DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number | Drangsong 301 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
སྣང་སྲིད་ཞི་བའི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་དང་མཆོད་རྫས་རིམ་པ་བཞུགསྷོ།།
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3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | sNang srid zhi ba’i dkyil ’khor dang mchod rdzas rim pa bzhugs+ho// |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Part of the Ceremony for Peace in the Phenomenal World, offerings to the gods of five elements–earth, fire, wind, water, and sky – that make up and control the universe, and also for other gods of the phenomenal world. |
5. Number of folios | 3 |
6. Scribe’s name | |
7. Translation of title | Mandala and offering articles for the Great Ceremony for Peace in the Phenomenal World. |
8. Transcription of colophon | None |
9. Translation of colophon | None |
10. General remarks | This text has no colophon. |
11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format | Loose leaves |
13. Size | 8.4 × 28.8 cm |
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16. Paper type | Woven, 3 layers |
17. Paper thickness | 0.22–0.30 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 5 |
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