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032-004361988
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Or 16689
Title:
The Wonderful Decree "Deliverance at Sight" (Great Scroll at mTshur phu)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
26 ff
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Languages:
Tibetan
Scripts:
Tibetan
Start Date:
1950
End Date:
1950
Date Range:
1950-1950
Era:
CE
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Or 16689

The Wonderful Decree "Deliverance at Sight" (Great Scroll at mTshur phu)

Contents

A copy of the Tibetan text of the Great Scroll of mTshur phu

Language(s): Tibetan

96
Title: ngo mtshar 'jag pa mthong grol chen mo
Title: ངོ་མཚར་འཇག་པ་མཐོང་གྲོལ་ཆེན་མོ

Copy of the Tibetan text of the "great scroll" at mTshur phu made for the 5th Karma pa De bzhin gshegs pa by the Yung Lo emperor in 1407. This copy of the Tibetan text was made by the Kunduen of the 16th Karma pa Rang 'byung rig pa'i rdo rje for Hugh Richardson in 1950. The scroll is described in Hugh Richardson: "The Karma-Pa Sect. A Historical Note.", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, October 1958 and April 1959. Reprinted in Richardson, Hugh, and Michael Aris. 1998. High Peaks, Pure Earth: Collected Writings on Tibetan History and Culture. London: Serindia. pp337-378 (translation of this text into English on pp 359-363)

Language(s): Tibetan

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Material: paper
Support: paper
Extent: 26 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 110 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210 × 85 mm.

Condition

good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 5

Hand(s)

Binding

Cotton cover and thread binding on long side of pothi.

Accompanying Material

inserted note by Hugh Richardson on provenance and contents

History

Origin: 1950-1950

Provenance and Acquisition

Hugh Richardson

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