Gaṇeśasahasranāman, circa 1800-1900; गणेशसहस्रनामन्,१८००-१९००

Date:

1800

Description:

Manuscript used for private recitation and prayer in honor of the Hindu deity, the elephant-headed Ganeśa. Contains a series of mantras evoking the thousand different names (sahasranāman) associated with the god.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Hymns; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (22 leaves) : paper; 9 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from sixth verse (f. 2r).; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; 22 leaves foliated 1-21, [22], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // kailāsaśireramye suravāsīnaṃ trilocanaṃ // (f. 1v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts