Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Vināyakamāhātmya. Selections.

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Avatars (Religion).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript employed for private or public consultation, recitation, and prayer, dedicated to the description and mythology related to various avatāras (manifestations) of the Hindu elephant-headed deity Gaṇeśa. Presented as a dialogue between the deities Śiva and Skanda.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 86v).
Written in 8-12 lines per leaf.
87 leaves foliated 1-88, [87], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vināyakamāhātmye śivaskaṃdasaṃvāde gaṇeśāvatāravarṇananāmacaturviśatitaṃodhyāyaḥ // 24 // śrībhālacaṃdragajānanārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavaṃtu // śake 1788 dakṣiṇāyanepauṣaśuddha 5 guruvārasaraṃ samāptaṃ khare ityupamāmakaviṣṇubhaṭena likhitaṃ // maṃgalaṃ lekhakā[n]āṃ ca pāṭakānāṃ ca maṃgalaṃ maṃgalaṃ sarvadevānāṃ bhūmau bhūpati maṃgalaṃ // śrīgajānanaḥ // śrīsiddhivināyakaprasan // bahudhānya 2 nāmasaṃvatsare idaṃ pustakaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 86v-87v).
Dated śaka 1788 (1866) (f. 86v).
Scribe is Viṣṇubhaṭa Khare (f. 86r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
European paper with watermarks feature an emblem with a crown and the company name "D & G Superfine Foolscap" imprinted on the final folio (f. 87).

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 1553 (UP 2208).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2208

Contributor:

Khare, Viṣṇubhaṭa, scribe.

OCLC:

809543746