DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number | Drangsong 323 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
མ་ཡམས་ནག་མོའི་བཟློག་མདོས་བཞུགས་སོ།། |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | Ma yams nag mo’i bzlog mdos bzhugs so// |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | A mdos repulsion ritual for the Black Mother of Epidemics |
5. Number of folios | 5 |
6. Scribe’s name | |
7. Translation of title | A mdos ritual of repulsion to the many Black Queen deities |
8. Transcription of colophon | ces chu gnyan rnams mtsho nang du bskyal lo// ma bdud klong dgu’i mdos rdzogs so//
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9. Translation of colophon | Cast the water spirits into a lake; the mdos ritual of the ma bdud goddesses is completed. |
10. General remarks | Fols [V001_IMG_0869] and [V001_IMG_0870] do not belong to this text cycle. |
11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs |
12. Format | Loose leaves |
13. Size | 7.3 × 36.2 cm |
14. Layout | |
15. Illustrations and decorations | |
16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers |
17. Paper thickness | 0.24–0.26 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 |
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20. AMS 14C dating | |
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