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 |