Drangsong No. 159

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number 

Drangsong 159

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།རྒྱལ་པོའི་སྤྱི་མདོས་དཀར་ཆུངས་བཞུགསྷོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

rGyal po’i spyi mdos dkar chung[chung] bzhugs+ho/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

A mdos ritual of offering to the rgyal po divinities and their dependent gods

5. Number of folios

6

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

A general mdos ritual for the rgyal po divinities entitled the “Little White One”

8. Transcription of colophon

yi dam nga rgyal gyis/ rgyal po ’khor bcas rang rang so so’i gnas su bsongs[song] par[bar] bsam mo/ bkra shis/

9. Translation of colophon

Visualise the rgyal po and their entourages returning to their respective places through [the power of]  the divine pride of the meditation deity.  Blessings.

10. General remarks

 

11. Remarks on script

dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

9.3 × 34.5 cm

14. Layout

 

15. Illustrations and decorations

 

16. Paper type

Woven, 1 layer

17. Paper thickness

0.14–0.18 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 1

19. Fibre analysis

 

20. AMS 14C dating

 

21. XRF analysis

 

22. RTI

 

23. GCMS

 

 

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