Gaṇeśastotra, circa 1700-1850; गणेशस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Vyāsa (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Tiny manuscript, a kind of pocket book, for personal use, recitation, and prayer dedicated to the worship and praise of Hindu deity Gaṇeśa, the elephant-headed lord of obstacles. Praises the deity in eight verses (āṣṭika), although there are missing parts of verses four through six. Text is possibly derived from the Padmapurāṇa, Uttarakhaṇḍa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 7 x 13 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

The attributed author is the legendary Hindu author of the Mahābhārata, part human, part god, and part divine sage. The name is attributed to a wide range of purāṇic and stotra works from several historical periods, both ancient and medieval.; Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Gaṇeśāṣṭaka supplied by cataloger.; Written in 4 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīvedavyāsaviracitaṃ śrīgaṇeśastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; Some text added in a second hand (f. 1r and f. 3r).; Formerly housed with Ms. Coll. 390: Items 453, 454, 456, and 457.; Folios turn like a Western book (right to left), and text is aligned to the top on both recto and verso; folios are treated with yellow coloring.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts