1. Text number 

Drangsong 128

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།མ་བདུད་མཚོ་སྨན་སློང་དགུའི་མདོས་བཞུགསྷོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

Ma bdud mtsho sman slong dgu’i mdos bzhugs+ho/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

A ritual of ransom for various female demons of different types who bring illness and disaster to mankind.

5. Number of folios

5

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

A ransom ritual for demonesses (ma bdud) and (?) lake goddesses (mtsho sman). 

8. Transcription of colophon

ces chu snyan[gnyan] rnmas mtsho nang du skyal lo/ ma bdud mtsho sman klong dgu’i mdos rdzogs+ho/ bkra shis par shog cig/

9. Translation of colophon

Then, send the ransom-cross ritual of the water deity into the lake, the ransom-cross ritual for the nine female lake-demons is complete.

10. General remarks

11. Remarks on script

dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

9.8 × 34.3 cm

14. Layout

15. Illustrations and decorations

16. Paper type

Woven, 1-2 layers, textile sieve print visible on the paper surface, soft

17. Paper thickness

0.14–0.16 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 2

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20. AMS ¹⁴C dating

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