Gaṇapatyatharvaśīrṣa, circa 1700-1850; गणपत्यथर्वशीर्ष,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Maktuṇa, Cintāmaṇa (scribe)

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of protective rites, mantras, and praises associated with the name Gaṇapati; purported to be from the Atharvaveda (f. 2r) though likely written in the late medieval period; dedicated to the deity Gaṇeśa, though manuscript identifies itself as an Upaniṣad (f. 2r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 16 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from rubric (f. 1r) and colophon (f. 2r), written without sandhi in both cases (gaṇapati atharvaśīraṣaṃ), and corrected by cataloger.; Written in 15 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: ity upaniṣat // ity atharvaṇavede gaṇapat[ya]tharvaśīraṣaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīgajānanārpaṇamastu // oṃ maktuṇopanāmakaciṃtāmaṇena likhitaṃ // svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // (f. 2r).; Scribe is Cintāmaṇa with the family name (upanāma) of Maktuṇa (f. 2r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 100

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts