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

"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 cültim, a noted man of letters.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Kiripolská
• Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag
• Languages: Mongolian
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 246 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 565 g
• Illustrations: 59 Faks.-S.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures