1. Text number 

Drangsong 115

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།བཟའ[གཟའ]ངན་སྐར་ངན་བཟློག་ཐབས་བཞུགསྷོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

bZa’[gza’] skar ngan skar ngan bzlog thabs bzhugs+ho/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

A ritual to reverse the misfortune caused by inauspicious planets and stars.

5. Number of folios

5

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

The methods of reversing all evil planets and stars

8. Transcription of colophon

ces smon lam stab[btab] po/ bzlog skar drug ni/ smin drug 1/ sgyid bu bya chu gsum/ rta pa/ rta’u/ lag sor drug/ dge’o/ bca’ thabs cig la/ dang po ri rab bar rim gsum rtsegs byas pa 1/ za ’og gur phub/ nam mkha’ g.yu’ chen mtha’ can/ ’khor lo rtsibs brgyad khams dang thun/ bshos dang spyang ki’i lpags pa dang/ ras bal dud pa rta’i mgo shags dang/ chu srin sder mo dong troll rtswa dang ’o ma/ spos/ chang phud bur chu khrag chu dang/ ’phran yan sman sna sna tshogs bcos so/ bkra shis/ dge’o/ len[lan] cig bzhus so/

9. Translation of colophon

The above is how you should pray. The six stars for reversal are smin drug, sgyid bu, bya chu, rta ba, rta’u, and lag sor. Virtue. First, constructing a three-tiered Mount Meru in with a tent of silk on top; the sky decorated with turquoise at the limits; [underneath] is an eight-spoked wheels [with colours] corrresponding to the elements; a torma and a wolfskin; on a mat of interwoven (dud pa) cotton and wool, the head of a horse, the claws of a crocodile as well as grass, milk, incense, first-beer, water with molasses, water with blood, and various herbs and spices. Blessings and virtue. Once checked.

10. General remarks

dpe tshugs

11. Remarks on script

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

9.7 × 34.8 cm

14. Layout

15. Illustrations and decorations

16. Paper type

Woven (possibly also nylon sieve), 1-2 layers, soft

17. Paper thickness

0.15–0.17 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 1

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