Details

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Fasting -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Small manuscript for private consultation to be used in observances (vratas) and worship (pūjā) of the Hindu deity, the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa and marking the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Bhādra (August/September). Celebrated as the birthday of the elephant-headed god. Practitioners fast during this period. Gaṇeśa is especially renowned for removing troubles (saṃsaṣṭa) and other obstacles in people's lives.

Notes:

Title from title end page (f. 9v).
Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-8, [9], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti saṃkaṣṭacaturthīsamāptaḥ // gajānanārpaṇam astu // heraṃba // (f. XX).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out.
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 1490 (UP 1408).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1408

OCLC:

804815305