Drangsong No. 261

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong  261
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration No title
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents Prayer to the main deity, offering of a golden libation, and a ransom ceremony to eliminate the gshed (executioner-fiends) from all directions.
5. Number of folios 2
6. Scribe’s name None
7. Translation of title
8. Transcription of colophon bkra shis/ sngags ’changs sangs rgyas ’od gsal gyi dpe gral lags so/
9. Translation of colophon Blessings! This text is from the book collection of the tantrist Sang rgyas ‘od gsal.
10. General remarks Incomplete
11. Remarks on script dpe tshugs
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 7 × 28 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, ply, smooth
17. Paper thickness 0.24–0.29 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 1 right bottom corner
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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