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

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• bibid: 9958374893503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812168983
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5837489

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Summary

Manuscript for private or public consultation and recitation related to the mythology and worship (pūjā) of the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa and particularly the form of Bhālacandra (one with the moon in his forehead) or Bhālacandravināyaka, popular in the state of Maharashtra. Speakers are Pārvatī, Gaṇeśa, and Kulāla. Possibly from the Gaṇeśapurāṇa. Manuscript is unfinished.

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• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 6 lines per leaf.
   
• 4 leaves foliated 1-3, [4], lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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