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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/1/12
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade and modern paper. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. Title page in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A ritual invoking a protector deity who has the power to help remove obstacles to progress. A puja for the protector...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:: 26

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/1/13
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on a mix of papers, some modern and some handmade folios of different sizes. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text for a ritual to reduce negative karma, the result of sins. Prostrations to all wrathful gods and goddesses. In practi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:: 26

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/1/14
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. An offering ritual to the three (groups) the worldly gods, mountain spirits and nagas. ཨུ་རྒྱན་པདྨ་མཛད་པའི་དཔེ་དཀར་བརྩན་ཀླུ་གསུམ་གྱི་གསོལ་འཁའ་བཞུགས་སོ།།. Extent: One unbound book consisting of...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Early 21st century
Extent:: 24

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/1/15
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: An untitled and unidentified woodblock printed unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. Extent: One unbound book consisting of 8 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 33 cm x 9 cm. Condition of original material: Paper ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 16

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/1/16
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: An untitled and unidentified handwritten single page manuscript on handmade paper. Folded into three. Written primarily in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script, with one line in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script,. Extent: A one folio folded manuscript. Size and dimensions of original m...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/1/17
Title:: དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:: An untitled and unidentified, handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script,. Extent: One unbound book consisting of 3 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 29.5 cm x 8 cm. Condition of original material: Paper ed...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 6

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/1
Title:: དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:: A wooden block, carved with dozens of figures and symbols, used for making imprints of figures or symbols into tantric ritual offerings made from tsampa (barley dough). The figure on the horse is called Tarak mi rak (tib. རྟ་རག་མི་རག wylie. rta rag mi rag). Extent: One wooden dough mould. Size a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 11

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/2
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ or རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་བ
Scope & Content:: A ceremonial dagger. A key tantric ritual instrument. Made from iron and brass with brown and yellow cloth attached. Extent: One ritual dagger. Size and dimensions of original material: 26.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Custodial history: The older...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 3

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/3
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་ and དྲིལ་བུ
Scope & Content:: A modern vajra / dorje and bell. A ritual object and musical instrument used together in tantric rituals. Extent: One vajra / dorje and bell. Size and dimensions of original material: Bell is 14 cm long and 6.5 cm across. Vajra is 9.5 x 3 x 3 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/4
Title:: རྐང་གླིང
Scope & Content:: A human thighbone trumpet and case. The wide end of the thighbone is covered in leather, the shaft bound in string and brass, the mouthpiece also in brass. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals, An attached cloth once of five colours, now ragged and dirty with age and usage. The case is...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 2

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