Drangsong No. 175

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 175
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།སྙན་བསན་དམག་འགྱེད་གཉིས་བཞུགས་སོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration sNyan bsan[gsan] dmag ’gyed gnyis bzhugs so/
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents A ritual to encourage the fierce protector deities to destroy the enemies
5. Number of folios 7
6. Scribe’s name None
7. Translation of title Heeding the call and sending forth an army
8. Transcription of colophon ces brjod la dmar mchod…….dgra bgegs ki gshed mar shog/ bkra shis/
9. Translation of colophon Recite in this way, then perform a “red” offering; be the executioners of the enemy. Blessings.
10. General remarks
11. Remarks on script ’bru tsha, large and small, dpe tshugs (in title)
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size 8.5 × 30.2 cm
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Woven, 2 layers, rough, significant signs of dirt and deterioration
17. Paper thickness 0.17–0.35 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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