DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 309 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
སྨོན་ལམ་བཏབ་པ་བཞུགསྷོ།། ཞི་པས[བའི]ལས་ལ་བྷད[འབད]པ་ཡིན།
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| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | sMon lam btab pa bzhugs+ho// zhi pas[ba’i] las la bhad [’bad] pa yin/
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| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | A prayer from the Great Ceremony for Peace in the Phenomenal World, and for the enlightenment for all beings. |
| 5. Number of folios | 4 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | A prayer text, for peace efforts. |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | snang srid zhi ba chen po ’di/ kun bzang thugs kyi dgongs pa/ tshad med ’od ldan gyis spos ri ngad ldan du mdzad pa/ klu grub ye shes snying po’i[pos] mtsho ma pang du mdzad pa/ ’chi med gtsug phud kyis gangs ti tse ru mdzad pa/ bkyud[brgyud] kyi phyag bzhes nyams su blangs pa ’di/ tso men gyar[gyer] chen stong rgyung mthu chen bdag gis/ khyung lung gis[gi] yul khyung lung dngul mkhar gyis[gyi] rtser mdzad/ phyi rabs skal ldan don du gter du sbas/ las ’phro can dang ’phrad par shog/ ’phrad nas snang srid ma lus yongs su zhi bar zhog/ snang srid zhi ba chen po rdzogs so// bkra shis par gyur cig/ ’gro don ’phel/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | This text for great peace in the universe, which is the enlightened intention of the mind of Samantabhadra (Kun tu bzang po), was written by Tshad med ’od ldan in the mountain sPos ri ngad ldan, by Klu grub ye shes snying po at Ma pang lake, by ’Chi med gtsug phud in mountain Gang ti tse. This practice manual written by me, the great master sTong rgyung mthu chen on the castle of Khyung lung dngul mkhar in the land of Khyung lung, then hidden for later generations of those who are blessed with fortune. May it be found by those who has have good a karmic residue, and when it has been found may the entire phenomenal universe without exception be pacified. The ceremony for great peace in the phenomenal universe is completed. Blessings. May there be benefit for all living beings. (0686B) |
| 10. General remarks | The text contains many unique abbreviations for Tibetan words (in dbu med). |
| 11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8.4 × 28.8 cm |
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| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.24–0.33 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 |
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| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
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