DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number |
Drangsong 159 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།རྒྱལ་པོའི་སྤྱི་མདོས་དཀར་ཆུངས་བཞུགསྷོ།། |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
rGyal po’i spyi mdos dkar chung[chung] bzhugs+ho/ |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
A mdos ritual of offering to the rgyal po divinities and their dependent gods |
5. Number of folios |
6 |
6. Scribe’s name |
None |
7. Translation of title |
A general mdos ritual for the rgyal po divinities entitled the “Little White One” |
8. Transcription of colophon |
yi dam nga rgyal gyis/ rgyal po ’khor bcas rang rang so so’i gnas su bsongs[song] par[bar] bsam mo/ bkra shis/ |
9. Translation of colophon |
Visualise the rgyal po and their entourages returning to their respective places through [the power of] the divine pride of the meditation deity. Blessings. |
10. General remarks |
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11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format |
Loose leaves |
13. Size |
9.3 × 34.5 cm |
14. Layout |
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15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 1 layer |
17. Paper thickness |
0.14–0.18 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 1 |
19. Fibre analysis |
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20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
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22. RTI |
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23. GCMS |
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