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|  A BASIC GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPOKEN TIBETAN: A Practical Handbook
grammar textbook of spoken Tibetan
is based on 12 years teaching experience at the Library of Tibetan
Works and Archives, Dharamsala. It presents colloquial Tibetan
grammatical structures in useful sentences with a wealth of
vocabulary. The techniques for writing Tibetan alphabet are
included.
Optional: 90
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 FLUENT TIBETAN CD-ROM: A Proficiency-Oriented Learning System
Novice and Intermediate Levels.
A multimedia supplement with additional
dialogues |
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 TIBETAN
UP-TO-DATE: Learn to Write Tibetan with Ease
by Gonsar Tulku Rinpoche & Helmut Gassner
104 pp. book, CD.
The manual explains Tibetan letters in
all their complexity. There is multimedia software for precise
pronounciation and word processing software for typing Tibetan.
Windows only, 16MB RAM and sound card.
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 TIBETAN
FLASH CARDS
by David Curtis
340 cards.
These Flash Cards are being used by students
all over the world to learn basic Tibetan vocabulary. Featuring
the Tibetan word on one side of the card with its spelling,
pronunciation, and English equivalent on the other side, they
are a highly effective way to learn vocabulary. Curtis has been
teaching Tibetan for over 12 years and is the author several
Tibetan language books. |
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|  FLUENT TIBETAN: A Proficiency-Oriented Learning System. Novice
and Intermediate Level
by William A. Magee and Elizabeth S. Napper,
Jeffrey Hopkins, General Editor. In collaboration with: Ngawang
Thondup Narkyid, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Kunsang Y. King, Jules
B. Levinson, Jigme Ngapo, Daniel E. Perdue, Dolma Tenpa and
Steven N. Weinberger.
1010 page, 4-vol. text, 8 1/2 x 11", 18 cassettes (26 hours).
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 LEARN TIBETAN: Essential Words and Phrases for Absolute Beginners
CD-Rom
A lively and entertaining introduction
to Tibetan language. This well-designed package makes learning
Tibetan feel like a game. It offers a large vocabulary. You
can record your voice and compare your pronunciation with native
speakers. There are quizzes and a challenging memory game. Windows:
VGA w/256 colors, sound card, 486 or above, 8 Mb RAM, CD-ROM,
microphone optional. Apple Macintosh: Color Macintosh, 68030
processor or above, 8 Mb RAM, CD-ROM, microphone optional. |
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|  LEARNING PRACTICAL TIBETAN
by Andrew Bloomfield & Yanki Tshering
It begins by introducing both a phonetic system and a simple
yet complete grammar. In addition to containing phrases and
dialogues, each chapter is preceded by useful information, vocabulary,
and some pointers about Tibetan customs and etiquette.
Optional: two
90 min. cassette tapes to accompany the book |
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 NEW PLAN TIBETAN GRAMMAR AND TRANSLATION
Intended for the serious student of Tibetan
language. The author has compiled the best of the methods he
has used during 20 years of teaching at Panjab University at
Chandigarh. The basic structure of Tibetan grammar is methodically
explained through well-planned practical exercises. An intermediate
level text that includes many commonly used Tibetan phrases
and a small dictionary
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|  MANUAL
OF STANDARD TIBETAN
by Nicolas Tournadre and Sangda Dorje
576 pp. 8 ½" x 11" with 2 CDs, 12 pages of
color photos.
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.
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 COLLOQUIAL
TIBETAN: A Textbook of the Lhasa Dialect
by Tsetan Chonjore with Andera Abinanti. 394 pp
Mr. Chonjore has been an instructor if
Tibetan language for the University of Wisconsin's College
Year in Nepal Program since 1983. Colloquial Tibetan has a
detailed grammatical analysis of the Lhasa colloquial Tibetan
and clarifies the similarities and differences between literary
and Lhasa colloquial grammar. There are 15 lessons, each presenting
in-depth many different aspects of Tibetan grammar such as
the personal/impersonal perspective, the evidential categories
carried by verbs and conjugations, the time-based aspect of
the language, etc.
