Gaṇeśātharvaśīrṣaṃ, circa 1700-1850.
गणेशाथर्वशीर्षं

Format:

• Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Upanishads.
• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Genre:

• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 79

Other Title:

Gaṇeśātharvaśīrṣopaniṣad.

Place of Publication:

• circa 1700-1850.
• १७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Single text attributed to the Upaniṣads, a medieval text in praise of the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa.

Notes:

• Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Gaṇeśātharvaśīrṣopaniṣad supplied by cataloger.
• Written in 14-15 lines per leaf.
• Colophon: ityupaniṣat // iti gaṇeś[ātha]rvaśīrṣaṃ samaptaṃ // śrīgajānanārpaṇamastu // subhaṃbhavatu // (f. 2v).
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out, some corrections in margins, text highlighted in red throughout, vertical margins marked with double red line, accents in red throughout.
• Item 3035 was formerly housed as part 1 of Item 79.
• Non-Latin script record.

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 550 (UP 79, Part 2).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 79

OCLC:

756045792