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290 Beginning. kailasasikhare ramye sukhasinam trilocanam | End. pranamya sirasa natham parvati paryaprcchata || 1 || tvattah srutam pura deva ganesasya mahatmanah | namnam sahasram taccitram gakaradikamistadam || 2 || iti srutva mahadevadevi vistrtamanasa | pujayamasa vidhina ganesvarapadadvayam || 82 || Colophon. iti srirudrayamale sivaparvatisamvade gakaradiganapatisahakhanamastotram sampurnam | gakaradisabdavatita ganapatisahakhanamakathanam | visayah | a page. No. 890. mahaganapatisahasranamastotram | Substance, country paper, 12 x 41 inches. Folia, 10. Lines, 10 on Extent, 200 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, S. 1712. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Babu Rajendralala Mitra. Appearance, new. Verse. Generally correct. Mahaganapati-sahasra-nama-stotra. A hymn in praise of Ganesa in which a thousand epithets are strung together. This hymn is said to have been recited by Ganesa himself at the request of his father Siva, with a view to ensure success in the battle against Tripurasura. It professes to be an extract from the Ganesa Purana. Beginning. vyasa uvaca | katham namnam sahasram svam ganesa upadistavan | sivayaitanmamacacca lokanugrahatatparah || 1 || End. brahmovaca | deva evam pura ratih puratrayajayodyame | anarcanaganesasya jata vighnakulah kila || 2 || manasa samvinidharya tatastadvighnakaranam | mahaganapatim bhaktya samabhyarca yathavidhi || 3 || vighnaprasamanopayamastacchada parajitah | santustah pujaya sambhormahaganapatih khayam || 4 || tatastasmai khakam namnam sahakhamidamabravot | sarvavighnaikacaranam sarvakamaphalapradam || 5 || namo namah suravarapujitaye namo namo nirupamamangalatmane | namo namo vipuladarthaikasindhave namo namah karikalabhananaya te || 43 ||