DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number

Drangsong 202

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།གྱེར་སྤུངས་མཚན་རྒྱད[བརྒྱད]གྱིས[ཀྱི]གསོལ་འདེབས་བཞུགསྷོ།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration

Gyer spungs mtshan brgyad kyi gsol ’debs bzhugs so/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

Praying to the great Master Dran pa nam mkha’ and praise to the virtues of his eight aspects, seeking to attain accomplishments.

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6. Scribe’s name

7. Translation of title

Prayer of the eight titles of Gyer spungs [Dran pa nam mkha’]

8. Transcription of colophon

bces[ces] gsol pa[ba] brtab[btab] pas dpon gsas rig ’dzin gyis thugs la ’od zer ’phros nas/ bdag rgyud byin gyis rlabs par bsam/ gyer spungs mtshan brgyd kyis gsol ’debs ’di ni/ stang chen dmu tsha gyer med kyis mdzad pa’o/ bkra shis/ byin pa’i bdag po drangs[drang] srongs[srong] gis/ rgyu mi nor la ’dzin pa med zhin[bzhin] brdangs/ khyod rang gi grib pa byongs pa dang/ nga rang gis lag pa sbyang pa dang/ bkra shis/ dge’o/ yi ge lag pa ’di la drang srong mkhyen zhu/ mgon mchod gyis

9. Translation of colophon

In this manner, offer prayers. Visualize the radiance emanating from the master’s heart and merging into myself, bestowing blessings. The Prayer for the eight titles of Gyer spungs was composed by sTang chen dmu tsa gyer med. May there be auspiciousness! For the benefactor or owner, Drang srong, may you remain free from attachment to wealth, people and cattle. In order to purify your negative karma, I extend my hand… Auspicious. Well done! This writing… may Drang srong be aware, offer supplications…

10. General remarks

	Region	The name of the holy mountains	The name of the master
1	sTag gzig	gYung drung sprul ba’i gnas
2	U rgyan	Me tog spungs mdzes ri bo	gYung drung mi ’gyur rgyal po
3	rGya gar	gYu lo bkod pa’i ri bo	gYung drung dpa’ bo
4	Za hor	bDud ’joms dbal gyi ri bo	’Chi med rdo rje
5	Thod dkar	rTa mchog ’dzin gyi ri bo	bDud ’dul dpa’ bo
6	rGya nag	sPra phud rtse lnga	gYung drung ’od can
7	Zhang zhung	Bya ri gtsug ldan	Gyer chen dpa’ bo
8	Bod yul ru bzhi	Gang bzang ri bo	Slob dpon dran pa