Drangsong No. 269

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 269
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།། གྲོགས[གྲགས]མཆོག་ཆེན་པོའི་བསྐུལ་བ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགསྭོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration Grogs [grags] mchog chen po’i bskul ba zhes bya ba bzhugs+wo/
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents An account of the origins of the deities, their various forms, and their corresponding functions, all of which are used for offerings and to seek blessings.
5. Number of folios 6
6. Scribe’s name None
7. Translation of title The exhortation of the great supreme companions.
8. Transcription of colophon ces grags mchog bskul rdzogs so/ mu tsug smar ro/
9. Translation of colophon Thus the exhortation of the great supreme companions is over. May all be auspicious.
10. General remarks
11. Remarks on script ’bru tsha
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 7.5 × 25.5 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, 1-2 layers, smooth
17. Paper thickness 0.14–0.26 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 5 right bottom corner
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
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22. RTI
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