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Geshe Lhundup Sopa |
Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture |
$25.49 $17.84 |
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| Authored by one of the foremost living Tibetan teachers of modern scholarship. Beautifully combines language learning with assimilation into the rich, wide world of Tibetan religious culture. Presented in a format of text book manual, the reader is gently guided in the progressive familiarization with the culture and civilisation of a great country.
An interesting book if you are already able to read basic texts. Each chapter starts with an interview with a Rinpoche, which is then followed by... |
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Dhondup Tsering |
Speak Tibetan like a Tibetan |
$12.95 $9.07 |
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| This book provides with an opportunity to learn and speak the Tibetan language as it is spoken today. Not only has the author provided with simple and practical examples of its usage in the present day but he has also very carefully explained the pronunciation and idiosyncrasies found within the language.
This revised and enlarged edition of Colloquial Tibetan is the ideal book for
anyone interested in learning modern spoken Tibetan. The engaging dialogues
cover every situation a learner... |
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H. Jaschke |
A Tibetan English Dictionary |
$31.99 $22.39 |
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| The present Dictionary is an attempt to give a rational account of values and meanings of words in Tibetan language, to distinguish the various transitions in periods of literature and varieties of dialect, and to make sure of each step by the help of accurate and copious illustrations and examples.
Assembled by a missionary in Tibet during the mid-nineteenth century, this dictionary has an outstanding reputation and remains an important resource for students of the language and a convenient... |
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Melvyn C. Goldstein |
English Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan |
$28.99 $20.29 |
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| The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan surpasses existing dictionaries in both scope and comprehensiveness. Containing more than 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse, this invaluable sourcebook includes the tens of thousands of new words that have been coined or that have come into use since Tibet was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1951.
The dictionary lists lexical items characteristic of the special... |
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Heinrigh August Jaschke |
A Tibetan-English Dictionary: With special reference to the Prevailing Dialects to which is added An English-Tibetan Vocabulary |
$30.99 $21.69 |
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| From the preface:
This work represents a new and thoroughly revised edition of a Tibetan-German Dictionary, which appeared in a lithographed form between the years 1871 and 1876.
During a residence, which commenced in 1857 and extended over a number of years, on the borders of Tibet and among Tibetan tribes, I and my colleagues gathered the materials for this dictionary.
We had to take primarily into account the needs of missionaries entering upon new regions, and then of... |
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Sarat Chandra Das |
An Introduction to the Grammar of the Tibetan Language |
$44.99 $31.49 |
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| The present work is designed not only to help the general reader to grasp the grammatical structure of the Tibetan language in his endeavour to study the general literature of Tibet but also the Buddhist scholar who is particularly interested in the vast Tibetan literature which includes almost all the Buddhist works of India. It will prove equally useful for a Sanskrit student who will discover herein a key to unlock the immense volumes--faithful translations of the Sanskrit texts--which exist... |
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Giuseppe Tucci |
The Religions of Tibet |
$25.99 $18.19 |
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| Giuseppe Tucci has drawn on his wide knowledge of the Tibetan language and literature, and on the many expeditions he has made to Western and Central Tibet, to produce a work which is both authoritative and comprehensive. After describing the diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet, Professor Tucci discusses the general characteristics of Lamaism and goes on to write about monastery life, religious festivals and the Bon religion. Much of the material, such as the chapter on the teaching of the various... |
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