Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9931780103503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122381604
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3178010

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Summary

Collection of protective rites, mantras, and praises associated with the name Gaṇapati; manuscript identifies as a Upaniṣad (f. 4v) though likely written in the late medieval period; dedicated to the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Gaṇapati arthavaśīrṣa from title pages (f. 1r, 5v).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• Dated śake 1786, saṃvat 1921 mitīmāghaśukladvitīyātadine (Saturday, January 28, 1865) (f. 5r).
   
• Mistakes blocked out with black; some marginal additions and corrections; decorative floral borders on front and back covers with characters la, kṣu, ma, ṇ (f. 1r) and rā, ma, caṃ, dra (f. 5v), in corners (clockwise); on bluish paper.
   

Extent

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mantras

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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