| A History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet, Volume 1 Transmission of the Canonical Literature Contributor(s): Verhagen, Pieter Cornelis (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004098399 ISBN-13: 9789004098398 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $291.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: The first comprehensive survey of the important corpus of Indic literature on Sanskrit grammar, extant in Tibetan translation in the Buddhist canon. Core of the study is the description of the forty-seven Sanskrit grammatical treatises covering some two thousand folios in the canon. The contents of these texts and the historical information regarding their Tibetan translators are examined in detail. Further chapters are devoted to the grammatical analysis in an eighth-century Tibetan handbook for translators, and to data from Tibetan historiography. The book offers the first systematic study of the extent and the historical development of the Tibetan expertise in Sanskrit grammar, a central scholastic discipline in Buddhism. It opens up a section of Tibetan literature essential to the understanding of the Indo-Tibetan indigenous grammatical traditions. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 491.250 |
| LCCN: 93000581 |
| Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2; South Asia |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.46" W x 9.64" (1.75 lbs) 372 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The first comprehensive survey of the important corpus of Indic literature on Sanskrit grammar, extant in Tibetan translation in the Buddhist canon. Core of the study is the description of the forty-seven Sanskrit grammatical treatises covering some two thousand folios in the canon. The contents of these texts and the historical information regarding their Tibetan translators are examined in detail. Further chapters are devoted to the grammatical analysis in an eighth-century Tibetan handbook for translators, and to data from Tibetan historiography. The book offers the first systematic study of the extent and the historical development of the Tibetan expertise in Sanskrit grammar, a central scholastic discipline in Buddhism. It opens up a section of Tibetan literature essential to the understanding of the Indo-Tibetan indigenous grammatical traditions. |