Drangsong No. 295

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 295
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan No title
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration  
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents According to the five mantra symbols representing earth, water, fire, wind, and space – A, Yaṃ Raṃ, Maṃ, Khaṃ, Bruṃ – visualize the world being continuously destroyed and purified by each element. This is the primary content of the development stage (utpattikrama) in tantric practice.
5. Number of folios 1
6. Scribe’s name
7. Translation of title
8. Transcription of colophon
9. Translation of colophon
10. General remarks
11. Remarks on script ’bru tsha,’khyug ma tshugs
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 8.5 × 33 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type
17. Paper thickness 0.13–0.34 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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