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Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 441

Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics. It starts with a presentation of the languages of the family (from English and the other Germanic languages, the Celtic and Slavic languages, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit through Armenian and Albanian) and a discussion of the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language.The reader is introduced into the nature of language change and the methods of reconstruction of older language stages, with many examples (from the Indo-European languages). A full description is given of the sound changes, which makes it possible to follow the origin of the different Indo-Europea...

A Buddha Within
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 448

A Buddha Within

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Singing the Past
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 256

Singing the Past

Oral epic poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Karakalpak oral traditions. Through a close analysis of these Turkic works, he shows that they are typologically similar to heroic poetry in Old English, Old High German, and Old French and that they can offer scholars new insights into the oral background of these medieval texts.Reichl draws on his research in Central Asia to discuss questions regarding performance as well as the singers' training, role in society, and repertoire. He asserts that heroic poetry and epic are primarily concerned with the interpretation of the past in song...

The Greatest Story Never Told
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1040

The Greatest Story Never Told

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A Lithuanian Bibliography
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 782

A Lithuanian Bibliography

An all-inclusive list of books pertaining to Lithuania held by libraries of the United States and Canada. Subjects covered in the two-volume set include geography, geology, legislation, censuses, diplomacy and foreign relations, social structure, culture, the economy, religion and many others.

Monetary Transactions in Ancient Sri Lanka
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Monetary Transactions in Ancient Sri Lanka

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Tibetan-English Dictionary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1398

Tibetan-English Dictionary

Here the Tibetan words are given in alphabetical order, with their accepted sanskrit equivalents followed by the english meaning. All the technical terms are illustrated from extracts form sanskrit Buddhist and Tibetan works.

The Garuda Puranam
  • Language: en

The Garuda Puranam

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Buddhism of Tibet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 650

The Buddhism of Tibet

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1895
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Encyclopaedia of Sikh Religion and Culture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 576

Encyclopaedia of Sikh Religion and Culture

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