Gaṇapatipūjā, circa 1700-1850. = गणपतिपूजा, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1435
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p30r9m464 - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Vratārka. Selections
- Other Title:
- Saṃkaṣṭacaturthi.
- Subjects:
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Vratas.
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Hindu astrology. - Form/Genre:
- Texts.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manual including rules and laws (dharma) for rites and observances (vratas) in a celebration and praise of the Hindu elephant-headed deity Gaṇeśa that occurs during each lunar month to help avoid trouble and pain. The manuscript was likely part of a larger compendium of observances (vratas) called the Vratārka which itself is likely drawn from the Skandapurāṇa (f. 5v).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Saṃkaṣṭacaturthi from incipit (f. 1r).
Scribe is Nāsāyaṇabhaṭa Vala, son of Anabhaṭṭa Vala (f. 5v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti gaṇapatipūjāsamāptaḥ // (f. 5v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line, except on final folio (f. 5). - 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 3459 (UP 1435).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1435.
- Contributor:
- Nāsāyaṇabhaṭa Vala (Son of Anabhaṭṭa Vala), scribe.
- OCLC:
- 910899771