King Arthasiddhi

A Mongolian Translation of 'The Younger Brother Don Yod' (Introduction, Transcription with Notes and Facsimile of the Copenhagen Manuscript Mong. 101)

by Marta Kiripolska

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Extent: 152 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Asiatische Forschungen

Series volume number: 140

Language: Mongolian

Hardback (Published)

(December 2001)

ISBN: 9783447042888

9.45 x 6.65 inches

Price: $117.00

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King Arthasiddhi” is an 18th century Mongolian translation of a Tibetan Buddhist novel known in Tibet also as a popular drama. Its composition goes back to Indian avadanas and jatakas. Its language differs from the “Classical” written Mongolian of the 18th-century Buddhist xylographs and shows a marked influence of the underlying Chakhar dialect.This publication offers a thorough literary-historical and linguistic analysis with the annotated transcription and facsimile of the manuscript kept in the Copenhagen Royal Library. It contributes to the knowledge of Mongolian literature and its Indo-Tibetan connections and to a better understanding of the language and style of the translator Caqar gebsi Lubsang cultim, a noted man of letters.

  • By (author) Marta Kiripolska