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Verhagen, Pieter C., A History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet

Verhagen, Pieter C., A History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet 156 BOOK REVIEWS Verhagen, Pieter C., A History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet . Volume Two: Assimilation into Indigenous Scholarship [Handbuch der Orientalistik. 2. Abteilung: Indien, Band 8 Teil II]. Leiden – Boston – Köln: Brill: 2001, pp. XI, 454. ISBN 90-04-11882-9. In volume one 1 the author had surveyed in great detail the Sanskrit grammatical literature found in translation in one of the two large Tibetan canonical text-collections, the Bstan-’gyur, and in manuscripts found in Dun Huang. In this second volume he studies in equal detail non-canonical translations, improved versions of canonical translations, original Tibetan works on Sanskrit grammar, and finally the application of Indian linguistics to the Tibetan language. The study of Sanskrit grammar supported the extensive translation activity (many thousands of Indian texts were translated into Tibetan), and Tibetan scholars went beyond a passive reception of Indian texts and pursued the study of various aspects of Sanskrit grammar in the tradition of P ¯ an . ini’s, ´ Sarvavarman’s, and Candragomin’s works. They kept in touch with developments in India by visits to Indian Buddhist centers (N ¯ aland ¯ a and Vikrama ´ sil ¯ a were the most prominent) and later – http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Verhagen, Pieter C., A History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet

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Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 46 (2): 156 – Jan 1, 2003
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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156 BOOK REVIEWS Verhagen, Pieter C., A History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet . Volume Two: Assimilation into Indigenous Scholarship [Handbuch der Orientalistik. 2. Abteilung: Indien, Band 8 Teil II]. Leiden – Boston – Köln: Brill: 2001, pp. XI, 454. ISBN 90-04-11882-9. In volume one 1 the author had surveyed in great detail the Sanskrit grammatical literature found in translation in one of the two large Tibetan canonical text-collections, the Bstan-’gyur, and in manuscripts found in Dun Huang. In this second volume he studies in equal detail non-canonical translations, improved versions of canonical translations, original Tibetan works on Sanskrit grammar, and finally the application of Indian linguistics to the Tibetan language. The study of Sanskrit grammar supported the extensive translation activity (many thousands of Indian texts were translated into Tibetan), and Tibetan scholars went beyond a passive reception of Indian texts and pursued the study of various aspects of Sanskrit grammar in the tradition of P ¯ an . ini’s, ´ Sarvavarman’s, and Candragomin’s works. They kept in touch with developments in India by visits to Indian Buddhist centers (N ¯ aland ¯ a and Vikrama ´ sil ¯ a were the most prominent) and later –

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