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Tai Ahoms and the Stars : Three Ritual Texts to Ward off Danger.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1992Description: 1 online resource (170 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501719004
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 495.919 20/eng
LOC classification:
  • PL4251.A4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501719004

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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