Tai Ahoms & the Stars: Three Ritual Texts to Ward Off Danger - Couverture souple

 
9780877277095: Tai Ahoms & the Stars: Three Ritual Texts to Ward Off Danger
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0877277095 ISBN 13 : 9780877277095
Editeur : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University, 1992

Synopsis

Studies on Southeast Asia 10

The ancient but not completely forgotten language of Ahom (part of a culture that once dominated the Brahmaputra Valley in India) has been marked by a lack of competent critical and scholarly study. The present authors aim to correct this: in their work they include a useful introduction to the state of Ahom studies and about linguistic problems and possibilities. The three primary texts studied are presented in their Ahom characters, in transliteration, and in translation into Thai and English, and are the subjects of both literary and historical interpretation. In the final section, the scholar J. C. Eade presents an essay entitled Astronomy in the Texts: Is there any Coherence? The relevant pages from the three original manuscripts that gave rise to the established texts are reproduced here as well.

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Éditeur
Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0877277095
ISBN 13 
9780877277095
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
170
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Personne responsable
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