Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös

About this eBook

Author

Duka, Tivadar, 1825-1908

Title

Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös : A biography compiled chiefly from hitherto unpublished data

Original Publication

London: Trübner and Co., 1885.

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Kőrösi Csoma, Sándor, 1784-1842

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74056

Release Date

July 16, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE AND WORKS OF ALEXANDER CSOMA DE KÖRÖS. — A Biography compiled chiefly from hitherto Unpublished Data; — WITH — A BRIEF NOTICE OF EACH OF HIS PUBLISHED WORKS AND ESSAYS, AS WELL AS OF HIS STILL EXTANT MANUSCRIPTS .
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I.
5. 5.CHAPTER II.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — The Numbers
7. 7.CHAPTER IV.
8. 8.CHAPTER V.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX.
13. 13.CHAPTER X.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII.
16. 16.APPENDIX. — I. — Analysis of the BKahgyur and the BStangyur. — A. The Kahgyur. — B. The Stangyur. — II. — Geographical Notice of Tibet from Native Sources. — III. — Translation of a Tibetan Fragment, with Remarks by Dr. Wilson. — IV. — Note on Kála-Chakra and Adi-Buddha Systems. — V. — Translation of a Tibetan Passport, dated A.D. 1688. — VI. — The Origin of the Shakya Race. — VII. — Mode of Expressing Numerals in Tibetan. — VIII. — Extracts from Tibetan Works Translated. — IX. — Interpretation of the Tibetan Inscription on a Bhotian Banner taken in Assam. — X. — Note on the White Satin Embroidered Scarfs of the Tibetan Priests. — XI. — Notices on Different Systems of Buddhism Extracted from Tibetan Authorities. — XII. — Enumeration of Historical and Grammatical Works to be met with in Tibet. — XIII. — Remarks on Amulets in Use by the Trans-Himalayan Buddhists. — XIV. — Review of a Tibetan Medical Work. — A. The First Part — B. In the Second Part — C. The Third Part — D. The Fourth Part — XV. — A Brief Notice of Subháshita Ratna Nidhi of Saskya Pandita. — XVI. — A Dictionary or Sanskrit and Tibetan Words, Phrases, and Technical Terms. — Heads or Titles of Chapters. — XVII. — A Comparative Vocabulary of Sanskrit, Hindi, Hungarian, &c., Words and Names.
17. 17.INDEX.
18. 18.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — Corrections

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