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The Potala Palace of Tibet

tbn — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:09:13 +0000

zhong guo gu dai jian zhu, Ancient Architecture of China, xi zang bu da la gong, The Potala Palace of Tibet, by The Office of the Renovation Project of the Potala and the China Cultural Relics Research Institute, compiled and written by Jiang Huanying, Jiayang and Gasa Pengcuo Langjie, 1996, Beijing, China Relics Research Institute, 2 vols., 229 and 554 p, First volume text and black and white drawings, second volume color plates, text in Chinese, 7-5010-0894-9, Hardcover: 354,00 €

An introduction to the renovation project of the Potala from 1989 to 1994, based on Report on the Renovation Project of the Potala Palace in Tibet published by the Cultural Relics Publishing House in 1994. Two parts. Part 1: research papers on the general conditions, architecture, frescoes, sculptures, pagodas, stupas, thangkas, stone tablets and cliff carvings of the Potala; Part 2: “Design Manual for the Restoration Project of the Potala, “Technological Summary of the Renovation Project,” and “A Chronicle of Events of the Renovation Work.” Appendices: 101 surveying and mapping charts and 380 color plates with captions and notes.

Some example pictures here:

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Pentaglot Dictionary (Manju, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongol, Chinese)

tbn — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:37:01 +0000

skad lnga shan sbyar gyi many+dzu’i skad gsal ba’i me long,
rgyal pos mdzad pa’i skad lnga shan sbyar gyi many+dzu’i skad gsal ba’i me long, 1957, pe cin, mi rigs dpe skrun khang, pho brang rnying pa’i nor rdzas bshams ston khang du yod pa’i bris ma ltar mi rigs dpe skrun khang gis par du bkod pa, 3 vols., 4973, 72 p.

799,00 EUR incl. seamail shipping. (we only have one set, first come first serve!).

It is the original first edition from 1957! Vol II is in bad condition; back cover is missing and the spine is damaged. Vol I is in good general condition, but the spine is loose. Voll III is in good general condition. The text of all three vols. Is in excellent condition with no pages missing. See the pictures below.

The Pentaglot is perhaps the most famous of all dictionaries which were compiled under the Qing in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its lemmata are recorded in five languages: Manju, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uighur and Chinese.

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Critical edition of the Tibetan Kanjur (bka’ ‘gyur)

tbn — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:32:56 +0000

In 2009 finally the Tibetan Kanjur could be published by the China Tibetology Publishing House. It was compiled by the Krung go’i bod rig pa zhib ‘jug ste gnas kyi bKa’ bstan dpe sdur khang.

The Kanjur was published from 2006 to 2009 in 108 western style volumes including one index volume .

The critical edition brings together many classical editions, such as g.Yung lo, Li thang, Khang shis/Peking, Co ne, sDe dge, sNar thang, Phyi sog khu re/Urga, and Zhol/Lhasa.

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Critical edition of the Tibetan Tanjur (bstan ‘gyur)

tbn — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:11 +0000

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The critical edition of the Tanjur was compiled in Peking and published by the China Tibetology Publishing House.

The edition brings together the major Tibetan editions from Cone, Derge, Narthang, Peking and Lhasa

The Tenjur was published in 124 western style volumes, including 4 volumes index and register starting 1995. The register volumes have only be published in 2009.

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Following the English language introduction by the publishing house:

Collected works of Dza Trül Ngawang Tenzin Norbu (1867-1940)

tbn — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:28:14 +0000

SOLD and Out of Print :

rdza sprul ngag dbang bstan’dzin nor bu’i bka’ ‘bum

Collected works of Ngawang Tendzin Norbu, 1867-1940, published by Ngagyur dongak choling monastery, Kathmandu 2004 in Pecha-format. 10 vols. 10 kg : 180,00 € excl. shipping and VAT

The set will be shipped from Berlin, Germany

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D. Karamshoev: Russian-Shughni Dictionary – Vol. 4

tbn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:10:59 +0000

Dodxudo Karamshoev: Russko-Shugnanskij Slovar – Tom 4
Duschanbe 2005, ISBN 5-89870-082-X

D. Karamshoev: Russian-Shughni Dictionary – Vol. 4

Shughni is the biggest of the Pamir-languages (<100.000). Today Shughni is spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

Volume 4 is the completion of the Shughni-Russian Dictionary (vol.1 1988, vol.2 1991, vol. 1999 – about 30.000 words) by Dodxudo Karamshoev (1932-2006). On 280 pages it comprises about 13.000 russian words and their Shughni counterparts.

Up to now this unique dictionary is rare to be found in libraries of the west. Volume 1 and 2 are already out of print. Volume 3 (letters T-?) may be ordered as well as volume 4, which is so far not available outside of Tajikistan.

