Drangsong No. 264

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong  264
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 In the ritual settings, at the centre is the main deity, surrounded by twenty-five ransom tormas. These are used for offerings, visualisation, and practice to seek the removal of calamities, to attain happiness and enlightenment.
5. Number of folios 55
6. Scribe’s name None
7. Translation of title
8. Transcription of colophon
9. Translation of colophon
10. General remarks The text is incomplete. According to the content, this is the four-hundred-fold offering sādhanā of Bon.
11. Remarks on script ’bru tsha
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 9.5 × 26.5 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, 1-2 layers, smooth
17. Paper thickness 0.08–0.13 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 1 left upper corner
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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