DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number | Drangsong 332 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
མཚོ་སྨན་གུར་མདོས་བཞུགས་སོ།། |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | mTsho sman gur mdos bzhugs so// |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | A mdos offering to the female lake deity mtsho sman, a divinity inhabiting mountain lakes, and generally recognised as a female gnyan. |
5. Number of folios | 8 |
6. Scribe’s name | |
7. Translation of title | A mdos ritual for the mtsho sman, a female lake deity.
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8. Transcription of colophon | sarba manga laṃ/ bkra shis so// dge’o// ’di bzhengs dge bas sems can gzhan don ’phel bar shog/ |
9. Translation of colophon | Virtue. May the virtue of writing this text be of benefit to other living beings. |
10. General remarks | |
11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs |
12. Format | Loose leaves |
13. Size | 7 × 35.9 cm |
14. Layout | |
15. Illustrations and decorations | |
16. Paper type | Laid patchy, 1-2 layers |
17. Paper thickness | 0.21–0.24 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 8 |
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20. AMS 14C dating | |
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