DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 333 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
བཙན་རྒྱལ་གཉིས་གྱི་མཆོད་ཐབས་ལགས། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | bTsan rgyal gnyis gyi[kyi] mchod thabs lags/ |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Four kings from four direction, the king of China who is from east, the king of Tibet who is from south, the king of Zhang zhung who is from west, and the king of the Gesar who is from north, they made offerings to the tsan deity by ransom ritual, and then whom healed from sickness. |
| 5. Number of folios | 3 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | The method of making offerings to two kings of the btsan deities |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | rgyal po sde bzhi bsnyung pa gdangs [dwangs] so// btsan zhal thad du bsdogs [bzlogs] so// phyag ’tshal glud ’bul lo// tshar ro// bkra shis/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | the great of four kings healed from sickness, and reversed the btsan deity. then prostrate and offering. Complete. Good fortune.
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| 10. General remarks | The narrative in the first of the content, like many folk rituals texts which is based on the myth of Tibetan god Yab bla bdal drug. And in the description of the positions of the four kings, the difference from the general is that India king is missing at here. |
| 11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 7.2 × 36 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 1 layer |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.16–0.19 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 3 |
| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
| 21. XRF analysis | |
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