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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 978 Gaṇeśatāpinī / गणेशतापिनी

Title

Gaṇeśatāpinī
गणेशतापिनी

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 978
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9962763543503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891722572
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6276354

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a Hindu philosophical treatise on the elephant-headed deity Gaṇeśa as the highest principle in the universe. Text aligns itself with the Atharvaveda. A second text, the Heraṃbopaniṣad, is also dedicated to and expounds on the nature of the deity Gaṇeśa. Heramba is typically a five-headed form of Gaṇeśa especially important in Tantric worship.

Notes

Title for manuscript from colophon of predominant work (f. 10r); alternate title Gaṇeśatāpinyupaniṣad supplied by cataloger; title for component text Herambopaniṣad from incipit (f. 10r).
Written in 14-16 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Extent

1 item (10 leaves) : 13 x 22 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti hy atharvavede gaṇeśatāpinī samāptā // (f. 10r).

Subjects topical

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
Tantrism
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic

Genres

Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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