Mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ, circa 1700-1850.
महागणपतये नमः

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Hindu mythology.

Puja (Hinduism).

Genre:

prayers (compositions)

hymns

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 16 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 466

Other Title:

Gaṇapatistotra.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Proclaims the benefits of reciting this stotra dedicated to the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa; gives this god agency for the defeat of a number of well known demons such as Hiraṇyakaśipu, Tāra, and Mahiṣa, typically related to the mythology of other deities. Merits of worship (pūjā) of Gaṇeśa also discussed.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Gaṇapatistotra supplied by cataloger.

Written in 10 lines per leaf.

2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Formerly housed with Item 465, Item 467, Item 468, Item 469, and Item 470. These items likely shared a former owner.

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 1841 (UP 466).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 466

OCLC:

781297064