DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 223 |
| 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 | Burnt offerings; the smoke of burned flour mixed with pure food and holy substances nourishes the beings on the intermediate stage between death and rebirth and the hungry ghosts. |
| 5. Number of folios | 3 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | Nyi ’od |
| 7. Translation of title | |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | ces bsngo ba smon lam gyis brgyas gtab[btab] pa’o/ de ltar gsur mchod rin chen gtar rgyud las/ nyung dung ’di kun grol grags pa’i[pas] mdzad pa’o/ dad ldan skra[grwa] slobs [ slob] ’ga’i[’gas] bskul ba’i ngor/ bris ’di ’gro ba’i don du rgyu[rgyur] gyur zhig/ sarba mangalaṃ/ brgyud rim ni/ bon nyid dbyings kyis bla chen dran pa nam mkha’i/ mkha’ gsal ’od kyi sbu dgu rgyud nas/ rig ’dzin kun sgrol[grol] grags pa la snyan du rgyud/ des brgya b dbang sgrags[grags] la rgyud/ de nyag sgom phun tshogs bstan ’dzin la rgyud/ de rje btsun ran na gtsug phud la rgyud/ des shes ston rgyal bat shul khrims g.yung durng la rgyud/ de grang srong g.yung drung bstan ’dzin la rgyud/ de stan pa rgyal mtshan la rgyud/ de g.yung drung ’od zer la rgyud/ de rtsa ba’i bla ma’i drung nas bdag la’o/ ’gro don ’phel bar shog/ dge’o/ ’gyogs bris la song/ bu dgu gcig gis bsran pa la/ sna rtsa cig gis sla ba la/ lag cig gis ’dug ga la/ bsra sla bdug gsum yig de nyi ’od bdag gis bris pa legs/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | The dedication prayer is thus sealed. In this way, Kun grol grags pa (1700-1761) wrote this text based on the “Precious Flowing Ritual of Burnt Offering”. This copy was made at the insistence of certain monk disciples. May the act of writing it out be of benefit to all beings, and may all be auspicious! The transmission of this ritual practice tradition was: from the pure Dharma realm sky, by the great master Dran pa Nam mkha’, through the path of light, the oral transmission was given to Kun grol grags pa, then by him to rGyal ba dbang grags. It was given by him to Nyag sgom Phun tshogs bstan ‘dzin, from whom it was passed successively to rJe btsun Rad na gtsug phud, Shes ston rGyal ba tshul khrims g.yung drung, Drang srong gYung drung bstan ‘dzin, bsTan pa rgyal mtshan, gYung drung ‘od zer, and then my root lama, who then passed it on to me. May the benefits to all beings spread. Virtue. It was written very hastily. How rough is the paper, how thin is the ink, how unsteady is my hand! This text, with its roughness, its thinness and its unsteadiness, was written by me, Nyi ‘od. |
| 10. General remarks | |
| 11. Remarks on script | Very mixed: dpe tshugs, tshugs ring, ’khyug ma tshugs, ’bru tsha, dbu can |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8.5 × 29 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 1-2 layers, rough, absorbent |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.12–0.26 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 right bottom corner |
| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
| 21. XRF analysis | |
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