Devotional text of praise, venerating the elephant-headed, Hindu deity Gaṇeśa and his one thousand names. Secondary, devotional text consisting of nine lines of text is dedicated to Gaṇeśa and mantras praising him (f. 42v-43r).
Title from title page (f. 43v); alternate title Mahāgaṇapatisahasranāma, from colophon (f. 42v).; Two colored illustrations, one of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa seated on a lotus flower and flanked by two attendants standing on lotus flowers (f. 1r); the second illustration is of a seated goddess (possibly Lakṣmī), flanked by a single attendant or worshiper (f. 38v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red and yellow line.; Written in 6 lines per leaf.; 43 leaves foliated 1-43, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrī padmapurāṇe mahāgaṇapatiproktaṃ mahāgaṇapatisahasranāmasaṃpūrṇamṃ sa[ṃ]vat // 1859 // śake 1724 duṃdubhināmte saṃvatsare vaiśākhaśukla // 7 // bhaume idaṃ gaṇapatisahasranāmaṃ likhitaṃ śubhaṃ bhavatu // kalpāṇam astu // śrīḥ // śrīḥ // śrīḥ // śrīḥ // (f. 42r-42v).; Dated saṃvat 1859 and śaka 1724 (1802) (f. 42v).; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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