Gaṇapatyatharvaśīrṣa, circa 1700-1850. = गणपत्यथर्वशीर्ष, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 16 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 100
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3dj58g54 - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu mantras. - Form/Genre:
- Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Collection of protective rites, mantras, and praises associated with the name Gaṇapati; purported to be from the Atharvaveda (f. 2r) though likely written in the late medieval period; dedicated to the deity Gaṇeśa, though manuscript identifies itself as an Upaniṣad (f. 2r).
- Notes:
- Title from rubric (f. 1r) and colophon (f. 2r), written without sandhi in both cases (gaṇapati atharvaśīraṣaṃ), and corrected by cataloger.
Written in 15 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity upaniṣat // ity atharvaṇavede gaṇapat[ya]tharvaśīraṣaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīgajānanārpaṇamastu // oṃ maktuṇopanāmakaciṃtāmaṇena likhitaṃ // svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // (f. 2r).
Scribe is Cintāmaṇa with the family name (upanāma) of Maktuṇa (f. 2r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections in margins.
Non-Latin script record. - 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 549 (UP 100).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 100
- Contributor:
- Maktuṇa, Cintāmaṇa, scribe.
- OCLC:
- 760105362