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Or 12026

Record Id:
032-003478909
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003478909
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12026
Title:
A Praise of Tsongkhapa
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hierarchy:
032-003478909
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
6 folios, complete.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Tibetan
Scripts:
Tibetan
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1950
Date Range:
1800-1950
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
bstan pa dge legs bzang po
TEI:

Or 12026

A Praise of Tsongkhapa

Contents

Language(s): Tibetan

6
Author: bstan pa dge legs bzang po བསྟན་​པ་​དགེ་​ལེགས་​བཟང་​པོ
Title: rnam dag gang(!) ri ma
Title: རྣམ་​དག་​གངས་​རི་​མ

A praise of Tsongkhapa, a popular piece in the dGe lugs pa tradition, written by Mkhas grub rje bstan pa dge legts dpal bzang, one of his main disciples.

The item forms a vademecum style booklet together with the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti, Or 12027, another often recited text from the beginning of the Tantra section of the Buddhist canon.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Material: paper
Support: Indigo dyed paper with added black foundation for written area.
Extent: 6 folios, complete.
Dimensions (leaf): 6 × 17
Dimensions (written): 4 × 14
Foliation:

Page number spelled out in Tibetan Nga

Condition

good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 5

Hand(s)

Written in gold ink.

Decoration

f. 1v Border in gold ink.

Light blue "curtain" of raw silk covering written area.

Binding

Bound into codex together with Or 12026 by British Museum.

History

Origin: 1800-1950

Tibet

Provenance and Acquisition

Dept. of Oriental Antiquities.

1952

Record Sources

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