Rita P. Sumba

A SUTRA IN THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE DESCRIBING THE RITUAL OF THE TUVAN SACRED PLACES BURNING

The article focuses on the analysis of a Tibetan text describing the ritual of offering to sacred sites in Tuva. It is important to investigate such ritual literature in Tibetan and Mongolian is crucial, as it allows tracing the circulation of texts among lamas and lay believers, reconstructing the system of views, philosophical concepts, and ritual religious life of Tuva's Buddhists. The text describes the deities worshiped, the rituals performed in their honor, and the revered hierarchs. This ritual text is stored in the collections of the National Museum named after Aldan-Maadyr in the Republic of Tuva. The article includes the transliteration and translation of the text into the Russian language.