Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu goddesses.
Vratas.
Puja (Hinduism).
Hindu mantras.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu mythology.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text to be used in private or public dedicated to the worship of the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa along with his consort the goddess Siddhi (personification of spiritual power) and Buddhi (personified intelligence). First section of text is for meditating on his various attributes, such as one tusk (ekadanta) and his curved trunk (vakra), followed by a section on worship (pūjā) and praise.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti skaṃdoktaśiddhigaṇeśapūjanaṃ samāptaṃ // idaṃ pustakaṃ vāvudIkṣitasya // // śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // (f. 5v).
Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
Mistakes blacked out. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2286, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2290, Item 2291, Item 2292, and Item 2293.
Non-Latin script record.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Vāvudīkṣita (f. 5v).

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 1596 (UP 2289).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2289

Contributor:

Vāvudīkṣita, former owner.

OCLC:

800355868