DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 176 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། སྦྱིན་བསྲེགས་ཀྱི་ཁ་བསྒྱུར་་་ |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | sByin bsregs kyi kha bsgyur |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Variations in the text of the recitation of a fire-offering ritual that should be implemented according to the objects offered, and so forth. |
| 5. Number of folios | 6 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | bSam gtan tshul khrims |
| 7. Translation of title | Variations in the recitation of a fire ritual |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | zhes dregs pa bco brgyd las btus/ bsregs rdzas rnams ’bul zhing mchod par bya/ zhal du gsol zhing sku la thim mo/ dge’o// bkra shis+ho/ yon mchod gnyis la bkra shis bde legs shog/ yiga dpal ni sprang khrug [phrug] bsam gtan tshul khrims bdag gis bris/ dge’o// |
| 9. Translation of colophon | This text is excerpted from the eighteen wrathful tantras of sTag la me ’bar. Consecrate all the offerings in the fire, then let them be taken by the deities in their mouths and melt into their bodies. Blessings. may the patron and the priest enjoy blessings, virtue and goodness. Written by me, the beggar named bSam gtan tshul khrims. Blessings. |
| 10. General remarks | Written by bSam gtan tshul khrims (unidentified)
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| 11. Remarks on script | ’bru tsha, ’khyug ma tshugs, Zhang zhung smar chung, dbu can |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8.2 × 27.2 cm |
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| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers, smooth |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.08–0.10 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 3 |
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| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
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