དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A tantric ritual involving the construction of a large three sided torma (ཟོར) as a weapon to be used against evil spirits. ཟོར་ལམ་བཞུགས་སོ། ཟོར a large malign torma, magic weapon ལམ the road or way or.

Extent: One book consisting of fourteen folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 31 cm x 10 cm.

Condition of original material: A loose text amongst several texts bound into one volume.

Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen). The precise country of origin is unknown. However it is almost certain that the original text was created in Tibet, though the specific material in question may have been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.