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 MODERN
TIBETAN LANGUAGE
by Losang Thonden
Volume 1, 275 pp.
Comprehensive textbooks on Tibetan language
written by the language instructor at the Library of Tibetan
Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India. The study begins with
the alphabet and how to write the letters and presents many
exercises.
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 MODERN
TIBETAN LANGUAGE
by Losang Thonden
Volume
2, 209 pp. |
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 SAY
IT IN TIBETAN: Conversations in Colloquial Tibetan
by Norbu Chophel
129 pp.
Containing Tibetan words and useful phrases
and their Tibetan equivalents, arranged in helpful sections
such as Telephone, Customs Office, and so forth.
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 TEXTBOOK
OF MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN CONVERSATIONS
by Tashi with Kenneth Liberman
casette
tape
Designed for students who can read Tibetan
but need experience of colloquial language. The conversations
deal with everyday situations and present patterns adaptable
to other situations.
An accompanying tape gives phrases commonly used in everyday
life. We recommend using both book and tape, as conversational
phraseology is somewhat different than written grammar. Tape
read by a Lhasa speaker.
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Tibetan-English
Dictionaries |
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|  A Large TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY by Sarat Chandra Das
A new larger-format edition of the famous
Das dictionary. Now it is very readable! Compiled from a large
number of Tibetan and Sanskrit works, this dictionary contains
Tibetan words with Sanskrit equivalents and English meaning.
Technical terms are illustrated with extracts from Sanskrit
and Tibetan works. |
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 AN
ENCYCLOPAEDIC TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Volume 1
The compilers have covered an astounding
range of secular and religious literature, oral tradition and
dialects, professional and other terms--this is no doubt the
most comprehensive dictionary in a single publication. It reflects
the richness and diversity of the popular, intellectual and
religious creativity of the Tibetan people. It gives both the
Tibetan and Wylie plus the English meanings. |
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 THE
NEW TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF MODERN TIBETAN, by
Melvyn Goldstein, with T.S. Shelling & J.T. Surkhang, and
Pierre Robillard
1164 pp., 8.5 x 11", cloth.
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 A
TIBETAN ENGLISH DICTIONARY
by H. Jaschke, 670 pp.
This dictionary gives a rational account
of values and meanings of words in Tibetan, and distinguishes
the various transitions in periods of literature and varieties
of dialect. Each word is considered in both its literary and
spoken contexts. An excellent complement to the Das Dictionary. |
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|  A
TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (compact edition)
by Sarat Chandra Das, 1353 pp.
Compiled from a large number of Tibetan and Sanskrit works,
this dictionary contains Tibetan words with Sanskrit equivalents
and English meaning. Technical terms are illustrated with extracts
from Sanskrit and Tibetan works.
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 ENGLISH-TIBETAN DICTIONARY
OF MODERN TIBETAN by Melvyn C. Goldstein
16,000 main entries and 29,000 subentries
make this an indispensable dictionary for Tibetan language students.
Each entry includes the Tibetan orthography and Wylie romanization.
Grammatical features are noted. And many words are shown in
sentence context. |
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 NEW
ENGLISH-TIBETAN DICTIONARY, by Norbu Chophel
Contains some 8165 English words and their
Tibetan script equivalents. |
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 THE
NEW ENGLISH-TIBETAN DICTIONARY, by Acharya Karma Monlam
& the Dept. of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration
883 pp., 7 x 10", line drawings, cloth.
Years in preparation, this dictionary contains words created for
Tibetans so that they can integrate the modern terminology that
developed outside of the sphere of Tibetan life--sort of a Webster's
dictionary in Tibetan--everything from anatomical terms to zymosis.
It contains both the core lexical terminology used in everyday
life and standard modern writing and many proverbs and sayings
that appear frequently in contemporary literary materials. The
entries provide spoken pronunciation and thousands of illustrative
sentences. |
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|  Gansu TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
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 TIBETAN-CHINESE DICTIONARY
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|  TIBETAN-ENGLISH
DICTIONARY OF BUDDHIST CULTURE CD-Rom, version 3
This is a significant update of the dharma
dictionary--the database has grown to 276,000 entries. It is
a compilation from existing dictionaries, word-lists and glossaries
selected on a practical usage basis. It has an extensive glossary,
a list of Buddhist terms commonly used in present-day translations,
a massive amount of dictionary entries, a lexicography of places,
people and literary works, and an encyclopedic covering of topics
of importance to the Buddhist world. The work is published as
an electronic version on CD Rom for PC so the dictionary can
be an on-line tool. The current version includes the dictionary
of James Valby, the vocabulary of Richard Barron, and software
created by Gerry Wiener, Xavier Franc, Leonardo Gribaudo and
Michael Kim. |
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 TIBETAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
OF BUDDHIST TERMINOLOGY, by Tsepak Rigzin
Based on The Great Volume of Precise Understanding
(Mahavyutpatti)--a Sanskrit-Tibetan dictionary commissioned
by King Tri Ralpachen in the 9th century, and supplemented from
works of Tibetan lamas. 6,000 main entries and over 8,000 sub-entries,
with Sanskrit equivalents where possible. New edition--revised
and enlarged 40%. |
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|  THE ILLUMINATOR TIBETAN-ENGLISH
ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY
CD-Rom by Tony Duff
A modern Tibetan-English dictionary, by
Tony Duff |
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THE SARAT CHANDRA DAS TIBETAN
ENGLISH DICTIONARY
CD-Rom by Tony Duff
The most classic of Tibetan-English dictionaries
in a fully edited edition. Comes with Reader software designed
specifically for the purpose, and Tibetan and diacriticals typefaces.
Software has Wylie and standard Tibetan keyboards. The paper
edition has a large amount of valuable terminology included
but much of it is positioned under entries where it is not usually
found. |
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 Geshe
Chodrak's Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary
by Tony Duff
The last major Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary
produced in Tibet (1940's) before the communist Chinese takeover.
This dictionary has extensive listings of terms. This is a true
Tibetan dictionary in Tibetan text; useful for Tibetans themselves
and students of the Tibetan language who want a native Tibetan
dictionary uncluttered by English or Chinese definitions. |
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 Mahavyutpatti
Sanskrit-Tibetan English Glossary, by Tony Duff |
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Translating
the Language of Buddhism |
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|  TRANSLATING BUDDHISM FROM TIBETAN: An Introduction to the
Tibetan Literary Language and the Translation of Buddhist Texts
from Tibetan
by Joe Wilson, Jr.
845 pp., 7 x 9", glossary, cloth, a Namgyal Institute Textbook.
This complete textbook on classical Tibetan
is suitable for beginning or intermediate students. It begins
with rules for reading, writing, and pronouncing Tibetan, gradually
carrying the reader through the patterns seen in the formation
of words, and into the repeating patterns of Tibetan phrases,
clauses, and sentences. Students with prior experience will
find the seven appendices--which review the rules of pronunciation,
grammar and syntax--provide an indispensable reference. It balances
traditional Tibetan grammatical and syntactic analysis with
a use of terminology that reflects English preconceptions about
sentence structure. Based on the system developed by Jeffrey
Hopkins at the Unversity of Virginia, this book presents in
lessons, with drills and reading exercises, a practical introduction
to Tibetan grammar, syntax and technical vocabulary used in
Buddhist works on philosophy and meditation. An extremely well
designed learning system, it serves as an introduction to reading
and translating and to Buddhist philosophy and meditation.
Optional: 90 min cassette tape to accompany
book. |
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TIBETAN-ENGLISH
DICTIONARY OF BUDDHIST CULTURE CD-Rom, version 3 |
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|  A SANSKRIT-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, by M. Monier-Williams
1369 pp., cloth.
This is the classic Sanskrit dictionary
and is an excellent resource for Buddhist studies. Contains
180,000 words arranged etymologically and philologically. This
book is printed in India.
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NEW PLAN TIBETAN GRAMMAR AND TRANSLATION
Intended for the serious student of Tibetan
language. The author has compiled the best of the methods he
has used during 20 years of teaching at Panjab University at
Chandigarh. The basic structure of Tibetan grammar is methodically
explained through well-planned practical exercises. An intermediate
level text that includes many commonly used Tibetan phrases
and a small dictionary
2
cassette tapes
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|  BUDDHIST
TRANSLATIONS: Problems and Perspectives
ed. by Lama Doboom Tulku
Discussed are: the theory and principles
of translation, the problems in translating Buddhist philosophic
texts, lexicography and terminology, problems in translating
from Tibetan to English. Contributions are by scholars both
from India and abroad working on translations of Buddhist texts. |
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 TIBETAN-ENGLISH
DHARMA VOCABULARY FLASH CARDS
by David Curtis and Rebekay Loy
371 cards.
A vocabulary flash-card set of Tibetan
words and phases of Buddhist and other terminology, including
300 words from The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas.
David Curtis has been teaching Tibetan for over 12 years.
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|  VAJRA
VIDYA LIBRARY: Karma Kagyu Texts
under the direction of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
The 17th Karmapa asked Thrangu Rinpoche to publish all the standard
texts used by the Karma Kagyu shedras.
The
Blue Annals by Go Lo Zhonnu Pal (2 vol.), 1274 pp.
Feast
for the Learned Ones by Pawo Rinpoche (2 vol.), 1574 pp.
A History of the Dharma in India and Tibet.
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The
Bodhisattva's Way of Life, 116 pp.
Commentary
of the Bodhicaryavatara: The Deep, Vast, Infinite Essence,
Pawo Rinpoche. (2 vol.), 1178 pp.
Root
Texts on Logic & Right Perception by Dignaga and Dharmakirti
(Pramanasamuccaya, Pramanavarttika, and Drop of Logic), 363
pp.
Commentary
on the Sutra of Individual Liberation, by Karmeyi Khenpo
Rinchen Dargye, 279 pp.
Commentary
on Thirty Verses and Joining Signs, 165 pp. by Zhanag Dzopa
Tendzin Namgyal and Karma Monlam Ozer, Grammar Texts
Explanation
of Abhidharma: Youthful Manifestations, by The Ninth Karmapa,
Wangchuk Dorje, 690 pp. |
| Fifty
Verses & 300 Verses for Novices, Commentary on 50 Verses
of Guru Devotion, by Zhamar Chokyi Dragpa, Drigung Rigdzin Chodrag,
and Karma'i Khenpo Rinchen Dargye, 175 pp.
From
the Treasury of Knowledge, Fourth: How the Victor's Teachings
Spread, by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, 156 pp.
Lamp
on the Topic of Grammar, by Zhanag Dzopa Tendzin Namgyal,
84 pp. |
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Mahamudra:
Clarifying the Natural State, by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal, 95
pp.
Madhyamaka
Commentary: A Feast of Good Fortune, by the Ninth Karmapa,
Wangchuk Dorje. 420 pp.
Simultaneously
Joining the Topics and Kartika of the Commentary on Prajnaparamita,
by Loppon Senge Zangpo, 282 pp.
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|  TIBETAN
TEXT COLLECTION No. 1
by Tony Duff
A collection of texts in electronic editions.
The texts have been selected as a useful for both scholars and
students alike. Each text has been carefully input and edited
and complete notes on the sources and editorial process are
included. The editions of the Bodhisatvacaryavatara and Madhyamakavatara
are derived from the Derge Tangyur and other editions that have
been made into a single, annotated, critical edition. |
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THE
TREASURY WHICH IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KNOWLEDGE
CD-Rom
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 Gateway
to Knowledge, vol1 |
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 Gateway
to Knowledge, vol2 |
 Gateway
to Knowledge, vol3 |
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 Clarifying
the Natural State |
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books
for practitioners 
HOW
TO READ CLASSICAL TIBETAN: Volume 1, A Summary of the General
Path
A
TIBETAN VERB LEXICON: Verbs, Classes, and Syntactic Frames
THE CLASSICAL TIBETAN LANGUAGE
TIBETAN QUADRISYLLABICS, PHRASES & IDIOMS
