DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 198 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།སྙན་རྒྱུད་རིན་ཆེན་སྒྲོན་གསལ་གྱི་མཆོག་ཁྲི་བཞུགསྷོ།། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | sNya rgyud rin chen sgron gsal gyi mchog khri bzhugs+ho/ |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Prayers and praises, visualizing the main meditatioal deity, and engaging in offerings, confession, and recitation practices, all with the aim of seeking enlightenment. |
| 5. Number of folios | 15 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | “The Precious Lamp”, an oral transmission teaching. |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | ces gzhan yang smon lam ra ri rigs brjod/ rjes kyis[kyi] rim pa rdzogs+ho/ bdag ’dre tshe dbang rig ’dzin gyis/ dkyil ’khor gzhung 3 ldan pa’i ’phrin las ghzung tso la/ gab khyung med par yi ger btabs[btab]/ tshig gis don la gsal thebs pas/ go bla[sla] khyer bde tshig nyung ’di/ su phrad myur du nyams len gyis/ tshe 1 sangs rgyas thob par gyur/ bskal ldan 1 dang phrad par shog/ ’di dang sgrub thabs 2 kyis/ gang zag cig gis cha rkyen mdzod/ rdzogs+ho/ swa mwa ywa rgya rgya rgya/ gter rgya/ 3 rgya/ bkra shis/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | In this manner the prayer is recited. The steps of the concluding practices are completed. I, Tshe dbang rig ’dzin, have accurately transcribed this text containing the sadhana and mandala, without errors, into words that convey its profound meaning. This concise and convenient teaching can be practised easily by anyone who encounters it, leading to awakening in this lifetime. May it be encountered by those who have a karmic connection. May this text, along with its sadhana counterpart, establish virtuous connections for people’s practice. It is completed. Secret, concealed, secret, secret, secret. Blessings. |
| 10. General remarks | |
| 11. Remarks on script | ’bru tsha, dpe tshugs large and small |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8 × 32.5 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers, smooth |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.12–0.17 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 |
| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
| 21. XRF analysis | Main elements: Ca, K, S
Trace elements: Fe, Ti, Zn, Sr, Si |
| 22. RTI | |
| 23. GCMS |
