An Introduction to Classical Tibetan

by Stephen Hodge

Book Overview

Classical Tibetan, with origins dating to the ninth century, is the script found in a huge corpus of surviving Tibetan texts, mostly of Buddhist content; native Tibetans still employ this language, to this day when writing on religious, medical or historical subjects. The aim of this book is to provide a rapid introduction to the main elements of Classical Tibetan, so that students may begin to access for themselves the vast amount of written material...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9745240397
• ISBN13: 9789745240391
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Orchid Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.7"