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

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• bibid: 9954526553503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/781297063
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5452655

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Summary

Proclaims the benefits of reciting this stotra dedicated to the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa; gives this god agency for the defeat of a number of well known demons such as Hiraṇyakaśipu, Tāra, and Mahiṣa, typically related to the mythology of other deities. Merits of worship (pūjā) of Gaṇeśa also discussed.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Gaṇapatistotra supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 10 lines per leaf.
   
• 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and 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; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Formerly housed with Item 465, Item 467, Item 468, Item 469, and Item 470. These items likely shared a former owner.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Subjects topical

• Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology
• Puja (Hinduism)

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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