Drangsong No. 125

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number 

Drangsong 125

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།མ་མོ་ཡི་དགུ་མདོས་བཞུགསོ་ཧཱ།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

Ma mo yi dgu mdos bzhus so hā/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

The origin of all the female demons in the world and how they are subdued by the doctrine, as well as the means of preventing their intrusion.  

5. Number of folios.

6

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

The ninefold mdos ritual of the ma mo goddesses

8. Transcription of colophon

ces ma mo dgu mdos rdzogs+ho/ bkra shis/ zhu dag go/ sems can la phan togs par shog/

9. Translation of colophon

In this way, the ninefold mdos ritual of the ma mo is over.  Blessings. Edited. May it benefit all beings!

10. General remarks

 

11. Remarks on script

dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

9.4 × 35 cm

14. Layout

 

15. Illustrations and decorations

 

16. Paper type

Woven, 1-2 layers, polishing traces

17. Paper thickness

0.15–0.17 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 1

19. Fibre analysis

 

20. AMS 14C dating

 

21. XRF analysis

 

22. RTI

 

23. GCMS

 

 

Drangsong_055

Digital copy

Drangsong_055

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