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Two lung ta prints and one protection print. Ink on paper.

The uppermost print is a lung ta (rlung rta) slip. It is upside down. The wish-fulfilling flaming jewels should be pointing skywards. The four corners are marked with a tiger, lion, garuda and dragon. The dedication transliterates to: “Om Bhagya Shri Mum.Om Nai Pad Mey Hum. Om Vajrapani Hum Phat/ Om Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum. Om Tare Turey Tuta rey Svaha”, which roughly translates to, “All auspiciousness gather here. [Empty space here for the birth sign of the patron] of … his/her longevity, authority, good fortune and all flourish. May the divine forces prevail. Good luck”.

The lung ta slip with the supreme Bhala horse in the centre carrying the wish-fulfilling jewels has the same mantras and supplications as above.

The third protective slip depicts a man holding a circle of protective mantras and stomping upon an evil force which could be the wrathful deity Yama. The texts though written in Tibetan are Sanskrit phoneticisation and therefore difficult to decipher.

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