Hodge, Stephen : Introduction to Classical Tibetan

EAN : 9789745240391

Cover : Paperback

Pages : 200

Size : 246 x 176mm

Publisher : Orchid Press

Published : 2003

Category : Tibetan Language

Synopsis:

New edition. A handbook for the study of classical Tibetan, aiming to provide a rapid introducton to the main elements of the language, enabling the student to begin reading Tibetan Buddhist works in the original. It includes a grammar illustrated with sentences from the sutras and tantras, and a reader containing a selection of passages from a variety of texts.

 

Classical Tibetan, with origins dating to the ninth century, is the script found in an immense corpus of surviving Tibetan texts, mostly of Buddhist content, and native Tibetans still employ this language to this day, when writing on religious, medical, or historical subjects.

 

While designed for guided study, the material will also be of use to those who tackle the language on their own. Steady study should result in an understanding of msot grammatical features and allow the student to read the simpler prose texts.