Menchukha valley - religious scripture photo files

Abstract

Two religious scriptures of which photographs were taken in Menchukha. These are in the possession of Pema Tsewang Kigar and belong to the Nyingmapa community of the valley. Manuscript 1: handwritten scroll manuscript on 11 pages of traditional paper in dbu-med . Copy of a copy of the original scroll manuscript written in dbu-med in dṅul-yig and ser-yig on traditional paper with a brocade silk border. This original scroll was reportedly taken by the Chinese in 1962, after the local religious practitioners quickly made a copy. Manuscript 2: Handwritten leather-bound manuscript of 21 folios of traditional paper in dpe-tshugs script probably called sbas-yul-gyi dkar-chag ḥkhrul-med bzhugs-so ‘Here within contained the genuine exegesis of the hidden land’. Note: Anyone who can read and type both manuscripts in dbu-can in the computer is kindly requested to do so and send the word file to timintibet@hotmail.com; the owners of the original manuscripts would like to have a soft copy to preserve in case something happens to the hard copies. Also, anyone who is willing to translate the manuscripts into English, or knows of an existing English translation, is kindly requested to contact in the same email address. Thank you for your cooperation.