Gaṇeśopaniṣad, circa 1700-1850; गणेशोपनिषद्,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Madyājñika Devakṛṣṇa (former owner)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, and recitation and is a philosophical work, written in the style of an ancient Upaniṣad, but dedicated to the medieval figure, the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa. The work relates the deity Gaṇeśa with the highest principles of the universe.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Madyājñika Devakṛṣṇa.

Subject:

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity); Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Vedanta

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (5 leaves) : paper; 8 x 12 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5r).; Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti atharvaṇarahasye gaṇeśopaniṣat saṃpūrṇam (f. 5r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts