Abstract

The article introduces the texts of the Kalmyk (Oirat) manuscripts kept at the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg in the Fund No. 918 (“Kalmyk manuscripts. New series. Meeting»). The collection of Oirat manuscripts includes “Vadzhrachkhedika Pradzhnya-paramita Sutra”, “The History of White Tara”, “Altn Gerl Nertya Nomin Khurangu Orshv”, prayer-repentance “Tsogt Zandn Orshv”, etc. The article gives the transliteration the manuscript of the letter of the Kalmyk Khan Ayuki to the Astrakhan Governor P. M. Apraksin, translated into the modern Kalmyk language and translated into Russian. The introduction of the transliteration and translation into modern Kalmyk of these manuscripts will contribute greatly to the research of the Kalmyk written culture.

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