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.
