‘The Mirror of Menge’: One Oirat Manuscripts from the Aldan Maadyr National Museum of the Tyva Republic Revisited

Abstract

Goals. The article introduces into scientific circulation an Oirat-language text dealing with astrological practices and housed by the Aldan Maadyr National Museum of the Tyva Republic. M aterials. The text is a fragment of the manuscript included in the Museum’s collection of Buddhist monuments under inventory number M-884. This is a Clear Script (Kalm. todo bichig) text, and is one of the two astrological monuments in the Museum’s collection. Results. The paper describes, briefly characterizes, transliterates and translates (from Oirat into Russian) the manuscript.

Keywords

• buddhist astrology
• written source
• museum
• tuva
• manuscript
• oirat language
• clear script
• translation
• the mirror of menge