Gaṇapatipūjā, circa 1700-1850.
गणपतिपूजा

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śaṅkarabhaṭṭa (Son of Nīlakaṇṭha)

Contributor:

Nāsāyaṇabhaṭa Vala (Son of Anabhaṭṭa Vala), scribe.

Standardized Title:

Vratārka. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Vratas.

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Hindu law.

Dharma.

Hindu astrology.

Genre:

Texts.

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1435

Other Title:

Saṃkaṣṭacaturthi.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manual including rules and laws (dharma) for rites and observances (vratas) in a celebration and praise of the Hindu elephant-headed deity Gaṇeśa that occurs during each lunar month to help avoid trouble and pain. The manuscript was likely part of a larger compendium of observances (vratas) called the Vratārka which itself is likely drawn from the Skandapurāṇa (f. 5v).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Saṃkaṣṭacaturthi from incipit (f. 1r).

Scribe is Nāsāyaṇabhaṭa Vala, son of Anabhaṭṭa Vala (f. 5v).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

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

Colophon: iti gaṇapatipūjāsamāptaḥ // (f. 5v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line, except on final folio (f. 5).

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 3459 (UP 1435).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1435.

OCLC:

910899771