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

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2289 Siddhigaṇeśapūjana / सिद्धिगणेशपूजन

Title

Siddhigaṇeśapūjana
सिद्धिगणेशपूजन

Other related names

Vāvudīkṣita, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2289
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

bibid: 9957943763503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800358625
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5794376

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Text to be used in private or public dedicated to the worship of the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa along with his consort the goddess Siddhi (personification of spiritual power) and Buddhi (personified intelligence). First section of text is for meditating on his various attributes, such as one tusk (ekadanta) and his curved trunk (vakra), followed by a section on worship (pūjā) and praise.

Notes

Title from colophon (f. 5v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Date of manuscript based on dated manuscripts written by the same scribe (Item 2277 and Item 2292).
Mistakes blacked out. Written by same scribe as Item 2275, Item 2276, Item 2277, Item 2281, Item 2282, Item 2285, Item 2286, Item 2287, Item 2288, Item 2290, Item 2291, Item 2292, and Item 2293.
Non-Latin script record.

Extent

1 item (5 leaves) : 13 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti skaṃdoktaśiddhigaṇeśapūjanaṃ samāptaṃ // idaṃ pustakaṃ vāvudIkṣitasya // // śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // (f. 5v).

Provenance

Formerly owned by Vāvudīkṣita (f. 5v).

Subjects topical

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
Hindu goddesses
Vratas
Puja (Hinduism)
Hindu mantras
Devotional literature, Sanskrit
Rites and ceremonies--India
Hindu mythology

Genres

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

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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