Drangsong No. 113

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number 

Drangsong 113

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།ཤ་བོ་རུ་རྒྱས་བཞུགས་སོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

Sha bo ru rgyas bzhugs so//

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

A mdos ritual text about the use of the supernatural deer to acquire good fortune.

5. Number of folios

12

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

The deer with the spreading antlers

8. Transcription of colophon

bkra gshis[shis] sarba mangga laṃ/

9. Translation of colophon

Blessings. May all be auspicious

10. General remarks

This ritual is the object of a study by Anne-Marie Blondeau and Samten Karmay (1988)

11. Remarks on script

dpe tshugs

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

9.2 × 32.8 cm

14. Layout

 

15. Illustrations and decorations

 

16. Paper type

Woven, 2 layers, polishing traces

17. Paper thickness

0.17–0.19 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 5

19. Fibre analysis

Daphne sp.

20. AMS 14C dating

 

21. XRF analysis

Main elements: Ca, K, S, Fe, Cl

Trace elements: Si, P, Ti, Mn, Cu

22. RTI

 

A)    Rendering mode:  Default                      B) Rendering mode: Diffuse Gain

23. GCMS

 

 

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