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 | |
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20. AMS 14C dating | |
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23. GCMS |