DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
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1. Text number |
Drangsong 147 |
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2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།བྱ་ར་མ་གསུམ་གྱིས[གྱི]བསྒྲུབས་པ་བཞུགསོ།། |
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3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
Bya ra ma gsum gyis[gyi] bsgrubs[sgrub] pa bzhgs+ho/ |
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4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
Prayer for the blessing and protection of the white, brown and black manifestations of the goddess Bya ra ma |
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5. Number of folios |
6 (4 + 2) |
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6. Scribe’s name |
None |
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7. Translation of title |
A sādhana of three forms of the goddess Bya ra ma |
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8. Transcription of colophon |
ces bsad pa’i las bya’o/ gang zhig dog la bar chod byed pa de/ zla pa drug nas nad kyis ’chi ba nges/ bka’i bya ra ma 3 zhes kyang bya/ rgyal mo 3 gyi sgrubs thabs su bstan pa rdzogs+ho/ u ya/ ag thaṃ/ li sho ho/ spa dro’i gter/ ku sman pas bton/ ’gar ston la/ smon lam yon tan/ dge’o/ bkra shis/ |
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9. Translation of colophon |
The killing ritual is thus completed. , whoever causes obstructions will surely die of illness within six months. The Sentinel (bya ra ma) of the sacred word shall do this. This presentation of the sādhana of the three queens is finished. u ya, a tham, li sho ho. This treasure of sPa gro was revealed by Ku sman pa found and passed on to ‘Gar ston. Prayers. Good qualities.Virtue. Blessings. |
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10. General remarks |
Ku sman pa, also known as Khu tsha zla ’od (1024-?), was a great treasure revealer in both the Bon and rNying ma traditions. He is particularly know for his discovery of the Phur ba tantras of Bon and of medical treatises in sPa gro (Paro), now in Bhutan.
’Gar (mgar) ston, mGar ston Khro rgyal (12th century) was a famous treasure revealer in the Bon tradition; his textual discoveries belong to the Northern Treasure (Byang gter0 tradition of Bon. |
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11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
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12. Format |
Loose leaves |
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13. Size |
9.2 × 34 cm |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 3 layers, soft |
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17. Paper thickness |
0.14–0.16 mm |
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18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 4 |
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