1. Text number |
Drangsong 329 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། བྱི་མདོས་སྲི་རུ་གནན་པ་ཡོད།
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3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
Byi mdos sri ru gnan pa yod/ |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
A ritual for crushing vampires (sri) that prey on children, incorporating theories of the Twelve Zodiac Signs and the Eight Trigrams. |
5. Number of folios |
4 |
6. Scribe’s name |
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7. Translation of title |
A ritual for crushing vampires, a mdos for infants |
8. Transcription of colophon |
dge’o/ |
9. Translation of colophon |
Virtue. |
10. General remarks |
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11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format |
Loose leaves |
13. Size |
7.2 × 36.2 cm |
14. Layout |
Seven text lines between side margins sketched with red ink. Four text lines on the last page with two following lines which were partly erased. |
15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 2 layers |
17. Paper thickness |
0.20–0.21 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 1 |
19. Fibre analysis |
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20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
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22. RTI |
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23. GCMS |
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