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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/20/1/14
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in both "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script and in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A divination text. Perhaps a section of a tsipa (astrologer) text describing how to recognise / calculate good and bad, auspicious and ina...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 21

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/20/2/1
Title:: ཐོད་པ་ or ཀ་པ་ལི
Scope & Content:: A human skull cup or ka pa la. An object commonly used in tantric rituals. Extent: One skull cup. Size and dimensions of original material: 15.5 x 13 x 6 cm. Arrangement: Kept in the prayer room.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/20/2/2
Title:: Brass metal stands
Scope & Content:: Two brass stands for the human skull cup. Extent: Brass stands. Size and dimensions of original material: 13 x 8 cm. Arrangement: Kept in the prayer room.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/20/2/3
Title:: A collection of ritual objects
Scope & Content:: A collection of small objects, two conches, a dagger with a broken blade, a vajra, and a tsa tas mould. Extent: A collection of six small objects. Size and dimensions of original material: various. Arrangement: Kept in the prayer room.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/20/2/4
Title:: གབ་རྩེ་
Scope & Content:: An astrological thangka / divination chart consulted by astrologers in order to work out auspicious dates according to the year, month and date of birth of the individual requesting the information. Extent: One astrological thangka / divination chart. Size and dimensions of original material: 23 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 8

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21
Title:: Tenzin Chhoephel Collection
Scope & Content:: The household collection of Tenzin Chhoephel. A collection of ritual texts and artefacts. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations. Arrangement: All the material is stored in the prayer room (not seen) and was brought out to be me...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1800-2023
Extent:: 514

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21/1/1
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in both "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen ) script and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. No title page but this is a text for a Cha drol (tib. བྱད་གྲོལ།) ritual. A ritual performed for people who have been diagnosed (by lamas, or...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 17

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21/1/2
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen ) script. No title page but this is a text for a ritual dealing with and dispelling the eighty bad evils. Performed rarely, perhaps two or three times a year. ལྟས་ངན་བརྒྱད་ཅུ། ལྟ་ངན negative ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 8

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