1. Text number

Drangsong 007

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

ཡུལ་ས་ལྷ་མཆོད་བཞུགས་སོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration

Yul sa lha mchod bzhugs so//

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

Invocations to the territorial gods of Lo Monthang and surrounding areas

5. Number of folios

17

6. Scribe’s name

Not given, but on the basis of handwriting probably Drangsong Karma

7. Translation of title

Offerings to and worship of the territorial gods.

8. Transcription of colophon

Rig ’tshan [’dzin] ’a pha khyi dmar ris blo yul lha srin dam la rtags dus mdzad pa’o// bkra shis/ mangalaṃ/ dge’o/

9. Translation of colophon

Written by the knowledge-holder ’A pha Khyi dmar ri when he subdued the gods in Lo Montang.

10. General remarks

’A pha (pronounced “Awa”) is a obsolete name for the area of what is now northern Lo in which Monthang is located. Khyi dmar ri is the actual clan name of the Drangsong priestly lineage.

11. Remarks on script

Inexpert dpe tshugs throughout.

12. Format

Deb ther sewn at the top and folded once more in half parallel to the long edge at the spine

13. Size

12.5 × 19 cm

14. Layout

6–10 text lines per page, excepting the upper cover with 2 lines and bottom cover with 4 lines

15. Illustrations and decorations

None

16. Paper type

Woven with coarse textile sieve print

17. Paper thickness

0.06–0.10 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

Cover/f. 1

19. Fibre analysis

Daphne sp. and Stellera sp.

20. AMS ¹⁴C dating

21. XRF analysis

Main elements: Ca, Fe, K, S

Trace elements: Ti, Zn, Mn, Si

22. RTI

23. GCMS