DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number |
Drangsong 132 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།གཤིན་རྗེའི[རྗེ]ཁྲཾ་མདོས་སྐྱིས[ཀྱི]ལྟོ་དཔེའ་བཞུགསྷོ། |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
gShin rje’i[rje] khram mdos skyis[kyi] lto[gto] dpe’ bzhugs+ho/ |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
Ritual text for removing disasters and prolonging life by means of a tally-stick mdos offering to Yama, the lord of death. |
5. Number of folios. |
4 |
6. Scribe’s name |
None |
7. Translation of title |
Ritual text of a khram mdos rite of Yama |
8. Transcription of colophon |
zhes brjod la glud bsngo pa’o[ba’o]/ mdos rnams skyal lo/ ’di ni khram ’dos[mdos] rdzogs+ho/ bkra shis par shog/ sarba mangalaṃ/ dge’o/ |
9. Translation of colophon |
In this way, transfer the ransom effigy, and convey the mdos constructions. Blessings and good fortune. Virtue. |
10. General remarks |
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11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format |
Loose leaves |
13. Size |
9.2 × 34.1 cm |
14. Layout |
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15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 1layer, minor polishing traces, soft and absorbent |
17. Paper thickness |
0.23–0.25 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 1 |
19. Fibre analysis |
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20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
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22. RTI |
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23. GCMS |
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