotee in honor of various deities, primarily Gaṇeśa, but also Hanumān the monkey god.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 2r).

Written 11-12 lines per leaf.

Diagram on f. 2v: oval formed by double lines with "Devadatta" written repeatedly in center, and the akṣara "va" written around the perimeter.

Good condition. Left and right margins formed by double red lines. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ om̐ asya śrīgaṇapati ekākṣaramahāmaṁtravidhiḥ // (f. 1r).

Colophon (f. 2r): iti ekākṣarama[hā]gaṇapatimaṁtravidhiḥ // samāptaḥ // (f. 2r).

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 4429 (UP 472).

Listed in Kunhan Raja, ed., New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. 3 (Madras, India: University of Madras, 1949), p. 59

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 472.

OCLC:

413359983