དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. Handwritten in " headed " Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. བདུད་རྩིས་སྙིང་པོ་ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ་གསང་པ་མན་དག་བརྒྱུད་ལ་ངོས་གཟུང་པའི་རྩ་མདོས་བཞུགས་སོ། An amchi text. A short text hand copied about 60 years ago from Lama Yashe in Kinnaur. It describes how to take six pulse readings (using the first three fingers of either hand) Possibly part of a longer amchi text, the third of the four amchi tantras.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of eleven folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 32 cm x 9 cm.

Condition of original material: In good condition overall. The handwritten Uchen script is perfectly legible throughout. The red ink used to provide a decorative frame for the text is smudged and blotchy in many places.

Custodial history: Copied from an older text in Kinnaur about 50 years ago in.Arrangement: Kept in the prayer room of Chherring Tobgye's house ( not seen). The precise country of origin of the original text is unknown. However it was almost certainly created in Tibet. The specific material in question was copied locally in Kinnaur (India) at a later date.