Essay Towards A Dictionary Tibetan And English

First published in 1834, this was the first known dictionary of Tibetan, by the founder of the field of Tibetology. Containing over 20,000 entries with English translations, it begins with a useful guide to understanding Tibetan words, and the entries themselves are arranged primarily under the language's thirty consonants.

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