Manuscript used for public or private recitation and prayer. It presents numerous mantras and is in praise of the one thousand names connected to the elephant-headed, Hindu deity, Gaṇeśa. Text is presented as a dialogue between the Hindu deities Śiva and Umā (Pārvatī).
Title from colophon (f. 8v); alternate title Gakārādigaṇapatisahasranāmastotra from opening verses (f. 1v).; Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale śivomāsaṃvāde gakārādisahasnanāmastotraṃ samāptim apīphaṇat // śrīvakratuṃḍagaṇeśārpaṇam astu // śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1933 jyeṣṭaśuddha 13 śukre samāptaṃ // (f. 8v).; Dated saṃvat 1933 jyeṣṭaśuddha 13 śukra (Monday, June 5, 1876) (f. 8v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and minor additions in margins; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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