Vakratuṇḍamahāmantra, circa 1700-1850; वक्रतुण्डमहामन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text used in public and private meditation and prayer dedicated to the worship (pūjā) and veneration of the Hindu deity, the elephant-headed Gaṇeśa (named Vakratuṇḍa or the one with the curved trunk). Contains primarily a series of mantras related to this deity. The names Gaṇeśa and Śiva are written as abbreviations of a larger title of an unknown Purāṇic work, possibly the Gaṇeśapurāṇa. Lacks end and incorrectly titled "Aghoramantra" by Poleman using the explicit (f. 2v).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras; Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

prayers (compositions); hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 18 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out.; Formerly housed with Item 413, Item 414, Item 415, and Item 416.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 417

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts