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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1221/13 Subject Weapons Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. EAP1221/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13
Title:
Gatuk Chherring Collection
Scope & Content:
The household collection of Gatuk Chherring. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1800-2023
Extent:
834

2. EAP1221/13/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/1/2
Title:
དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script, with additional "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. This text is for an unidentified ritual, but clearly a wrathful tantric ritual involving the making and throwing of a torma at evil spirits t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
16

3. EAP1221/13/1/27

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/1/27
Title:
དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A tantric ritual involving the construction of a large three sided torma (ཟོར) as a weapon to be used against evil spirits. ཟོར་ལམ་བཞུགས་སོ། ཟོར a large malign torma, magic weapon ལམ the road or way o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
16

4. EAP1221/13/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/5
Title:
རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་བ།
Scope & Content:
Dorje phurba. A three side iron tantric dagger with attached cloth. Three heads of the protector deity Tamdrin (Hyagrypha) the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara. Extent: One dagger. Size and dimensions of original material: 23.5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Arrangement: All the material is kept ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
3