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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 + ga a syas mdzad pa bzhugs sto. 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 horizontal image showing two long rectangular sheets placed one above the other against a dark background; each sheet is off-white with a thin dark rectangular border framing dense horizontal lines of hand-drawn script-like markings, and the sheet edges have a yellowish tint. The top sheet has a small inner vertical panel at its left side and shows slight smudging and faint dark corner marks, while the bottom sheet displays similar smudging at its right edge and a marginal yellowed border along its left side. The overall colors visible are off-white, dark gray to black for the markings and borders, and yellow around the sheet edges.

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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 + ga syas mdzad pa bzhugs sto 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 horizontal image showing two long rectangular sheets placed dark background sheet off-white thin dark rectangular border framing dense horizontal lines hand-drawn script- markings sheet edges yellowish tint top sheet small inner vertical panel left side slight smudging faint dark corner marks bottom sheet displays smudging right edge marginal yellowed border colors visible dark gray black borders sheet edges.