Drangsong No. 060 – Mustang Manuscripts

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

Text number	Drangsong 060
Text title (where present) in Tibetan	༄༅།།སྲིད་རྒྱལ་དྲེའུ་དམར་མོའི་འགུགས་ལས་བཞུགསྷོ།།
Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration	Srid rgyal dre’u dmar mo’i ’gugs las bzhugs s+ho/
A brief summary of the item’s contents	A ritual for the Bon protector Srid rgyal dre’u dmar, the Queen of the Universe who Rides a Red Mule, to subdue enemies and demons.
Number of folios	5
Item number and filenames of the corresponding photographs	V060_IMG_2332-2336
Translation of title	A ritual for summoning [enemies and demons through the invocation of] Srid rgyal dre’u dmar, the Queen of the Universe who Rides a Red Mule
Transcription of colophon	gZhung gang du srangs pas ’phrin las drag pos bskul ma bya’o/ bkra shis/
Translation of colophon	When combined with other main deity ritual texts, one can exhort [the protectors] to perform (lit. by means of) wrathful ritual activities; blessings!
Remarks	This well-known protector of the Bon religion has several forms, including two in which she rides a red mule and a black mule respectively.
Digital microscope images
Back lit samples
XRF Analysis	Main elements : Ca, Fe, K, Cu Trace elements: Si, S, Cl, Al, P, Ti, Mn, Zn
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Fibre Composition