DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 164 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།ཀླུའི་བྱད་འགྲོལ་བཞུགས་སོ།།༄༅།། ཀླུའི་གདོན་འགྲོལ་བཞུགསྷོ།། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | klu’i byad ’grol bzhugs so//
klu’i gdon ’grol bzhugs+ho// |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Rituals for release from illnesses caused by klu through offerings and mantra recitation. |
| 5. Number of folios | 3 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | None |
| 7. Translation of title | A ritual of liberation from the curses of the klu
A ritual of liberation from the harm of the klu |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | bkra shis/
ces brjod la ba ru sna’i mdun du ’bul lo/ phul nas mnyes cing[shing] za btung gyis[gis] longs spyod phun gsum tshogs nas ngom shing[zhing] tshims par bsam mo/ nad thams cad ba ru sna’i lus la bstim mo/ gdon ’grol gyis[gyi] cho ga rdzogs so// bkra shis/ manggalaṃ/ dge legs ’phel bar shog/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | Blessings.
Having recited the above, make offerings in front of [a image of] Varuṇa (the Vedic god of the waters). After the offerings, joyfully contemplate having a rich and satisfying diet, and in this way, contemplate that all illnesses are incorporated into the body of Varuṇa. Blessings. May all be auspicious. May well-being flourish. |
| 10. General remarks | |
| 11. Remarks on script | Small dpe tshugs, ’bru tsha |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 9.1 × 35 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.23–0.25 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 3 |
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| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
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