DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number

Drangson 127

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།རྒྱལ་པོའི་གསེར་མདོས་བཞུགསྷོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration

rgyal po’i gser mdos bzhugs+ho/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

In golden lands, in castles of gold, where there were men and horses of gold, the rgyal po deity descends from heaven, then travels over earth and brings disaster. People make a ransom ritual offering to send him back to his place of origin.

5. Number of folios.

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

A golden mdos ritual for the for rgyal po deities

8. Transcription of colophon

rgyal po’i gser mdos zhes bya pa rdzogs so/ bkra shis/ ’dra shus cig[gcig] byas so/ tshar snyis[gnyis] mdzad par ces/

9. Translation of colophon

The golden mdos ritual for the for rgyal po deities is completed. May it be auspicious. Copied one time, then two versions made.

10. General remarks

The rgyal po first reaches the Zhang zhung, then the Glo bo area, then the Sum pa area, then Mar pa, the Four Kings area, the Twelve Kingdoms, Za hor, and so on, given different names by priests in different regions, or sent back by a ransom ritual.

Place name	Priest name	Name given to the rgyal po
Zhang zhung	Zhang zhung bon po g.yung durng phran can	g.yung drung shel gyi hes pa
Glo bo’i yul	Glo bo’i dung bon	Zlas gyi ’phrul mo che
Sum pa	Sum pa’i sdang mig	Galmg gi pad kyi rgyal po
Mar pa	Mar pa’i the thabs	Nyi pang sad
Rgyal po bzhi’i yul	Bya dkar tho tho le rgyan dang bcas/ spe’u dkar mi ’dra glud du ’bul/ A white bird and a white monkey are offered as ransom statue.
Rgyal phran bcu gnyis	g.yag dkar za ’og rgyan dang bcas te phul/ offered a white yak decorated with silk as a ransom state.
Za hor rgyal po	Za ’og yug gcig phul/ offered a bolt of silk.