University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 2512

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9364

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 2512

Title:

Gaṇeśāparādhasundarastotra

Author:

Śaṅkarācārya

Ādi Shankara WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Viśvanāthabhaṭṭa, active 1650-1709

Viśvanāthabhaṭṭa WIKIDATA

Watermarks

Date:

1761-circa 1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 10 x 16 cm

Note:

Title from colophon including the marginal addition of gaṇeśā (f. 3r); alternate title Gaṇapati aprādhasundarastotra from title page (f. 1r).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant numbers and phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked by triple black line.
Colophon: iti śrīśaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ gaṇeś[ā]parādhasuṃdarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam // śrīgajānanārpaṇam astu // (f. 3r).
Watermark of part of a coat of arms and the initial M.
Scribe is Viśvanātha Bhāṭṭa of the village of Tāra (f. 3r), near Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Written in 3 lines per leaf.
Dated śaka 1683 (1761) (f. 3r); however, only folio 1 appears to be from that date, folios 2 and 3 appear to be from the mid- or late 19th century, based on the watermark and other signs typical of a manuscript from this period.

Keyword:

Watermarks

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

hymns

prayers (literary works)

Hindu hymns, Sanskrit

Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)

Early works

Puja (Hinduism)

Forgiveness of sin

Hinduism

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9973916453503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3h41jm7g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania