1. Text number

Drangsong 027

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།། སྟག་ལ་མདོས་ཀྱི་བཞུགས་མཆོག་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགསྷོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration

sTag la mdos kyi bzhugs mchog bzhugs pa legs s+ho//

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

A ritual text that prays for the main meditation deity sTag la me ‘bar to bless the mdos

5. Number of folios

6

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

Invitation of the mdos of sTag la me ‘bar to take its place

8. Transcription of colophon

dun tse nang dme byed par shog/ u y yag thal/:: rgya rgya rgya/ mdos kyi ’jug chog slig tso/ mu tsug dmar ro/ dbal bon stag la me ’bar gyi dam pa ’di/ khon spung dran pa nam mkha’i/ bkra shis s+ho/ ’gru’i g/ 

9. Translation of colophon

May the vow-breakers perform fratricide among themselves; threefold seal; this mdos entry ritual was taught by Khod spungs dran pa nam mkha’. May [all] be auspicious!

10. General remarks

11. Remarks on script

’bru tsha, ’khyug ma tshugs; some mantras in Zhangzhung.

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

8.9 × 33.5 cm

14. Layout

15. Illustrations and decorations

16. Paper type

Woven, 2 layers, white paint on the paper surface, polishing traces

17. Paper thickness

0.16

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 2

19. Fibre analysis

Stellera sp.

20. AMS ¹⁴C dating

21. XRF analysis

Main elements: Ca, S

Trace elements: Fe, K, Ti, Sr, Si

22. RTI

23. GCMS