Tibetan Dictionary and Language Books

A revised version of Tibetan Phrasebook. Many students have expressed that this book and tapes are a wonderful language tool and much more than a phrasebook. So we expanded the Tibetan Phrasebook into a larger format and included the Tibetan script in addition to the phonetic system to make it useful as a practical Tibetan language study tool. It begins by introducing both a phonetic system and a simple yet complete grammar. In addition to containing phrases and dialogues, each…

All the language tools you need to work at your own pace are in one place. You will not need a dictionary because all of the words and particles are translated and explained upon every occurrence, and there is a complete glossary at the end of the book; every sentence is diagramed and completely explained so that you can easily see how the words and particles are arranged to convey meaning. Because everything is always explained in every sentence, you…

The Manual of Standard Tibetan presents the everyday speech of Lhasa, as it is currently used in Tibet as well as amongst 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…

Tibetan Only, Western book format, 2388 pages

This revised text book based on the authors long experience of teaching Tibetan to foreigners provides a solid introduction to the Tibetan language. Beginning with the alphabet, vowels and combination of letters, it presents the fundamental structures of the languages, each section being accompanied by exercises.

The second volume adds to the first explaining more complex verb patterns, comparison of adjectives, notions of time and dating, use of gerundive particles, adverbs and so forth, as well as introducing some idiomatic expressions, rhyming terms and Tibetan forms of address. Again exercises accompany the relevant sections.

This collection of informal conversations in intended is intended for students of Tibetan language who can read, but require more experience of the colloquial language. The conversations deal with a number of every-day situations and present patterns that are easily adapted to other circumstances.

It is a compilation of Tibets rich repository of idioms and phrases. These are the important language which creates its life, beauty and melody. This book aims to bridge the gap between the literary and colloquial world. Its creation acts as an aid to the world of Classical and Modern language.

Because of its handiness and simple Tibetan equivalents of the English words, it has been very popular among the students of English as well as Tibetan language. Prefect sample of the most frequently used English words are taken to the benefit of the language students.

The book will be your bridge to cross over the Tibetan language barrier. All the Tibetan words and sentences are taped and given in English phonetics as they are pronounced/souned in colloquial Tibetan and not as they are written to give you a proper training in conversation in colloquial Tibetan.

This book is result of authors two decades of teaching Tibetan in the Department of Central Asian Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh. It is designed to teach Tibetan through English in a very simple and natural way. Practical difficulties are dealt with explanation to enable the students to speak and write the language correctly. The vacalbularly throughout has been controlled so as to be within the range of the learners ability to understand them. A serious student of Tibetan language cannot…

This book is one of its kind. It covers a vast expanse of words for those eager to learn Tibetan words. It has approximately 40,000 words and a lot of books have been consulted to take out this book.

Colloquial Tibetan is the result of the authors experience as a Tibetan language teacher to foreign students for 18 long years. It covers a detailed grammatical analysis of the Lhasa colloquial and clarifies the similarities and differences between literary and Lhasa colloquial grammar. In a simple fashion, the author follows a contextual teaching method introducing unique forms such as the personal /impersonal perspective, the evidentail categories carried by verbs and conjugations, the time-based aspect of the language etc

Pub. Year: 2005 Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi

Dictionary of Tibetan Materia Medica is the first dictionary of its kind. All the entries are arranged in Tibetan alphabetical order which will enable the readers to find the names of medicinal ingredients easily. Inclusion in the main entry, of different names of medicinal ingredients such as names derived from foreign languages, synonym, secret and poetical names will prove extremely useful for identification. Description of every medicinal ingredient and information on their tastes, powers and uses are also given according…

Anyone reading English translations of Buddhist texts will encounter a host of names, terms, and phrases whose meanings are not clear even though they appear in English. Buddhism is famous for its

Pub. Year: 2003 Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi

The Dictionary is a practical handbook that attempts to provide a quick yet thorough understanding of the colloquial Tibetan language. A special feature of the Dictionary containing more than eleven thousand words including honorific words, is that the Tibetan words are presented in romanised form for pronunciation by those who do not understand Tibetan. An introductory chapter details the structure and system of pronunciation of Tibetan letters and words. It combines an easy approach with incorporation of features like two…

The present Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary has several thousand words, compounds, and phrases. Terms of technical subjects like astronomy, medicine, iconography, metrics, prosody and philosophy have also been included. Every Tibetan entry is followed by its Sanskrit equivalent. The Sanskrit equivalents have also been given in alphabetic sequence. It was published in 12 volumes in 1961 which is now reproduced in a compact edition.

Present work is such a pass-key which open some doors to be huge halls of Tibetan literature. In this work, the available materials have for the first time been collected and placed before the shcolars much more comprehensively.