Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 178: Vināyakaśānti University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 178: Vināyakaśānti 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 © 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 back title page (f. 3v). Written in 14-15 lines per leaf. 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso and recto. Dated saṃvat 1839 (1782) (f. 3r). Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line. Non-Latin script record. Scirbe is Mahādevabhaṭa Cipoṇkara (f. 3r) and is the same scribe as item 179, written in the same year. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 178 9958644313503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820005242 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5864431 Manuscript is a kind of manual or handbook for use by a priest or senior family member and outlines the rules and rites for dispelling or getting rid of various obstacles that impede one's spiritual and worldly development. Dedicated to the Hindu deity, the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa (called Vināyaka). In Sanskrit Vināyakaśānti विनायकशान्ति scribe Cipoṇkara, Mahādevabhaṭa Colophon: iti vaināyakīśāntiḥ // śaṃ[vat] 1839 śrāvaṇaśuddha 8 bhṛguvāre tad dine mahādevabhaṭacipoṇkarena likhitaṃ / viśveśvarārpaṇam astu // (f. 3r).

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 1 item (3 leaves) : 11 x 24 cm Hindu law Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) Rites and ceremonies--India Atonement (Prayer)--Hinduism Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts--India--18th century