Drangsong No. 254

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong  254
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan No title
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents Prayers, offerings, and meditation to the deity Vajravidāraṇa, with a view to purifying all impurities and delusional emotions within ourselves.
5. Number of folios 2
6. Scribe’s name None
7. Translation of title
8. Transcription of colophon
9. Translation of colophon
10. General remarks The text is incomplete; it belongs to the sādhanā cycle of the Bon meditation deity Vajravidāraṇa.
11. Remarks on script ’bru tsha,
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 7.7 × 25.5 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, 1-2 layers, rough
17. Paper thickness 0.13–0.32 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 2 right upper corner
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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