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Gaṇeśasahasranāma, 1802. = गणेशसहस्रनाम, १८०२.

Publication:
1802.
१८०२.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (43 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 15 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 774
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Padmapurāṇa. Selections.
Other Title:
Mahāgaṇapatisahasranāma.
Subjects:
Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu mantras.
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Hymns.
Miniatures (paintings)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Devotional text of praise, venerating the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa and his one thousand names. Secondary, devotional text consisting of nine lines of text is dedicated to Gaṇeśa and mantras praising him (f. 42v-43r).
Notes:
Title from title page (f. 43v); alternate title Mahāgaṇapatisahasranāma, from colophon (f. 42v).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
43 leaves foliated 1-43, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe mahāgaṇapatiproktaṃ mahāgaṇapatisahasranāmasaṃpūrṇamṃ sa[ṃ]vat // 1859 // śake 1724 duṃdubhināmte saṃvatsare vaiśākhaśukla // 7 // bhaume idaṃ gaṇapatisahasranāmaṃ likhitaṃ śubhaṃ bhavatu // kalpāṇam astu // śrīḥ // śrīḥ // śrīḥ // śrīḥ // (f. 42r-42v).
Dated saṃvat 1859 and śaka 1724 (1802) (f. 42v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and yellow line.
Two colored illustrations, one of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa seated on a lotus flower and flanked by two attendants standing on lotus flowers (f. 1r); the second illustration is of a seated goddess (possibly Lakṣmī), flanked by a single attendant or worshiper (f. 38v).
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 1096 (UP 774).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 774
OCLC:
785132808