Gaṇeśopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850. = गणेशोपनिषद्, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 12 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 726
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zk55q3c - Status/Location:
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- 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