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IOL Tib J 557

Record Id:
040-003687991
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003652467
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100105827902.0x000009
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IOL Tib J 557
Title:
Tibetan manuscript
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003652467
040-003687991
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IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.

 

IOL Tib J 557 : Tibetan manuscript
Hierarchy:
032-003652467[0327]/040-003687991
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folio/panel
Digitised Content:
https://idp.bl.uk/collection/670CAD8BA5EE4889956DAEE516796B70
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Languages:
Chinese
Tibetan
Scripts:
Han (Traditional)
Tibetan
Start Date:
0400
End Date:
1000
Date Range:
0400-1000
Era:
CE
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Names:
Sam van Schaik
Ulrich Pagel
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Stein Collection

International Dunhuang Project

IOL Tib J 557

Tibetan manuscript

Contents

Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang

Language(s): Tibetan, Chinese

1.
Author:
Title:
Incipit: R1.1@/:/thog mar/ phyogs bcu'i sang rgyas tang /byang cub sems pa dang /

For the purpose of visualization, a description of the wrathful deity,Hūṃkara.

Explicit: R1.19rdo rje ko ca bgos par bsam /_/@/:/
Colophon:

References

2.
Author:
Title:
Incipit: R2.1@/:/badzra la se hum/ sku mdog dkar/

Description ofVajra Lase.

Explicit: R2.15/rdo rje a'i go cha bgos par bsam/_/
Colophon:

References

3.
Author:
Title:
Incipit: V1.1@/_/rigs lnga a'i thugs dam dang/kha dogs 'dzin du mdo tsam zhig glengs pa'/

Ritual instructions for reciting themantraof the wrathful deity,Vajrakīlaya. Recommended is a dagger (phur ba) made from teak, eight fingers long.

Explicit: V1.14/ka tha ya hung pad ces brjod/do/_/
Colophon:

References

4.
Author:
Title:
Incipit: V2.1@/:/ji la yang gdab du rung ba'/

Anothermantra, apparently forVajrakīlaya, with no instructions. Followed by a line in Chinese, followed in turn by a closing "thugs dam lagso."

Explicit: V2.118@/:/thugs dam lagso/_/
Colophon:

References

Physical Description

sellotape (?)
Form: scroll
Material: paper
Support: manuscript, ink on paper

Materials: manuscript, ink on paper

Extent: 1 folio/panel
Dimensions (leaf): 30.5 × 40 cm.
Foliation:

Layout

Columns:1

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 0400-1000

DHMG.(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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