Bhālacandrapūjā, circa 1700-1850; भालचन्द्रपूजा,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

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.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts