Yig bskur rnam gzhag = Yig bskur rnam gshag : A general letter-writer in simple idiomatic Tibetan

 

 

Name
Das, Sarat Chandra, 1849-1917 (Compiler)
Dgaʾ-ldan-dpal-ʾbyor, Bshad-sgra (Author)
Shes-rab-rgya-mtsho, Bla-ma (Author)
Title
Yig bskur rnam gzhag = Yig bskur rnam gshag : A general letter-writer in simple idiomatic Tibetan
Other Titles
General letter-writer in simple idiomatic Tibetan; Yig bskur rnam gshag
Abstract
Collection of original letters by Bkaʾ-blon Bshad-sgra (pages 2-52), addessed to various lamas, ministers, chieftains, etc., and obtained by Das while in Tibet in 1881-1882; also includes letters partly composed and partly compiled by Bla-ma Shes-rab-rgya-mtsho, head lama of Ghoom Monastery, near Darjeeling, (pages 54-72); and a popular letter-writing manual for business and ordinary correspondence , which was obtained by Mr. A.W. Paul, Political officer with the Sikkim Expedition of 1888.
Collection Name
The Tharchin Collection
Subjects
Letter writing, Tibetan; Tibetan language; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) History
Format
books
Genre
Texts
Publication Information
[publisher not identified]: Darjeeling?
Date
[1901?]
Physical Description
xii, 88 pages ; 24 cm
Note (Funding)
Digitized with funding by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Note
Part III, containing standard letter-forms for business and ordinary correspondence used by the tung-yigs (correspondence clerks of Tibet).
A later edition of this work was published in 1938 in Chengdu, China.
Library's copy lacks pages 83-[88?].
Language
Tibetan
Contents
Part I. Bkaʾ-blon Bshad-sgras brtsoms pa bzhugs so -- Part II. Bla-ma Shes-rab-rgya-mtshos brtsams pa -- Part III. Yig bskur rnam gzhag
Library Location
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13014079
Also In
Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-1n5a-p338
Related URLs
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