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Gaṇeśātharvaśīrṣaṃ, circa 1700-1850.
गणेशाथर्वशीर्षं
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 79
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Upanishads.
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
- Gaṇeśa.
- 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
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