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insc_Bsam

insc_Bsam
     
1. Content : The bsam yas inscription
2. Location : courtyard of the temple of bsam yas
3. Date : 779 or 791, founding of bsam yas
4. Condition : extant
5. Photos / Rubbings :
Bsod rnams skyid (1984: plate 6), 'Jam dbyangs and Wang (2000: 170 plate 101): lines (1,2)3-19(20), 'Jam dbyangs and Wang (2000: 171 plate 101): lines 11-19, Richardson (1985: plate 4): lines 2-21, Tucci (1950: fig. 3, opposite p. 44): lines (3)4-20(21), Tucci (1967: 155): lines (3,4)5-14(15), Tucci (1973: 46, plate 43): lines 2-21, Wang (1982: 13 plate 17): lines 4-20, Wang (1982: 12): entire text, mostly illegible, Zwalf (1981: 27): lines 12-21.
6. References :
Richardson (1949) [*], Tucci (1950: 43, 94) [*], Wang (1982: 167-169) [I. Translit., I. Trans.], Bsod rnams skyid (1984: 121-123), Richardson (1985: 26-31) [I. Translit., I. Trans.], Li and Coblin (1987: 186-192) [I. Translit., I. Trans.].

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(1) $ / / ra sa dang / brag mar gyI /
(2) gtsug lag khang las stsogs
(3) par / dkon mcog / gsum
(4) gyi rten btsugs pa dang / sangs
(5) rgyas gyI chos / mdzad pa 'dI /
(6) nam duyangdu yang myI gtang ma' zhig
(7) par bgyI 'o / yo byad sbyard /
(8) pa' yang / de las myi dbrI myi
(9) bskyung bar bgyI 'o / da' phyin
(10) cad / gdung rabs re re zhing yang
(11) btsan po yab sras gyis 'dI /
(12) bzhin yI dam bca'o / de las
(13) mna' kha dbud pa dag gyang /
(14) myi bgyI myi bsgyur bar / 'jIg
(15) rten las / 'da's pa' dang /
(16) 'jIg rten gyi lha dang / myI ma yin
(17) ba' / thams cad gyang dphang du /
(18) gsol te / btsan po yab sras dangd + ng
(19) rje blon gun gyis dbu snyung dang bro /
(20) bor ro / gtsigs gyI yi ge zhIb
(21) mo gcIg ni gud na mchIs so /
(1) jo mo rgyal mo brtsan yum
(2) sras kyIs phyogs bcu'I
(3) dkon mchog gsum la
(4) mchod pa'I slad du cong
(5) 'di bgyis te / / de'i bsod
(6) nams kyI stobs kyis
(7) lha btsan po khrI srong lde
(8) brtsan yab sras stangs dbyal
(9) gsung dbyangs drug
(10) cu sgra dbyangs dang ldan te
(11) bla na myed pa'I byang chub du
(12) grub par smond to / /