Gaṇeśatāpinī, circa 1700-1850.
गणेशतापिनी

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Tantrism.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 978

Other Title:

Gaṇeśatāpinyupaniṣad.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise on the elephant-headed deity Gaṇeśa as the highest principle in the universe. Text aligns itself with the Atharvaveda. A second text, the Heraṃbopaniṣad, is also dedicated to and expounds on the nature of the deity Gaṇeśa. Heramba is typically a five-headed form of Gaṇeśa especially important in Tantric worship.

Contents:

Gaṇeśatāpinī (f. 1v-10r)

Herambopaniṣad (f. 10r-10v).

Notes:

Title for manuscript from colophon of predominant work (f. 10r); alternate title Gaṇeśatāpinyupaniṣad supplied by cataloger; title for component text Herambopaniṣad from incipit (f. 10r).

Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.

10 leaves foliated 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti hy atharvavede gaṇeśatāpinī samāptā // (f. 10r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 547 (UP 978).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 978

Contains:

Herambopaniṣad.

OCLC:

891722591