György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
lines/page; calamus, black ink. From Rinchen (see the imprint of his 'Phags-pa seal on the cover). Title in double-lined, rectangular frame with two side-"boxes" (one line along the length) on the cover: O Xutuqtu Arslan terigiiütü dagini orosiboi • • "[Here] is [The Ritual of] The Lionhead Dâkinî." Cf. end-title in the colophon below: "Ritual of returning Lionhead, the dâkinî of wisdom and her three companions from the door." Inc. f. la (=cover verso): O om subhâ-vah Suddhah srva dharmah su'bhâ-vah Suddhw hâm : xamuq nomuud mtln őinar-yér büttlqsen x6=sun-yér bütüqsen xösun kü bolboi: xősuni ayârtu : eldeb padma kigéd : naran ba - üküdeliyin debeskeriyin tere öböriyin cinar bel=ge biligiyin dagini Arslan terigüütü : baroun edegéd [=eteo] belge biligiyin dagini Bars terigüütü:, etc. End with colophon, f. [4a, without pagination], lines 10-20: O zoun uzuq-ki [=üzüq-gi] ungSi : kemékü belge biligiyin dagini Arslan terigüütü erkin nö=küd yurbani öüden ёсе . xariulya üyiledküyin yosun öüni Banza [= bancen] Bsod-ram [=nam] graqba ber zokon üi=ledüqsen bui • sayin buyan arbidtuyai • : • mam-gha-lam • om ma-ni pad-me huum • Translation of the Tibetan work of Pan-chen Bsod-nams grags-pa (early 16th century). Cf. different Tibetan rituals of this kind e.g. in Taube, THB nos 816-821 (no. 816 by Blo-bzan bskal-bzan rgya-mcho, no. 817 by the Khalkha Jaya pandita, no. 818 by Blo-bzi, nos 819-821 anonymous). Mong. 181 The Golden Libation Oirat manuscript, late 19th century pothi of yellowish Russian paper, 15.6 : 6.8 (15.1 : 6.4) cm, no pagination, calamus, black ink, 2 f., 9 + 14 lines; one third of f. 1 is missing. Rinchen's present (see the imprint of his 'Phags-pa seal on the cover). Title on cover: OAltan şerefim . oroSibo • "[Here] is The Golden Libation." [Mong. ser fim = Tib. gser-skyem ] Inc. f. [la]: [...] (line 3) [...]lm[...]n idam go[n]ci'q sum : <dam>(ba) buu'b [?] xayiudü cönjüng surmain coq : ga[...]dad[.] Sataq altan byMmu'n nam seréjim de[=dé]=Si dalan yekörüyil - zol:, etc. End, f. [2a 12-14], Oirat transcription of a Tibetan text: seréjim deSii noroéiq kapirel zo'd : 253
