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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1221/18 Subject Death Level [40] File

1. EAP1221/18/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/1/2
Title:
དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text with a decorated cover page. This text is for a ritual for the transference of consciousness (pho wa). Used primarily after death. This is a common ritual commissioned after the death...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
12

2. EAP1221/18/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/1/16
Title:
དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A purification and liberation ritual conducted after a death, perhaps including the ritual use of bones, post-cremation. ༄༅། །བྱང་གྲོལ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གཙུག་གཏོར་གྱི་བགྲུབས་ཐབས་སྙིང་པོ་གསལ་བྱེད་ཞེས་བ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
61

3. EAP1221/18/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/1/17
Title:
དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on thick almost leather like, handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A funereal ritual conducted for the deceased when the body is left for sky burial or interred. The title mentions the thread cross (Tib. མདོས Wylie mdos) used as a ritual ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
15

4. EAP1221/18/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/2/1
Title:
གབ་རྩེ / རྩི་གབ་རྩེ་ཐང་ཀ་
Scope & Content:
A very worn, small and simple astrological thangka / divination chart. Written text on the reverse in Tibetan Uchen script may be a mantra / blessing or perhaps a description but is very faded. Folded rather than rolled up. Used in ceremonies after the death of an individual but also in other cer...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2