TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eade,J.C.
AU  - Terwiel,B.J.
AU  - Wichasin,Ranoo
TI  - Tai Ahoms and the Stars: Three Ritual Texts to Ward off Danger
SN  - 9781501719004
AV  - PL4251.A4 
U1  - 495.919 20/eng
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Asian Studies
KW  - Language Arts & Linguistics
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages (see also Vietnamese)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List Of Tables/List Of Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Three Texts In Ahom Characters --; 3. The Three Texts --; 4. Interpretation Of The Texts --; 5. Astronomy In The Texts: Is There Any Coherence? --; The Three Manuscripts --; Introduction To The Glossary --; Glossary --; Literature Cited --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Studies on Southeast Asia 10The 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501719004
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