Mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ, circa 1700-1850. = महागणपतये नमः, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 9 x 16 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 466
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3804xk0s - Status/Location:
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- Other Title:
- Gaṇapatistotra.
- Subjects:
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Puja (Hinduism). - Form/Genre:
- Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Proclaims the benefits of reciting this stotra dedicated to the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa; gives this god agency for the defeat of a number of well known demons such as Hiraṇyakaśipu, Tāra, and Mahiṣa, typically related to the mythology of other deities. Merits of worship (pūjā) of Gaṇeśa also discussed.
- Notes:
- Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Gaṇapatistotra supplied by cataloger.
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Formerly housed with Item 465, Item 467, Item 468, Item 469, and Item 470. These items likely shared a former owner.
Non-Latin script record. - 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 1841 (UP 466).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 466
- OCLC:
- 781297064