Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Gaṇapatyātharvaśirṣopaniṣad

Other Title:

Gaṇapati arthavaśīrṣa.

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras.

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgari)

Summary:

Collection of protective rites, mantras, and praises associated with the name Gaṇapati; manuscript identifies as a Upaniṣad (f. 4v) though likely written in the late medieval period; dedicated to the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Gaṇapati arthavaśīrṣa from title pages (f. 1r, 5v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
Colophon: ity upaniṣat // vakratuṃḍāparṇamastu // iti gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣasamāptaḥ // cha śake 1786 saṃvat // 1921 mitīmāghaśukladvitīyātadine pustakam saṁāptam // śrīhanumaṃtāparṇamastu // śrīkāśīviśveśvarāparṇamastu // lakṣumaṇ // cha // (f. 5r).
Dated śake 1786, saṃvat 1921 mitīmāghaśukladvitīyātadine (Saturday, January 28, 1865) (f. 5r).
Mistakes blocked out with black; some marginal additions and corrections; decorative floral borders on front and back covers with characters la, kṣu, ma, ṇ (f. 1r) and rā, ma, caṃ, dra (f. 5v), in corners (clockwise); on bluish 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 548 (UP 14).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 14

OCLC:

155918858