University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 2208

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DS ID:

DS7386

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 2208

Title:

Gaṇeśāvatāravarṇana

Scribe:

Khare, Viṣṇubhaṭa

Date:

1866.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 13 x 20 cm

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 86v).
European paper with watermarks feature an emblem with a crown and the company name "D & G Superfine Foolscap" imprinted on the final folio (f. 87).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Written in 8-12 lines per leaf.
87 leaves foliated 1-88, [87], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vināyakamāhātmye śivaskaṃdasaṃvāde gaṇeśāvatāravarṇananāmacaturviśatitaṃodhyāyaḥ // 24 // śrībhālacaṃdragajānanārpaṇam astu // śubhaṃ bhavaṃtu // śake 1788 dakṣiṇāyanepauṣaśuddha 5 guruvārasaraṃ samāptaṃ khare ityupamāmakaviṣṇubhaṭena likhitaṃ // maṃgalaṃ lekhakā[n]āṃ ca pāṭakānāṃ ca maṃgalaṃ maṃgalaṃ sarvadevānāṃ bhūmau bhūpati maṃgalaṃ // śrīgajānanaḥ...
Dated śaka 1788 (1866) (f. 86v).
Scribe is Viṣṇubhaṭa Khare (f. 86r).

Keyword:

prayers (literary works)

poems

Manuscripts

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Avatars (Religion)

Hindu mythology

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9958213723503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p36c5j/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania