Author: Sangye Tandar Naga
Publisher: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 166
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9789380359717
Description
This book has been compiled to familiarize and acquaint English readers with the Tibetan words and phrases that are found in Tibetan characters or transliterations while reading Tibetan manuscripts. Also this work is intended to help the Tibetans and non-Tibetans who will study Tibetan grammar.
This book is divided into three parts. The first part introduces the basic structures of Tibetan language consisting of vowels, consonants, super scribed and subscribed letters and prefixes and suffixes.
The second part consists of a collection of articles on Tibetan literature published in the Tibet Journal Series. The Third part consists of translations of the three treatises on Tibetan Grammar.
We are confident that this book will be of immense value and a great tool for all the students of Tibetan studies.
Contents
1. Vowels and Consonants
2. Super scribed Letters
3. Subscribed Letters
4. Prefixes and Suffixes
5. Review
6. On the Function of Tibetan Letters
7. A Discussion On the History of Tibetan Grammar
8. Superior Verses in Praise of Buddha
9. The Essence of Thonmi’s Masterpiece ‘The Thirty Verses’
10. Mirror which Clears Difficult Points by Explaining the Essence the rtags kyi’ jug pa
11. The Grammar : Thirty Verses
12. The Grammar tags kyi ‘jug pa’