DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number | Drangsong 226 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། བར་མདོའི[དོའི]གཏོར་མ་བཞུགས་སོ།། |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | Bar mdo’[do’i] gtor ma bzhugs so/ |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Prayers for the deceased in the intermediate plane between death and rebirth, to enable them to recognise their situation and to be relieved of their suffering. |
5. Number of folios | 7 |
6. Scribe’s name | |
7. Translation of title | Torma offerings for [beings in] the Bardo |
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10. General remarks | |
11. Remarks on script | ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format | Loose leaves |
13. Size | 8 × 27.5 cm |
14. Layout | |
15. Illustrations and decorations | |
16. Paper type | Woven, 1 layer, smooth |
17. Paper thickness | 0.04–0.06 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 1 left upper corner |
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20. AMS 14C dating | |
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