DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 240 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། སྟག་ལ་ཐོ་བཞི།༄༅།། སྟག་ལ་མེ་འབར་སྔགས་ཀྱིས་རྒྱུད་ལས་སྣཾས་ཤེས་བསད་པའི་སྔགས་རིངས་བཞུགསྷོ།།༄༅།། བསྟག[སྟག]ལའི་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགསྷོ།། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | sTag la tho bzhi/
sTag la me ’bar sngags kyi[kyis] rgyud las snaṃs shes bsad pa’i sngags rings bzhugs+ho/ bsTag[stag] la’i bkra shis bhzugs pa legs+ho/ |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Summoning the four great guardians from the four directions, annihilating all the ghosts and demons that approach from all sides. Through reciting mantras, attaining accomplishments, and ultimately offering praise for auspiciousness. |
| 5. Number of folios | 1+1+1 |
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| 7. Translation of title | Prayer to the Four Great Guardian Deities of the meditational divinity sTag la me ’bar
Secret Mantra of the meditational deity sTag la me ’bar for annihilating ignorance and enlightening the mind
Prayer for auspiciousness to the meditational deity sTag la me ’bar |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | ces byas la bar chod ma btang par bka’ bsgo’o[bsgo’o] / stag la’i tho bzhi shag chung rdzogs+ho/ bkra shis/
ces brgyab ’dzab 1 gis mchog tu gyur/ byad ma stong mang nges par bsod/ bkra shis/ ces bzlas cing thun rdeg/ ting ’dzin yang yang spar/ de’i dun tse stong yang bsgro’o/ de bdag la ni the tshom med/ sngags ’di nyi zhu rtsa 1 bzlas/ dun tse byad ma smos ci dgos/ thar pa 4 pa mchi’ par ’gyur/ bkra shis+ho/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | In this way, may commands not bring about interruptions of disasters. The explanation of the prayer for the four great guardians of the meditation deity sTag la me ’bar. Blessings.
After repeated recitation, enter into meditation, progressing into higher states of meditation. Destroy millions of demons. In this way, without doubt, if recited twenty-one times, not only can demons be eliminated but also liberation can be attained. May there be auspiciousness! |
| 10. Remarks | This text belongs to the sadhana cycle of the meditation deity of sTag la me ’bar. |
| 11. Remarks on script | ’bru tsha, ’khyug ma tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8.5 x 32.5 cm |
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| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers, smooth, white paint treated surface |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.10–0.24 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | 3 different folios, no number indicated |
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| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
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