DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
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1. Text number
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Drangsong 027 |
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2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། སྟག་ལ་མདོས་ཀྱི་བཞུགས་མཆོག་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགསྷོ།། |
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3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
sTag la mdos kyi bzhugs mchog bzhugs pa legs s+ho// |
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4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
A ritual text that prays for the main meditation deity sTag la me ‘bar to bless the mdos |
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5. Number of folios |
6 |
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6. Scribe’s name |
None |
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7. Translation of title |
Invitation of the mdos of sTag la me ‘bar to take its place |
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8. Transcription of colophon |
dun tse nang dme byed par shog/ u y yag thal/:: rgya rgya rgya/ mdos kyi ’jug chog slig tso/ mu tsug dmar ro/ dbal bon stag la me ’bar gyi dam pa ’di/ khon spung dran pa nam mkha’i/ bkra shis s+ho/ ’gru’i g/ |
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9. Translation of colophon |
May the vow-breakers perform fratricide among themselves; threefold seal; this mdos entry ritual was taught by Khod spungs dran pa nam mkha’. May [all] be auspicious! |
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10. General remarks |
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11. Remarks on script |
’bru tsha, ’khyug ma tshugs; some mantras in Zhangzhung. |
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12. Format |
Loose leaves |
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13. Size |
8.9 × 33.5 cm |
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14. Layout |
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15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 2 layers, white paint on the paper surface, polishing traces |
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17. Paper thickness |
0.16 |
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18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 2 |
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19. Fibre analysis |
Stellera sp. |
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20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
Main elements: Ca, S Trace elements: Fe, K, Ti, Sr, Si |
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22. RTI |
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