DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 208 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། སྟག་ལ་་་ |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | sTag la… |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Visualizing the meditational deity sTag la me ’bar, making offerings and praises, seeking to vanquish enemies, counteract harm, destroy one’s own ignorance, and to attain enlightenment. |
| 5. Number of folios | 9 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | sTag la … |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | dge’o/ yon gyis[gyi] bdag po bkra shis par shog/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | Virtue. May all be auspicious for the benefactor. |
| 10. Remarks | |
| 11. Remarks on script | ’bru tsha, tshugs ring; title in dpe tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8 × 31 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers, smooth |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.16–0.26 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 right margin
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| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
| 21. XRF analysis | Main elements: Ca, Fe, K, S
Trace elements: Ti, Zn, Mn, Si |
| 22. RTI | |
| 23. GCMS |
