Gaṇeśāvatāravarṇana, 1866.

Abstract:

Manuscript employed for private or public consultation, recitation, and prayer, dedicated to the description and mythology related to various avatāras (manifestations) of the Hindu elephant-headed deity Gaṇeśa. Presented as a dialogue between the deities Śiva and Skanda.

Date:

1866

Identifier:

9958213723503681; (OCoLC)ocn809543746; (OCoLC)809543746; (PU)5821372-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.; Hindu mythology.; Avatars (Religion); Manuscripts.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Prayers.; Dialogues.; Poems.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (87 leaves) : paper; 13 x 20 cm

Personal Name:

Gaṇeśa; Khare, Viṣṇubhaṭa, scribe.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 86v).; European paper with watermarks feature an emblem with a crown and the company name "D & G Superfine Foolscap" imprinted on the final folio (f. 87).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Written in 8-12 lines per leaf.; 87 leaves foliated 1-88, [87], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vināyakamāhātmye śivaskaṃdasaṃvāde gaṇeśāvatāravarṇananāmacaturviśatitaṃodhyāyaḥ // 24 // śrībhālacaṃdragajānanārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavaṃtu // śake 1788 dakṣiṇāyanepauṣaśuddha 5 guruvārasaraṃ samāptaṃ khare ityupamāmakaviṣṇubhaṭena likhitaṃ // maṃgalaṃ lekhakā[n]āṃ ca pāṭakānāṃ ca maṃgalaṃ maṃgalaṃ sarvadevānāṃ bhūmau bhūpati maṃgalaṃ // śrīgajānanaḥ // śrīsiddhivināyakaprasan // bahudhānya 2 nāmasaṃvatsare idaṃ pustakaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 86v-87v).; Dated śaka 1788 (1866) (f. 86v).; Scribe is Viṣṇubhaṭa Khare (f. 86r).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.