György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
End, f. 7a, [Tib.] de che ldog-pa'i la fle yin|| gafı yan ma phrad 'byams-pa yin|| ||, [Mong.] tere cay-tur urba=qui siqar dabay-a mün : alin Ğu es-e ayulja=basu ketü=riigsen mün : Mong. 189 Astrology Oirat-Tibetan manuscript, 20th century pothi of Russian paper, 22 : 7.2 cm, pagination in Tibetan figures, text on colourless rules, thin pen, black ink, ff. 3a, 4b: 36 lines, larger and smaller script, uneven hand. No title. Inc. with astrological diagram with the Tibetan names of the Twelve Animals (glan, stag, yos, 'brug, etc., clockwise from the left lower corner), then Oirat: O nigüdüger saran yesüdtlger saran, etc. End, f. [5, without pagination], Chinese in Tibetan script: O thyen kâr| tha'i yi'i| zin dkar| Se'u kyis| thvan zun| chun kha'ij hi'a khu'i| tin mîn| Sin hi'u| tâ kyis| Mong. 190 Astrology Oirat manuscript, early 19th century pothi of white Russian paper (with traces of watermark, f. 6), 21.8 : 8.3 cm, no frame (text width: 17.3 cm), Oirat pagination with Tibetan figures on the left margin; 18 lines/page, calamus, black and red ink, calligraphic script. From Rincen (with the imprint of his 'Phags-pa seal on the cover). Title in red and black frame (12 : 1.3 cm, with geometric ornaments in the side-"boxes") on the cover: O Gab-cay in xurangyui [= xurâ°] tobci "Brief Summary of Gab-ca" (cf. Tib. skabs 'occasion' and &ia 'share' ?). Inc. f. la (= cover verso), in red: O ere modun xuluyuna [black:] amin usun : gariq yurba kiy mori maxamud modun : erketen modun : beye tömör : Zambala : melekeyin boqtotu yasun bili : mengge 4 noyőn : 61-du tlktlktl : O [red:] eme modun ilker [black:] : kiy mori usun maxamud erke=ten modun : amin Soroi : beye tömör: Yamandağa : garaq Bembe : mengge 3 kükü [= kökö] : nomloxula [= °lâ] 33 buyu 60 nasun bayacixu [= °jixu] eme kümün bolxulá xatouői [= °ji] •, etc. End, f. 9b, lines 9-18:... [red:] usun noxai kiy mori [black:] tömör maxamu=d erketen beye usun : amin Soroi 9 ulân Ayouxe 68 nasutai-du ükükü • usun yaxai key mori yal : : maxamud beye erketen - amin usun Xayangkiruva 8 cayân boi [= bui] • : • om ma ni padme hûm • The fate predicted according to the five elements and the twelve animals. 258
