Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2361 Gaṇeśapurāṇa / गणेशपुराण
Title
Gaṇeśapurāṇaगणेशपुराण
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2361(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9954138053503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773585239
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5413805
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
First eight chapters of the Upāsanākhaṇḍa, the first of two sections of an Upapurāṇa dedicated to the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa, the elephant headed god; this section is dedicated to the devotion of Gaṇeśa; the opening chapters deal with the mythology surrounding a king named Somakānta who is stricken with leprosy and his discourse with the sage Bhṛgu.
Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 14v).
- Written in 11 lines per leaf.
- 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins in red; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- Non-Latin script record.
Extent
1 item (14 leaves) : 13 x 31 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti śrīmadgaṇeśapurāṇe upāsanākhaṃḍe so[ma]kāṃtapurṇajankanirūpaṇaṃ nāma aṣṭamodhyāyaḥ 8 (f. 14v).Subjects topical
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
- Hindu mythology
Genres
- Poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--19th century
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