Drangsong No. 286

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 286
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

ཐོད་རབས་རྒྱས་འདེབས་བཞུགས་སོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration Thod rabs rgyas ’debs bzhugs so//
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents Apparently a list of contents for a longer work with numerous  components, including methods for subjugating different varieties of vampires (sri mnan) and propitiating various classes of divinities.
5. Number of folios. 1
6. Scribe’s name
7. Translation of title The origin myth of the skulls [used in vampire subjugation] and the application of the seal.
8. Transcription of colophon
9. Translation of colophon
10. General remarks Incomplete
11. Remarks on script ’bru tsha
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 7.8 × 29.3 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type
17. Paper thickness 0.25–0.43 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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