DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 183 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། སྟག་ལ་དུན་ཙེ་སྟོང་བསྒྲོལ་གྱི་བསྐང་བ་དབུ་བཞུགས་སོ།། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | No title |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Prayer for the destruction of demons and all foreign invaders by propitiating the deity sTag la me ’bar |
| 5. Number of folios | 9 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | Appeasement offering for the destruction of thousands of demons |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | Ces bya’o/ mi dmigs pa’i rgyas gdab bo/ dun tse drong sgrol phung ’bar nag po’i bskang chung u la smar ro/ bdag ’dra phung bon mgo dmar gyis/ ’ol mo lungs rings yang phug du/ ston pa stag la me ’bar la/ lha nor bcu gsum phul nas bzhin/ bka’ ba du ma spyad nas khus/ smon lam btab nas dran pa nyid la gtad/ khod spungs dran pa bdag gis kyang/ rma gnyan pom ra’i rtse [rtsa] la sbas/ brag seng ghe ’dra ba’i ’go/ mi langs ba |
| 9. Translation of colophon | In this way, with the seal without objectification, the short appeasement offering for the destruction of thousands of demons is over. As I, Pung bon mgo dmar, after making offerings of thirteen treasures to the teacher sTag la me ’bar, in the innermost part of ’Ol mo lung ring, and after udergoing great difficulties in order to obtain this teaching, I made a prayer and gave it to Dran pa nam mkha’ himself. I, Khod spungs Dran pa nam mkha’, I hid it at the top of a rocky cliff in the shape of a lion at the foot of Mt rMa gnyan pom ra. |
| 10. General remarks | The text belongs to the sādhana cycle of Bon meditation deity sTag la me ’bar. |
| 11. Remarks on script | dPe tshugs,’Bru tsha, ’khyug ma tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 9.1 × 33 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | The first two pages of this manuscript are beautifully ornamented.The title folio possesses an elaborate double frame traced with double red lines and painted yellow, green, and red. Rectangular in shape and yellow in colour, the first frame extends to the sides into two side compartments. Rhomboid and green, the second frame has the same height and width as the first one. Where both frames intersect with each other, either the first one is painted red instead of yellow, or one of the frames is doubled with red bands.
On the next two folios, the rubricated text is included in a yellow rectangular frame, which is doubled with red columns on the sides. |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2-3 layers, smooth, polishing traces |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.14–0.17 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 |
| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
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