György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 66 The Ritual of Stopping Up the Hole Manuscript, 18th/ 19th century pothi, 23.8 : 7.3 cm, Chinese paper of 3 layers, now brownish; Mongol pagination (recto, left margin), very narrow margins; 15 (large hand) to 19 (small hand) lines/page; thin calamus, black ink; yellow highlighting; medial j = c, final G with R-like head; N before vowels often with dot. Calligraphic large hand with thick vertical elements. Title on the cover: O Nüke bög 'lekii sudur . "The Sûtra [of] Stopping Up the Hole." Inc. f. 1 (nige): aliba kümün ucarabasu tabun cidkörün jüg-tür nüke uquju : qan kümün bögesü ebesün-iyer kümün kijü altan debel emüskejü morin unuyulju sayaday büselegüljü yambarba yisün ürdesün-iyer cimejü . nüken-ü emüne eb'cigün tülejü miqan-i busu kümün ide : yasun-i joliy-luy-a bula : F. 2a: ... ene jasal inu jasal busu : Sigamuni burqan-u nomlaysan : Siküü baySi-yin sudurlaysan: buyan-tu tngri-yin tngri bay§i qutuy=tu degedü wang [?] tayisi blam-a tamyalaysan buyu : End, f. 3: joor [=joyori] ügei joyo körö[n]gge ügei könggi [3b] ecitügei : üy-e-tü buu üjigde : qay-a-tu buu qaragda : degere degde: tabun cidkör-i őinaysi qariyul : nasun qutuy minu inaysi bayuly-a : sayin buyan tegüsbe • mam-gha-lam • : A. Sárközi, A Mongolian text of exorcism. In: Shamanism in Eurasia, Part 2:IV, Myth and language in culture, ed. by M. Hoppál (Göttingen: Herodot, 1984). Mong. 67 The Ritual of Tearing the Lasso Apart Manuscript, ?18th century pothi, 7.4 : 21.8 cm, Chinese paper pasted of layers, now brownish yellow; Mongol pagination (recto, left margin); text (19 : 5.2 cm) without frame (but with traces of an upper and a lower rule); 16 lines/page, thin calamus, small hand for the instruction, large hand for the incantation; medial j =6; D also initially and as syllable final; final G with a two-point head; Galik letters; Uigur Z for final ş; almost no diacritics. Title on the cover: Ğalm-a/ tasulqu / orosiba: "[Here] is [the Ritual of] Tearing the Lasso Apart." But see also the definition at the beginning of the text. Inc. f. 1 (nige) O kümün-dür erkleg [=erklig/erlig] mungqay birid kölcin Ğalm-a ury-a [or read urq-a for uriq-a?] orkiqu-yi öcikü bicig ene bui : ["This is the book praying for throwing a lasso (or) a loop with the long pole on a human by a devil, a stupid preta, or a demon."] Cayan lingqu-a Coy-tu Jindan [= Cindan] Ökin MaruĞi Badm-a-Sidada : Cayan 90
