དཔེ་ཆ

A woodblock printed unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script, བདུད་རྩི་སྙིང་པོ་ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ་གསང་བ་མན་ངག་གི་རྒྱུད་ལས་བཤད་པའི་རྒྱུད་ཅེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ། This second of the four medical tantras, the four main texts for Tibetan doctors (amchi). The second tantra is called the explanatory tantra.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of 58 folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 50.5 cm x 10 cm.

Condition of original material: In very good condition for its age. Some slight paper discolouration and slight damage to paper edges.

Custodial history: All items handed down from grandfather to father to son for over six generationsand probably many more.

Arrangement: All items are kept in the prayer room of Chherring Dorje (not seen).