An Introduction to Classical Tibetan [Rev. ed.] 9780856685484, 0856685488

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Preface ...... vi
Introduction ...... vii

PART ONE - GRAMMAR
- Tibetan script ...... 1
- Sample of Tibetan Book ...... 4
- Lesson I. The Thirty Letters of the Alphabet. The Vowel Signs. Superfixed and Subfixed Letters. Prefixed and Suffixed Letters. Punctuation. Sample Reading. ...... 5
- Lesson II. General Introduction to Linguistic Structure of Tibetan. Word order. Nominal particles. Special Functions of Nominal Particles. ...... 11
- Lesson III. Demonstrative pronouns. Final Particles - Statements, Questions & Commands. ...... 17
- Lesson IV. Introduction to Case Particles. Genitive Particle - kyi etc. Plural Particles. ...... 21
- Lesson V. Instrumental Particle - kyis etc. Emphatic Particle - ni. ...... 27
- Lesson VI. Direct & Indirect Objects of Verbs. The Oblique Particle - la. Vocative. ...... 33
- Lesson VII. The Verb. The Use of Verbal Stems. Negation. ...... 39
- Lesson VIII. Locative Particle - na. The Conjunctive Particle dang. Possessives - can, bcas-pa, ldan-pa. The Concessive particle - kyang. ...... 47
- Lesson IX. The Ablative & Prolative Particles - las & nas. Uses of las. Uses of nas. Comparison. The Semi-final Particle - te etc. ...... 55
- Lesson X. Particle of General Subordination - tu etc. Uses of tu. Modal Adverbs and Sanskrit Verbal Prefixes. Use of tu etc. for the Infinitive. ...... 63
- Lesson XI. Use of Particles with Verbs and Verbal Nouns. The Coordinating particle -cing etc. ...... 72
- Lesson XII. Personal Pronouns. Interrogative Pronouns. Relative Pronouns. Indefinite Particle and Indefinite Pronouns. Honorific and Respectful Forms. ...... 81
- Lesson XIII. Verbal Auxiliaries - yin, yod, 'gyur, byed, mod, bzhin, zin etc. ...... 92
- Lesson XIV. Numbers. Diminutive Particles. Intensive Particles. Word Formation. Notes on Tibetan Verse. ...... 102
- Lesson XV. The Structure of Tibetan Verbs. Morphological Prefixes & Suffixes. Verbs Tables. ...... 114

PART TWO - READINGS
- Reading I. Sukhāvatī-vyūha Sūtra. bDe-ba-can-gyi bkod-pa'i mdo. ...... 129
- Reading II. Sad-dharma-puṇdarika Sūtra. Dam-pa'i chos pad-ma dkar-po'i mdo. ...... 131
- Reading III. Mahā-parinirvāṇa Sūtra. Yongs-su-mya-ngan-las-'das-pa chen-po'i mdo. ...... 134
- Reading IV. Kāśyapa-parivarta. 'Od-srung-gi le'u. ...... 136
- Reading V. Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa. Dri-ma-med-par-grags-pas bstan-pa. ...... 138
- Reading VI. Uttara-tantra. rGyud bla-ma. ...... 140
- Reading VII. Madhyānta-vibhāga. dBu-ma dang mtha' rnam-par-'byed-pa. ...... 143
- Reading VIII. Tarka-bhāṣya and Nyāya-bindu. rTog-ge skad and Rigs-pa'i thigs-pa. ...... 146
- Reading IX. Mahā-vairocana Tantra. rNam-par-snang-mdzad chen-po'i rgyud. ...... 148
- Reading X. Vajrapāṇi-sādhana. Phyag-na-rdo-rje gtum-po'i bsgrub-thabs. ...... 150

Key to Exercises & Sample Translations. ...... 152
Tibetan - English Glossary. ...... 168

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