gsung ngag zhal gdams zin bris bar ston ma bzhugs s.ho//

• On margin: vol. tsi (written with two or three circles above) of an unknown collection as specified on the margin of the title folio (1a); pagination added by the NLB: pp. 97-212 (stamped on the right margin), ff. 49‑107 (added recto on the top right by hand).
• Annotations to the text: with glosses.
• Lines per folio: 59a 2 lines, otherwise 6 lines.
• Further physical features: parts highlighted with red ink.
• Call number: added by the NLB on the title folio: nya; an additional handwritten number is given (by the NLB?) in red ink at the top left of the title folio: 1181.

58a1-3: gsung ngag rin po che'i steng du/ mi gsal ba gsal bar byed pa dang / ma tshang ba kha bskang ba dang / gtam rgyud gsungs pa rnams dang / gong 'og gi go rims mi bde ba rnams phyogs gcig (1) du byas ste/ bla ma'i gsung la sgro bskur yangs nas/ rang gi blo nus dang sbyar ba'i zin bris 'di/ shAkya'i dge slong rdo rje rgyal mtshan gyis bgyis so// nyes pa'i tshogs rnams bla ma dang / mkha' 'gro'i tshogs rnams kyis spyan sngar bzod par gsol lo// kun dang thun mong ma yin/ bkra shis par gyur gcig/ //.

A clarification of the gNyags ma (Explication for gNyags) written by Bar ston rDo rje rgyal mtshan (fl. 14th century), a disciple of gNyag Snying po rgyal mtshan; see Stearns 2001 (pp. 24, 39). The gNyags ma was the last of the eleven commentaries that Sa chen Kun dga’ snying po (1092–1158) wrote on the rDo rje tshig rkang of Virūpa and he wrote it for gNyags gZhi ra ba dBang phyug rgyal mtshan; see Stearns 2001 (pp. 23-24).