Gdams ngag mdzod catalog of the Shechen Edition

Directions for cataloging the gdams ngag mdzod:

Front Page Title(s): This is the title given on the actual "Title page" for the text, if there is no real separate title page, write "No title page." If there is a title page, you will describe it line by line. Write out the Wylie for the Tibetan and Sanskrit titles using extended Wylie transliteration (A useful tool for this). For Lantsa, simply write, "Lantsa title".

Example: the first full text listed in the TBRC Outline of the gdams ngag mdzod is listed online as sgyu 'phrul drwa ba'i lam rnam par bshad pa chung ngu. The actual title page of the Shechen edition has three lines of text, one in Lantsa, one in Sanskrit transliterated into Tibetan script and one standard Tibetan title in dbu chen script:

File:Title page of gdams ngag mdzod-W20877.jpg

For this entry we would write:

Title Page:

Line 1: Lantsa title

Line 2: @#/_/mA_yA_dzAla_s+yapa_tho_bi_b+hA_Sha_stoka_biha_tisma/_//

Line 3: @#/_sgyu 'phrul drwa ba'i lam rnam par bshad pa chung ngu bzhugs so//_//

Left side print: ka lam gcig chung

Right side print: blank

First Page Title(s): No title.

Description of pages:

• Side A:
  • Left: ka lam # chud
  • Right: gdams ngag mdzod rnying ma'i skor/ number

• Side B:
  • Left: rnying ma bka' ma sgyu 'phrul/
  • Right: number

Text # in volume: 1

Text # in edition: 1

Master text #: 1

Begin-End Pages (Western): 1-16

Begin Tibetan page and line #: 1b1

End Tibetan page and line #: 8a6

Total # of pages (Western): 16

Total # of pages (Tibetan): brgyad

Number of lines per page: 7 (2 pages of 5, 1 page of 3)

Partial colophon in Wylie: sgyu 'phrul drwa ba'i lam rnam par bshad pa chung ngu zhes bya ba slob dpon sangs rgyas gsang bas mdzad pa rdzogs so//

Author: sangs rgyas gsang ba

Translator: none given

Scribe: none given

Here are the other images you would need to complete such an example text:

File:Page 3 from first text of gdams ngag mdzod Volume 1.jpg
This one tells us what is on side A of most of the pecha pages.
File:Page 4 from first text of the gdams ngag mdzod Volume 1.jpg
This one tells us what is on side B of most of the pecha pages as well as the normal number of lines per page (7).
File:Last page from first text of the gdams ngag mdzod Volume 1.jpg
This is the last page and provides us with the information for finishing page and line and also contains a little colophon which we type in and from which we get author information.

Description of each entry:

Title Page: This is the title given on the actual "Title page" for the text, if there is no real separate title page, write "No title page." If there is a title page, you will describe it line by line. Write out the Wylie for the Tibetan and Sanskrit titles using extended Wylie transliteration (A useful tool for this). For Lantsa, simply write, "Lantsa title".

Left side print: - This is for whatever is printed vertically on the left side of the pecha page.

Right side print: - This is for whatever is printed vertically on the right side of the pecha page.

First Page Title(s): This is for the title that may appear on the first full page of text (i.e., the actual beginning of the text). If there is not other title than what is given on the first title page, simply write: "No title".

Volume ka

Text 1

Title Page:

Line 1:

Line 2:

Line 3:

Left side print:

Right side print:

First Page Title(s):

Description of pages: Side A:

Left: Right:

Side B:

Left: Right:

Text # in volume:

Text # in edition:

Master text #:

Begin-End Pages (Western):

Begin Tibetan page and line #:

End Tibetan page and line #:

Total # of pages (Western):

Total # of pages (Tibetan):

Number of lines per page:

Partial colophon in Wylie:

Author: [[ ]]

Translator: [[ ]]

Scribe: [[ ]]

Text 2

Title Page:

Line 1:

Line 2:

Line 3:

Left side print:

Right side print:

First Page Title(s):

Description of pages: Side A:

Left: Right:

Side B:

Left: Right:

Text # in volume:

Text # in edition:

Master text #:

Begin-End Pages (Western):

Begin Tibetan page and line #:

End Tibetan page and line #:

Total # of pages (Western):

Total # of pages (Tibetan):

Number of lines per page:

Partial colophon in Wylie:

Author: [[ ]]

Translator: [[ ]]

Scribe: [[ ]]

Volume kha

Text XX

Title Page:

Line 1:

Line 2:

Line 3:

Left side print:

Right side print:

First Page Title(s):

Description of pages: Side A:

Left: Right:

Side B:

Left: Right:

Text # in volume:

Text # in edition:

Master text #:

Begin-End Pages (Western):

Begin Tibetan page and line #:

End Tibetan page and line #:

Total # of pages (Western):

Total # of pages (Tibetan):

Number of lines per page:

Partial colophon in Wylie:

Author: [[ ]]

Translator: [[ ]]

Scribe: [[ ]]