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

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1456 Siddhivināyakavratakathā / सिद्धिविनायकव्रतकथा

Title

Siddhivināyakavratakathā
सिद्धिविनायकव्रतकथा

Other related names

Māhādevabhaṭṭa, former owner
Gaṇeśabhaṭṭa, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1456
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9958375063503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812170292
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5837506

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript for public or private use for consultation, recitation, and celebration and worship of the Hindu deity, the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa in his manifestation as Siddhivināyaka, a form especially popular in Maharashtra state.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 5v).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Written on European paper with watermarks. The same scribe and paper were also used for Item 1447, Item 1453, Item 1454, Item 1455, and Item 1459, and may have originally been from the same manuscript as one or more of these items.
Non-Latin script record.

Extent

1 item (5 leaves) : 11 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: śrī iti skaṃdapurāṇe sūtaṛṣīśvarasaṃvāde siddhivināyakavratakathāsaṃpūrṇā // śrīgaṇeśārpaṇam astu // (f. 5v).

Provenance

Formerly owned by Māhādevabhaṭṭa and Gaṇeśabhaṭṭa, based on the colophon of related manuscript Item 1459 (f. 4). One may also have been the scribe of this manuscript.

Subjects topical

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
Rites and ceremonies--India
Vratas
Puja (Hinduism)
Hindu mythology

Genres

Manuals (instructional materials)
Prayers
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

Text

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