Manual of Standard Tibetan

Author: Nicolas Tournadre
Publisher: Snow Lion
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 594

Book Description
The Manual of Standard Tibetan presents the everyday speech of Lhasa as it is currently used in Tibet and among the Tibetan diaspora. It not only places the language in its natural context but also highlights along the way key aspects of Tibetan civilization and Vajrayana Buddhism. The Manual, which consists of forty-one lessons, is illustrated with many drawings and photographs and also includes two informative political and linguistic maps of Tibet. Two CDs provide an essential oral complement to the manual. A detailed introduction presents a linguistic overview of spoken and written Tibetan.

Manual of Standard Tibetan

Author: Nicolas Tournadre
Publisher: Snow Lion
ISBN: 9781559391894
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 576

Manual of Standard Tibetan

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Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : bo
Pages : 563

Book Description

Tibetan Civilization

Author: Rolf Alfred Stein
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804709019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358

Book Description
An overall view of the Tibetan civilization, both ancient and modern Tibet. This book relates developments in Tibet to those in the rest of Asia.

English-Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan

Author: Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520051572
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 514

Book Description
This English-Tibetan dictionary contains 16,000 main entries and subentries, a total of 45,000 lexical items. The dictionary is primarily oriented to spoken communication and was designed to be semantically sensitive, bridging the semantic gap between Tibetan and English. Tibetan terms corresponding to submeanings of English subterms are specified, and each entry in the dictionary includes both the Tibetan orthography and a phonemic notation to indicate pronunciation. Grammatical features are noted, and all examples of usage are presented with the romanization of the Tibetan and phonemic notation of the spoken forms. An introductory essay outlines the main features of Tibetan grammar. (MSE)

The Tibetan History Reader

Author: Gray Tuttle
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231144695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 750

Book Description
Answering a critical need for an accurate, in-depth history of Tibet, this single-volume resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies. Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, the volume is organized chronologically and regionally to complement courses in Asian and religious studies and world civilizations. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, this anthology offers both a general and ..

The Religion of Tibet

Author: Charles Bell
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120810501
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description
Incl. illust. and maps - Buddhism, China, Tibet, History

Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan

Author: Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520911840
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
"Half of the words are read by implication." This Tibetan saying explains the main difficulty Westerners face in learning to read Tibetan fluently. This book will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and syntax through graded readings and narrative explanations. The large glossary, which is indexed by page, will serve as an invaluable reference grammar for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The reading course includes a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays.

Colloquial Tibetan

Author: Jonathan Samuels
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317305795
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
Colloquial Tibetan provides a step-by-step course in Central Tibetan as it is spoken by native speakers. Combining a thorough treatment of the language as it is used in everyday situations with an accurate written representation of this spoken form, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Tibetan in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Key features include: progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills phonetic transliteration of the Tibetan script throughout the course to aid pronunciation and understanding of the writing system structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar section, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues. Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Tibetan will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and for students taking courses in Tibetan. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills. By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages and at the Intermediate-High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

Stūpa and Its Technology

Author: Pema Dorjee
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120813014
Category : Architecture, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Among all the religious monuments of the world, the stupa has the longest uninterrupted historical development. Though modelled after the Indian prototype, the stupa architecture was developed in all the countries where Buddhism had flourished. Over time, the structural shape of the stupa underwent significant modifications in India and the other Asian Buddhist countries.The present study shows how Tibet became a treasure house of Buddhist culture and literature--highlighting important texts dealing with stupa architecture. Various ritual activities associated with the construction of the stupa are described along with the eight fundamental types of Tibeto-Buddhist stupas and their main structural components. A survey of the stupas found in the upper Indus Valley in the Leh region of Ladakh shows their similarity to the Tibeto-Buddhist tradition. The value of the book is enhanced by an appendix with English translation of four important Tibetan texts preceded by transliteration.This monograph is the first in the new sub-series of the IGNCA on the Buddhist stupas, which would not be restricted to India alone. It is hoped that such studies will enable the art-historians and archaeologists to understand this important structural form in totality in relation to its wide geographical spread and the distinctive features of particular developments in different countries.