DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 220 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། དམ་ཅན་གནད་བསྐུལ་བཞུགས་པའི་དབུའི[དབུ]ཕྱོགས་ལེགསྷོ།། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | Dam can gnad bskul bzhugs pa’i dbu’i[dbu] phyogs legs+ho/ |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Calling upon the protector deities, encouraging them to destroy all enemies and demons, and granting protection so that enlightenment is attained and the doctrine is long-lasting in the world. |
| 5. Number of folios | 8 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | Exhortation of the oath-bound protectors of the doctrine. |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | rdzogs+ho/ u ya/ ag thaṃ/ dge’o/ bkra shis/ bkra shis dbal[dpal] ’bar ’dzam gling brgyan du byon/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | It is completed. Secrecy. Virtue. Blessings! May auspiciousness be the ornament of the world! |
| 10. General remarks | The text belongs to the sādhana collection of the Bon meditation deity sTag la ma ’bar. |
| 11. Remarks on script | ’bru tsha, ’khyug ma tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8.5 × 32.5 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 1-2 layers, rough with creases |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.11–0.20 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 right margin upper area |
| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
| 21. XRF analysis | Main elements: Ca, Fe, K, S
Trace elements: Ti, Zn, Sr, Si |
| 22. RTI | |
| 23. GCMS |
