Gaṇeśopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850.
गणेशोपनिषद्

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Madyājñika Devakṛṣṇa, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Gaṇapatyātharvaśirṣopaniṣad

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Vedanta.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Madyājñika Devakṛṣṇa.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 12 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 726

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a philosophical work, written in the style of an ancient Upaniṣad, but dedicated to the medieval figure, the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. The work relates the deity Gaṇeśa with the highest principles of the universe.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5r).

Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.

5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti atharvaṇarahasye gaṇeśopaniṣat saṃpūrṇam (f. 5r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 553 (UP 726).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 726

OCLC:

880424301