Muhib: Kullijot

tbn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:06:48 +0000

Muhib (Mordakhay H. Bachayev): Kulliyot (Collected works in 7 Vols.) Jerusalem 2006 (Vol. I-IV) 2007 (Vol. V-VII). containing all the works of the author in Judeo-Tajik (in Cyrillic script) and a few in Russian. 350,00€
Kulliyot – The Complete Works of the Bukharan Jewish writer and intellectual Mordakhay H. Bachayev is both a great example of and a unique introduction to the culture and literature of the Bukharan Jews (the term is used for all Persian-speaking Jews of Central Asia) of the 20th century. Iranist Ji?í Be?ka once called Muhib (the penname of Bachayev) the most prominent representative and continuator of Judeo-Persian literary tradition. Nevertheless, even in scholarly circles Muhib’s oeuvre is scarcely known, since the rich cultural and literary heritage of this community is only published privately in very small editions and basically circulates only amongst the big Bukharan-Jewish communities in Israel and the United States.
The Complete Works of Muhib for the first time provides the opportunity to a broader access to history, language, culture, and literature of this extraordinary community.
The seven volumes of this edition are unique and amazing, as is the life-history of its author. On more than 3000 pages the reader gets the full variety of Central Asian literature, culture and history and all this from a specific Bukharan Jewish point of view. Bachayev’s memoirs Dar juvol-i sangin (In a stony sack),his opus magnum in prose, is split into two volumes (vol. III and vol. IV). On 1000 pages it covers the first 30 years of Bachayev’s life. The memoirs starts in 1918 and ends in 1944 when Bachayev, for the first time after his arrest in 1938, returned from an Ural labor camp to see his family back home in Tashkent. Bachayev’s memoirs are much more than just a portrait of a Bukharan Jewish intellectual’s life in the Soviet Union. On the whole the author falls back on personal experiences and those of his family members and close friends. Flashbacks and the use of oral traditions of the Bukharan Jews (anecdotic narratives, fairy-tales, poems, proverbs, etc.) enable Muhib to break the linear mode of narration. Occasionally he throws light on the cultural memory of the Jews of Central Asia, their daily life, customs, mourning-rites, etc. Bachayev’s memoirs are a major contribution to the genre of Tajik autobiographical writing and can be seen in line with Sadriddin Ayni’s “Yoddoshtho”. The work is supposed to represent a unique piece of indigenous discussion of early Soviet times in Central Asia.
Short Biography: Mordaxaj ben Hijo Bacaev, penname Muhib; born 1911 in Marv (in today’s Turkmenistan); Bukharan-Jewish writer, poet, publicist and translator; 1929-1938 editor of the Samarqand (later Tashkent) magazines „Rushnoi“ and „Bayroq-i mehnat“; first publication 1929; 1938 arrested for „Jewish bourgeois nationalisms“ and „anti-soviet agitation“; 1939-1945 soviet concentration camp and forced labor in northern Ural; 1945-1954 banned from Tashkent and Samarqand, administrative job in a mine near Angren/Uzbek SSR; 1957 complete rehabilitation; 1955-1972 translator (Russ..-Taj.) and editor at the Institute for Marxism-Leninism in Dushanbe (Tajik SSR); 1973 M. H. Bachayev left the Soviet Union and immigrated into Israel. He died on 9 March 2007 in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv.
The volumes:
Bd. I: „Guldasta“ (Bouquet) poetry – with an introduction by Prof. Mikhael Zand
Bd. II: „Dostonho“ (Poems) – variations of stories from Tanakh (Old Testament) and the three books Podshoh Shlomo (King Salomon)
Bd. III: “Dar juvol-i sangin“ – Yoddoshtho (Kitob 1) In a sack of stones – Memoirs (book 1) – from 1911 to his arrest in 1938
Bd. IV: “Dar juvol-i sangin“ – Yoddoshtho (Kitob 2) In a sack of stones – Memoirs (book 2) – from 1938 to 1944: imprisonment and concentration camp
Bd. V: „Vatan“ (motherland) – features the poem of the same name as well as fragments from the notebook „folklore“, poetry, proverbs, and fairytales. The second part is a collection of prose works composed in Russian language.
Bd. VI: „Qadamho-i avvalin“ (first steps) Early partly unpublished poetry, prose, translations and letters from the 1920s and 30s (up to his arrest). The second part contains essays and reviews from the 1960s and from Israel as well as interviews with Muhib and selected correspondence in Tajik.
Bd. VII: Tafsir-i kalima va iboraho (dictionary) consisting of a dictionary compiled by Ba?aev (7000 entries) and the author’s correspondence in Russian.
Another volume with miscellaneous works on the author and contributions to his work will be published in 2008, but not as a part of the Collected Works.