| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Publisher's Acknowledgment; Preface; Abbreviations; The Thirty Tibetan Letters; Identifying the Root Letter; Table of Connectors; 1. How the Stūpa Was Constructed and Consecrated; The History of Bodhanath Stūpa, discovered by Yolmo Tulku Shākya Sangpo; 2. Padmasamḅhava Becomes the Son and Successor of King Indrabodhi; The Life Story of Padmasamḅhava, discovered by Nyangral Nyima Öser; 3. The Birth of Milarepa; The Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyon Heruka; 4. Milarepa Meets Marpa; The Life of Milarepa, Tsangnyon Heruka; 5. Asaṅga Meets Maitreya. |
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Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche6. The Faith of the Old Woman; Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche; 7. Tuning the Vina; Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche; 8. Meditating on Impermanence; Words of My Perfect Teacher, Dza Paltrul Rinpoche; 9. The Life Story of Guru Saraha; Life Stories of the Eighty-Four Great Siddhas, Abhayadatta; 10. The Life Story of Guru Koṭālipa; Life Stories of the Eighty-Four Great Siddhas, Abhayadatta; 11. The Life Story of Guru Śāntipa; Life Stories of the Eighty-Four Great Siddhas, Abhayadatta. |
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12. How Atiśa Was Invited to TibetLiberation in the Palm of Your Hand, Phabongkha Rinpoche; Translations; About the Author; About Wisdom Publications. |
| Summary |
A Classical Tibetan Reader answers a long-standing need for well chosen readings to accompany courses in classical Tibetan language. Professor Bentor has built her Tibetan reader out of time-tested selections from texts that she has worked with while teaching classical Tibetan over the past twenty years. She has assembled here a selection of Tibetan narratives, organized to introduce students of the language to complex material gradually, and to arm them with ample reference materials in the form of glossaries customized to individual readings. Instructors will find this rea. |
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Text in Tibetan and English. |
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Tibetan language -- Readers.
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Tibetan language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Tibetan language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
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Tibetan language. (OCoLC)fst01150641
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Tibetan language.
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Tibetan language -- English.
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| Genre/Form |
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423786
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Readers. (OCoLC)fst01423896
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Textbooks -- for English speakers.
(OCoLC)fst01423865
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781614290797 1614290792 (DLC) 2012046035 |
| ISBN |
1614290970 (electronic bk.) |
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9781614290971 (electronic bk.) |
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