1750–1850

Gaṇapati Aṣṭaśatanāmāvalī

ms_coll_390item_2816 · University of Pennsylvania

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script List in praise of various Hindu deities.

Repository University of Pennsylvania

Reference No. ms_coll_390item_2816

Language Sanskrit

Date 1750–1850

About this Manuscript

Gaṇapati Aṣṭaśatanāmāvalī contains 64 praises of Gaṇapati and other deities. These are commonly used in introduction of texts in praise of these deities. The praise for deity Gaṇapati is used popularly in most manuscript inceipts for all genres of texts by scribes because he is believed to be the remover of obstacles. This Ms. is written 27-39 lines per folio. Title present in intermediate colophons. Mistakes are covered with yellow, over written or crossed out.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title	Gaṇapati Aṣṭaśatanāmāvalī
Alternative Titles	Mahāviṣṇuśatanāmāvalī, Devī Aṣṭaśatanāmāvalī, Sūrya Aṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalī, Śiva Aṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalī, Navadurgānāmamālikā, Saptamātṛkā, Catuḥṣaṣṭiyoginyai Nāmāvali
Repository	University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number	ms_coll_390item_2816
Collection	Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Language	Sanskrit
Script	Devanāgarī
Subject Classification	List in praise of various Hindu deities.
Date	1750–1850
Place of Origin	United States of America
IIIF Manifest	Public IIIF manifest available