Gaṇeśatāpinī, circa 1700-1850. = गणेशतापिनी, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 22 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 978
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3jh38 - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Vedas. Atharvaveda. Selections.
- Other Title:
- Gaṇeśatāpinyupaniṣad.
- Subjects:
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Tantrism.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic. - Form/Genre:
- Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise on the elephant-headed deity Gaṇeśa as the highest principle in the universe. Text aligns itself with the Atharvaveda. A second text, the Heraṃbopaniṣad, is also dedicated to and expounds on the nature of the deity Gaṇeśa. Heramba is typically a five-headed form of Gaṇeśa especially important in Tantric worship.
- Contents:
- Gaṇeśatāpinī (f. 1v-10r)
Herambopaniṣad (f. 10r-10v). - Notes:
- Title for manuscript from colophon of predominant work (f. 10r); alternate title Gaṇeśatāpinyupaniṣad supplied by cataloger; title for component text Herambopaniṣad from incipit (f. 10r).
Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti hy atharvavede gaṇeśatāpinī samāptā // (f. 10r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. - 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 547 (UP 978).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 978
- Contains:
- Herambopaniṣad.
- OCLC:
- 891722591