Details

Other Title:

Mahāgaṇapatyaṣṭakastotra

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Prayers (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Work used for private or public recitation and prayer and is dedicated to the praise of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. Text ends with a dhyāna, a meditation or reflection upon the deity.

Notes:

Title from title page; alternate title Mahāgaṇapatyaṣṭakastotra from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmahāgaṇapatyaṣṭakastotraṃ saṃpū[r]ṇaṃ // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; blue European paper.

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 1843 (UP 2528).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2528.

OCLC:

968934670