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IOL Tib J 721
- Record Id:
- 040-003652937
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003652467
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102477874.0x00000f
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOL Tib J 721
- Title:
- Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003652467
040-003652937 - Is part of:
- IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.
IOL Tib J 721 : Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title - Hierarchy:
- 032-003652467[0302]/040-003652937
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOL Tib J
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folio/panel
- Digitised Content:
- https://idp.bl.uk/collection/48C3760231A1430F9EB5147CD494F7D2
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- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 0750
- End Date:
- 1000
- Date Range:
- 0750-1000
- Era:
- CE
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Stein Collection
International Dunhuang Project
IOL Tib J 721
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title
Contents
Language(s): Tibetan
Incipit: 1r.1@/_/'khor kyIs bskor/prayers
This is apparently the final folio of an invitation prayer to the chiefs of the spirits andnāgas of the four cardinal directions and the upper and lower regions. They are asked to sudbue and pacify their subjects. This portion of the text covers the southern, western and eastern directions, and the upper and lower regions. In the west the the chiefMyig myi bzang(Virūpakṣa). In the east it isNgal bso po. In the lower direction it isKlu lha chen po pad ma can. In the upper direction, the "chief of the demons of the sun and moon" (1v.1 nyi ma zla ba gdon kyi gtso) is unnamed; however, he may be the figure represented in the Dunhuang painting, discussed invol.2, plate 48and in202-203. The refrain is an invocation to "remember your previous vows and come and chase away the afflictions" (/sngon kyI thugs dam dran mdzod de//nyon mongs ra mdar gshegs su gsol/).
Explicit: 1v.4/nyon mongs ra mdar gshegs su gsol//Physical Description
Form: pothiMaterial: paperSupport: manuscript, ink on paperPaper Layers: 2
Laid lines (min): 13
Laid lines (max): 13
Chain lines intervals: 5
Chain lines pattern: 7
Materials: manuscript, ink on paper
Extent: 1 folio/panelDimensions (leaf): 8 × 45 cm.Foliation:Pagination type: prefixed letter & numeral
Layout
Columns:1
String holes: 1 central with black circle
Margins and Guidelines: black/black
Columns per panel/lines per page: 4
Hand(s)
History
Origin: 0750-1000DHMG.(Dunhuang Mogao) DHMG.17.
Provenance and Acquisition
Stein 1906-8
All data except for msContents were drawn from the legacy IDP 4D database
Record created byUlrich Pagel 01/01/97
Modified bySam van Schaik 01/03/16
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Bibliography
[Whitfield_1982] British Museum, and Roderick Whitfield. 'The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collection in the British Museum'. Tokyo: Kodansha International in co-operation with the Trustees of the British Museum, 1985