Gaṇeśakathā, circa 1700-1850; गणेशकथा,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Saṃkaṭacothakathā

Name:

Sveta Pāla

Date:

1700

Description:

Hindi poem of a story about Gaṇeśa, the Hindu god with an elephant's head, and the god Śiva.

Language:

Hindi

Subject:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 12 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1v); alternate title Saṃkaṭacothakathā from colophon (f. 9v).; Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Colophon: iti śrīsvetapāladvijaviraṃcitaṃ saṃkaṭacothakathā saṃpūrṇam samāpta śrī rām (f. 9v).; In Hindi (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2659

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts