Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 14: Gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣa

Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 14: Gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 14: Gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣa are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Gaṇapati arthavaśīrṣa from title pages (f. 1r, 5v). Written in 7-8 lines per leaf. Dated śake 1786, saṃvat 1921 mitīmāghaśukladvitīyātadine (Saturday, January 28, 1865) (f. 5r). Mistakes blocked out with black; some marginal additions and corrections; decorative floral borders on front and back covers with characters la, kṣu, ma, ṇ (f. 1r) and rā, ma, caṃ, dra (f. 5v), in corners (clockwise); on bluish paper. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 14 9931780103503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122381604 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3178010

Collection of protective rites, mantras, and praises associated with the name Gaṇapati; manuscript identifies as a Upaniṣad (f. 4v) though likely written in the late medieval period; dedicated to the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa.

In Sanskrit Gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣa गणेशार्थवशीर्ष Colophon: ity upaniṣat // vakratuṃḍāparṇamastu // iti gaṇeśārthavaśīrṣasamāptaḥ // cha śake 1786 saṃvat // 1921 mitīmāghaśukladvitīyātadine pustakam saṁāptam // śrīhanumaṃtāparṇamastu // śrīkāśīviśveśvarāparṇamastu // lakṣumaṇ // cha // (f. 5r).

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1 item (5 leaves) : 17 x 11 cm Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) Hindu mantras Prayers Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century