György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 204 Ritual Against Acne Tibeto-Mongol manuscript, late 18th century pothi of thin, fragile, greyish white Chinese paper, 29.3 : 8.8 cm, edges torn around, no full-size leaf; Tibetan pagination (spelled out) on the left margin, recto; 4 Tibetan lines/page, thin calamus, black ink, red highlighting on small script commentary and colophon lines; left lower corner of f. 3a lost, the end of the Mongolian text damaged. Script and orthography similar to those in Mong. 203, but the independent A and its graphic cognates (final K/B) are curvy. Title on the cover, under Tibetan volume- or chapter-marker dbu-can letter ta, Tibetan dbumed: O Sna-chogsyum 'brum-nad gsel-bsruri 'byer bsgrub-thabs bzugs-so\\, Mong.: Eldib/ еке-yin/ göbdü=rügü/ebeän-i/ aril yay=ci/ sakiquy=yin/ tula/ ary-a/ bütügel/orosiba • "[Here] is Sna-chogs yum/Eldeb eke's ritual for curing and preventing the disease of acne." Title in colophon: "The Steady Rainfall of Ambrosia That Soothes the Dangers of Acne and Fever Diseases." Inc. f. la (gcig = cover verso), [Tibetan dbu-éan] na-mo gu-ru | 'brum-nad bsrun phyir Snachogs yum bsgrub-par 'dod-pas | skyabs-'gro sems-bskyed shon-du btun | sva-bhä-was stofipar sbyans, etc. [= Mong.] na-a-mo guu-ru : göbdür=gtl ebiin-i sakiqu=yin tula Eldib ekeyin bütüge=küi-ni kilseg=cid : itegel yabuyul=un sedkil egüskeküy=yi urida yabuyu=luyad: [space]-bar qoyosun-i arily-a :, etc. Red imprints of a round seal with illegible Tibetan syllable on ff. lb (left and right margin), 3b (end). End, f. 3b: [Tib.] 'Brum-nad cha-bas 'jigs-rnams-kyi nal-bso Bdud-rci'i char rgyun-'bebs I ces-pa 'di yan bcun-pa Blo-bzan éhos-kyi rgyal-mchan-gyis phan-pa'i | bsam-pas sbyor-ro I 'di nad med che rin bde-skyed-rnams 'dod-pa lhun-po grub-pa gyur-cig | bkra-Sis-par gyuréig I II [= Mong.] Göbdü=Tügii qalayun ebiéin ayu=qui=nuyud=i : amarayu=lugéi Rasiyan=u qur-a ürgül=jilen bayuy=san : kemebe=sü [= kemekü] egün-i éü toyin S[u]'madi=darm-a=duvaja ber a-a=sara=qu : sedkiHyer nayira=yulbai • tendeée ebeéin ügei nasun urtu amuyulang egüs'kikü=nuyud g'dod-pa lhun-bö grub-pa gyur-éang [='dodpa'i lhun-po 'grub-par gyur-éig]<* öljii qutuy oro=siqu boltuyai • Compiled by Sumatidharmadhvaja [= Blo-bzan éhos-kyi rgyal-mchan, Lubsangéoyijal], Mong. 205 Offering to the Teacher (Gurupúja) Tibeto-Mongol manuscript, early 19th century pothi of white Russian paper (with wires and water-mark), 32 : 9.5 cm (frame on ff. l-2a only; text width between the red, vertical, double-lined margin-markers: 26.5 cm), Tibetan pagination (spelled out, left margin, recto); 269
