Drangsong No. 267

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 267
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 A practical manual for the sequential practice of tantra, involving steps such as meditation, visualisation, invocation, offering, confession, and making vows.
5. Number of folios 28
6. Scribe’s name
7. Translation of title
8. Transcription of colophon
9. Translation of colophon
10. General remarks According to the content that the text is a ritual practice manual of the sādhanā cycle of sTag la me ’bar.
11. Remarks on script dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs, dbu can
12. Format Deb ther sewn at the top, one gathering
13. Size 8 × 24 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, 1-2 layers, smooth
17. Paper thickness 0.07–0.15 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 8 left bottom corner
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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