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IOL Tib J 470

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Tibetan manuscript

Date

900 to 1000

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 30.5 centimetres, width 399 centimetres

Language / script

Tibetan (lang.) Tibetan (script)

Description

Scope and content : A scroll containing a Tibetan treatise on tantric Buddhism, the Questions and Answers on Vajrasattva (Rdo rje sems dpa'i zhus lan), written in the ninth century by Nyen Palyang (Gnyan Dpal dbyangs). This copy is signed by Pushi Menghwé Gyok (Phu shi Meng hwe'i 'gyog), a Chinese official of the Fushi rank.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.82.XII.4.a

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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