Drangsong No. 172

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 172
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།ཀླུ་མཆོད་འོ་མའི་རྒྱ་མཚོ་བཞུགས་པའ་དབུ་ཕྱོགས་བཞུགསོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration Klu mchod ’o ma’i rgya mtsho bzhugs pa’[pa] dbu phyogs bzhugs so//
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents A ritual of offerings to the klu to ensure well-being and good fortune
5. Number of folios 8
6. Scribe’s name None
7. Translation of title An offering to the klu entitled “The Ocean of Milk”
8. Transcription of colophon bkra shis/
9. Translation of colophon Blessings.
10. General remarks
11. Remarks on script ’bru tshugs, large and small, dbu can
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 9.2 × 35 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, 1-2 layers, rough with creases on the surface
17. Paper thickness 0.13–0.21 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 7
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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