DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 302 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
སྣང་སྲིད་ཞི་བ་ཆེན་པོའི་དོན་འཏྲེལ[འབྲེལ]བཞུགས་སྷོ། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | sNang srid zhi ba chen po’i don ’drel [’brel] bzhugs s+ho// |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | Regarding the method of ritual operation, spiritual guidance and practice methods. |
| 5. Number of folios | 7 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | The practice manual of the Great Ceremony for Peace in the Phenomenal World. |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | gshen gyi dran pa ye shes kyis/ sems can gyis[gyi] don du yar lha bsham por rtsom[brtsams] pa’o// phyi rabs ’gro don nus pa la phrad par shog/ ces smon lam btab po[bo]/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | Dran pa ye shes, the master of gShen, composed this on Mt Yar la sham po, then prayed ‘May [the benefit] be obtained by those who have the ability to help living beings in future generations.’ (0610B) |
| 10. General remarks | Although this is a text of spiritual guidance and practice methods, in the beginning of the narrative (smrangs) part, the main cause of chaos, pollution, and people’s ignorance is that “brothers kill each other”. In Tibetan culture fratricide is regarded as extremely polluting, and the removal of such pollution is one of the main reasons for performing such rituals. [0598A,0599B]. |
| 11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 8.4 × 28.8 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
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| 16. Paper type | Woven, 2 layers, f.3=1 layer |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.26–0.35 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 2 |
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| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
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