Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Nandyāvartamahātantra. Ekākṣaragaṇapatisahasranāmastotra.

Other Title:

Ekākṣarīgaṇapatisahasranāmastotra.

Subjects:

Tantrism.
Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Colophon supplies the title as Ekākṣaragaṇapatisahasranāmastotra in the Nadyāvartamahātantra, which is presumably incorrect for Nandyāvartamahātantra. Cataloged by Poleman as Ekākṣarīgaṇapatisahasranāmastotra from the Harakārttikeyasaṁvāda of Nadyāvartamahātantra.
Written 6-9 lines per leaf.
Good condition. Folio 11 has worm holes in left margin affecting four lines of text. Orange powder rubbed in over invocation, some words, double dandas, and numbers. Mistakes covered over with yellow or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections. Numerous ink blotches.
Begins (f. 1v): śrīmallaṁbodarāya namaḥ skanda uvāca yad vastu paramaṁ guhyaṁ sarvarakṣākaraṁ nṛṇāṁ tan me brūhi viśeṣeṇa nātaḥ parataraṁ śubham 1 īśvara uvāca śṛṇu vatsa mahāprājña rahasyȧm sarvakāmadam dhanyaṁ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṁ mahādāridryanāśanam 2
Ends (f. 11r): na pāpakarmarṇe putra na deyaṁ vrāhmaṇadviṣeḥ śraddhāyuktāya śāntāya deyaṁ bhaktāya niścitam 16
Colophon (f. 11r): iti śrīnadyāvartte mahātantre harakārttikeyasaṁvāde śrīmadekākṣaragaṇapatisahasranāmastotram saṁpūrṇaṁ śubhaṁ

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 4431 (UP 408).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 408

OCLC:

407068143