DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 314 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
ཀླུ་སྲིན་ཁྲ་མོའི་མདོས་བཞུགས་སོ།། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | Klu srin khra mo’i mdos bzhugs so// |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | A mdos ritual for the repulsion of the klu srin, a category of harmful serpent spirits. |
| 5. Number of folios | 3 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | A mdos ritual for the variegated klu srin demons. |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | ces pa ’di/ sa bdag klu gnyan rnams pa spro ba ’di/ ston pa gshen rab mi bo yis/ sa bdag klu gnyan rnams kyis dug ’joms par bya ba’i phyir du/ su’i don du byed na mi yi rigs bzhi yi don du/ ston pa gshen rab kyi klu la bon gyis[gyi] ’khor lo bskor dus skabs de tsam na/ ston pa thugs kyis dgongs nas/ spyan gyis gzigs te klu rnams kyis/ mi la gnod par gzigs nas/ ’gro la phan phyir li mdzad pa’o// bkra shis so// |
| 9. Translation of colophon | This ritual for pleasing (?) the lords of the earth, the klu and the gnyan was created by sTon pa gshen rab mi bo to overcome harm caused by the lords of the earth, the klu and the gnyan. As for whose benefit it is for, it is for all four human varṇas. When sTon pa gshen rab mi bo was turning the wheel of the teachings to the klu, he saw the harm that the klu did to humans, and created this ritual for the benefit of living beings. Good fortune. |
| 10. General remarks | |
| 11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 7.2 × 36 |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 1 layer |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.16–0.18 |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 |
| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
| 21. XRF analysis | |
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