Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös
by Tivadar Duka
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- 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 A Biography compiled chiefly from hitherto Unpublished Data; WITH A BRIEF NOTICE OF EACH OF HIS PUBLISHED WORKS AND ESSAYS, AS WELL AS OF HIS STILL EXTANT MANUSCRIPTS.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIFE OF ALEXANDER CSOMA DE KÖRÖS. CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- The Numbers
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- 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.
- INDEX.
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- Corrections
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