DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number | Drangsong 181 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan | |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | No title |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Spiritual practice on the contemplation of the earth-lord deities of the five continents. |
5. Number of folios | 3 |
6. Scribe’s name | None |
7. Translation of title | None |
8. Transcription of colophon | None |
9. Translation of colophon | |
10. General remarks | Incomplete; a ritual text from the sādhana cycle of Bon meditation deity sTag la me ’bar |
11. Remarks on script | ’Bru tsha (two different hands), ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format | Loose leaves |
13. Size | 8.9 × 28.8 cm |
14. Layout | |
15. Illustrations and decorations | |
16. Paper type | Woven, 2-3 layers, textile print visible on the paper surface on some areas, smooth |
17. Paper thickness | 0.13–0.18 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 8 |
19. Fibre analysis | |
20. AMS 14C dating | |
21. XRF analysis | |
22. RTI | |
23. GCMS |