1. Text number

Drangsong 055

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།རྔོ་མདོས་སྤྱི་ཡི་སྔོན་འགྲོ་་་

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration

rNgo mdos spyi yi sngon ’gro…

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

Prayer for blessings through visualization and mantras as a prelude to a mdos ritual for dedication

5. Number of folios

4 (3 to 6)

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

The preliminary procedures for a mdos ritual of dedication

8. Transcription of colophon

Zhes brjod la sngo mdos spyi’i sngon ’gro sngags drug rdzogs so// dge’o/ zhal ’gro[dro]/ bkra shis/ mangha gha lȧ. 

9. Translation of colophon

The preliminary part of the dedication mdos ritual is complete. Virtue, good luck and blessings.

10. General remarks

Incomplete text.

11. Remarks on script

’bru tsha or khyung bris

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

8.8 × 34 cm

14. Layout

15. Illustrations and decorations

16. Paper type

Woven, 2 layers

17. Paper thickness

0.15–0.31 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 2

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20. AMS ¹⁴C dating

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23. GCMS