Drangsong No. 186

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 186
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།བསྐར[སྐར]་ཟློག་བཞུགས་བསྷོ[སྷོ]།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration bskar[skar] zlog bzhugs bs+ho[s+ho]
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents A mdos ritual for recovering human souls that have been appropriated by demons of the stars.
5. Number of folios 10
6. Scribe’s name
7. Translation of title The ritual for reversig the demons of the stars
8. Transcription of colophon sarba manggalam/ bkra shis so/
9. Translation of colophon Auspices. Good fortune.
10. General remarks
11. Remarks on script dpe tshugs
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 7.2 × 36.5 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, 1-2 layers, rough, absorbent
17. Paper thickness 0.17–0.25 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 10
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis Main elements: Ca, Fe, K, S

Trace elements: Ti, Zn, Si

22. RTI
23. GCMS

 

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