Details

Other Title:

Gaṇeśāṣṭaka.

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

The attributed author is the legendary Hindu author of the Mahābhārata, part human, part god, and part divine sage. The name is attributed to a wide range of purāṇic and stotra works from several historical periods, both ancient and medieval.

Summary:

Tiny manuscript, a kind of pocket book, for personal use, recitation, and prayer dedicated to the worship and praise of Hindu deity Gaṇeśa, the elephant-headed lord of obstacles. Praises the deity in eight verses (āṣṭika), although there are missing parts of verses four through six. Text is possibly derived from the Padmapurāṇa, Uttarakhaṇḍa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Gaṇeśāṣṭaka supplied by cataloger.
Written in 4 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīvedavyāsaviracitaṃ śrīgaṇeśastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 3v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; Some text added in a second hand (f. 1r and f. 3r).
Formerly housed with Ms. Coll. 390: Items 453, 454, 456, and 457.
Folios turn like a Western book (right to left), and text is aligned to the top on both recto and verso; folios are treated with yellow coloring.
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 1747 (UP 455).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 455

OCLC:

810266314