| 0782b_AA_2_1_150_Seal |
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col1: tzu tsai fo so ling; col2: la hsi t'ien ta shan; col3: shih chiao p'u t'ung wa-ch'ih; col4: ma chih yin t'ien hsia; col5: ta la ta lai la; |
The chinese inscription of this seal is given in columns from right to left, where acc to Schuh some parts the successive order of the characters have been mixed up. This is a seal of the 5th Dalai Lama. According to Schuh the inscription was taken from the Great Golden Seal (gser tham chen mo) of the 5th Dalai Lama. Schuh is citing the Tibetan book yig bskur rnam gzhag (Schuh's abbreviation is SI) as to that this seal was called "rtsi rtsi pha'o" which is a Tibetan transcription for the Chinese first syllables "tzu tsai fo". Schuh, p. 13 |