1. Text number |
Drangsong 338 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
མི་ནག་མགོ་གསུམ་གྱིས[གྱི]་ཀོང་ཙེའི་གསོལ་མཆོད་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགསྷོ།། བཀྲ་ཤིས།
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3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
Mi nag mgo gsum gyis [gyi] kong tse’i gsol mchod bzhugs pa legs+ho/ bkra shis/ |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
A general ritual to reverse inauspicious signs, negative omens, adverse circumstances and obstructions from people and natural phenomena. |
5. Number of folios |
9 + 1 |
6. Scribe’s name |
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7. Translation of title |
The three-headed black man petition-offering of Kongtse |
8. Transcription of colophon |
ces brjod la mgo gsum ’dug pa nas slang [blangs] la phyi la bsgyur [bskyur]ro/ bkra shis/ dge’o// |
9. Translation of colophon |
Then take the [effigy of the] three-headed black man and throw it away. Blessings. Virtue.(V002_0756B) |
10. General remarks |
As in many general ritual texts, the main divine figure in this on is the magical King Kong tse. Other texts of the Three Headed Man of the Black rituals featuring King Kongtse are known; this one provides no details concerning the heads that appear on the eponymous monster. |
11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs, ’bru tsha, ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format |
Loose leaves |
13. Size |
8 × 36.3 cm |
14. Layout |
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15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 2 layers |
17. Paper thickness |
0.23–0.25 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 10 |
19. Fibre analysis |
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20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
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22. RTI |
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23. GCMS |
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