Details

Standardized Title:

Upanishads. Gaṇapatyātharvaśirṣopaniṣad

Subjects:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Vedanta.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a philosophical work, written in the style of an ancient Upaniṣad, but dedicated to the medieval figure, the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. The work relates the deity Gaṇeśa with the highest principles of the universe.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5r).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti atharvaṇarahasye gaṇeśopaniṣat saṃpūrṇam (f. 5r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Madyājñika Devakṛṣṇa.

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 553 (UP 726).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 726

Contributor:

Madyājñika Devakṛṣṇa, former owner.

OCLC:

880424301