set MW4CZ58520: volume ge-khod and dbal-gsas ritual texts 1 - folios 1a1-4b7
Colophon དབལ་གསས་ཀྱི་ཐན་ཟློག་སྒྲོན་པ་ལེགས་སོ་… dbal gsas kyi than zlog sgron pa legs so …
Notes than means 'omen' or 'premonition.' this text is for reversing the outcome of [divinations or] omens of bad events, so that they will not occur. on this point, see samten karmay, 'les dieux des terroirs et les genévriers: un rituel tibétain de purification,' journal asiatique, vol. 283, no. 1 (1995), p. 166. such ritual aversions of bad auspices are known since ancient sumeria. in a sense, they are attempts to appeal and if possible reverse the judgements of a lower court.
