Gaṇapatistotra, circa 1700-1850.
गणपतिस्तोत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).

Gaṇeśa.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Meditation--Hinduism.

Meditation.

Genre:

hymns

prayers (compositions)

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 23 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2528

Other Title:

Mahāgaṇapatyaṣṭakastotra

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Work used for private or public recitation and prayer and is dedicated to the praise of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. Text ends with a dhyāna, a meditation or reflection upon the deity.

Notes:

Title from title page; alternate title Mahāgaṇapatyaṣṭakastotra from colophon (f. 2v).

Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.

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

Colophon: iti śrīmahāgaṇapatyaṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpū[r]ṇaṃ // (f. 2v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; blue European paper.

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 1843 (UP 2528).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2528.

OCLC:

968934670