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Buddhist text - Prayer for rebirth in the pure land of Sukhavati called Dechen Monlam, by master Raga Asja the first reincarnation of the Karma Chagme lineage Tib. rnam dag bde can zhing gi smon lam ra+a ga a syas mdzad pa bzhugs sto. Buddhist art, Tibetan culture, prayer text, graphic print. Book in Tibetan pecha style, xylographic print in disciple script dbu can. Pages numbered on the recto side first page verso, 25 folios. 1 verso page and 2 recto illustrations. Edges tinted yellow. The original text of the prayer called Dechen Monlam Tib. bde chen smon lam, by master Raga Asja Tib. ra ga a syas, the first tulku of the Karma Chagme Tib. kar ma chags med reincarnation lineage, dates from the 17th century. 19th century, Tibet. Graphic. Width 25.5 cm, height 8.7 cm., A rectangular dark background holds two horizontally oriented cream-colored paper folios placed one above the other with a narrow dark gap between them; each folio has a centered rectangular block of neat dark gray handwritten script bounded by a thin dark border, and the script fills the block in several horizontal lines. The folios show worn edges and faint smudges of dark gray around the borders, with a few small areas of yellow discoloration along the outer edges. The overall visible colors are dark gray, cream, and yellow.

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Buddhist text - Prayer rebirth pure land Sukhavati called Dechen Monlam master Raga Asja first reincarnation Karma Chagme lineage Tib rnam dag bde zhing gi smon lam ra+a ga syas mdzad pa bzhugs sto Buddhist art Tibetan culture prayer text graphic print Book Tibetan pecha style xylographic print disciple script dbu Pages numbered recto side first page verso 25 folios 1 verso page 2 recto illustrations Edges tinted yellow original text prayer Dechen Monlam Tib bde chen smon lam master Raga Asja Tib ra ga syas first tulku Karma Chagme Tib kar ma chags med reincarnation lineage dates 17th century 19th century Tibet Graphic Width 25.5 cm height 8.7 cm rectangular dark background holds two horizontally oriented cream-colored paper folios placed narrow gap them folio centered rectangular block neat gray handwritten script bounded thin border script fills block several horizontal lines folios worn edges faint smudges dark gray borders small areas yellow discoloration outer edges visible colors cream yellow.