DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
| 1. Text number | Drangsong 315 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
མ་མོ་དཔོན་གཡོག་གསུམ་པའི་མདོས་བཞུགས་སོ།། |
| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration | Ma mo dpon g.yog gsum pa’i mdos bzhugs so// |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents | mdos ritual involving the destruction of demons by means of a tally board and cutting a rope |
| 5. Number of folios | 11 |
| 6. Scribe’s name | |
| 7. Translation of title | A mdos ritual for the mistress and two servants of the ma mo goddesses |
| 8. Transcription of colophon | ces khram phyis so// shod ho bsgyur/ bdud zhags chod/ glud phyogs ngan ’chal/ bdud gcong ngam/ dgra phyogs bsam/ gnod pa’i phyogs su bskyal lo/ bdud kyi zhal bsgyur khral [khram] phyis ’di skegs che ba la bya’o/ dge’o// bkra shis/ zhal dro/ |
| 9. Translation of colophon | Wipe the tally board, turn the face of the demon, cut the rope of the demon, send the ransom effigy in the direction of inauspiciousness, imagining it to be the direction in which demons or enemies are. Perform this ritual of reversing the face of the demons and wiping the tally board on the occasion of major obstructions. Virtue, blessings and good fortune. |
| 10. General remarks | |
| 11. Remarks on script | dpe tshugs, large and small |
| 12. Format | Loose leaves |
| 13. Size | 7.2 × 34.5–36 cm |
| 14. Layout | |
| 15. Illustrations and decorations | |
| 16. Paper type | Woven, 1 layer |
| 17. Paper thickness | 0.27–0.29 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled | f. 4 |
| 19. Fibre analysis | |
| 20. AMS 14C dating | |
| 21. XRF analysis | |
| 22. RTI | |
| 23. GCMS |
