DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
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1. Text number |
Drangsong 135 |
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2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།དྲག་པོ་རྩང་གི་བྷྱོ་བཟློག་བཞུགས་པ་ལེགསྷོ། |
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3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
Drag po rtsang gi bhyo bzlog bzhugs pa legs+ho/ |
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4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
Ritual for using five kinds of palisades to acquire blessings for the repulsion of all enemies and demons that harm the Buddha’s teachings. |
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5. Number of folios. |
7 |
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6. Scribe’s name |
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7. Translation of title |
Repulsion ritual of the fierce palisade. |
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8. Transcription of colophon |
ces gar ’tshoms gyer dbyangs stab[stabs] dang chas so/ zor rnams thog/ bkra shis s+ho/ bdag phun tshogs don ’grub kyi sor ma’i ’du byed yin/ |
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9. Translation of colophon |
In this way, chant mantras, assume vajra dance postures, and cast missiles. Blessings. Transcribed by me Phun tshogs don grub. |
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10. General remarks |
The text belongs to the cycle of the meditational deity sTag la me ’bar. |
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11. Remarks on script |
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12. Format |
Loose leaves |
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13. Size |
8.8 × 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 with fibre bundle, 2 layers, polishing traces |
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17. Paper thickness |
0.15–0.34 mm |
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18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 1 |
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19. Fibre analysis |
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20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
Main elements: Ca, Fe, K, S, Hg Trace elements: As, Ti, Zn, Sr, Si |
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