The Founding Inscription in the Gser Khan of Lalung (Spiti, Himachal Pradesh)

The Founding Inscription in the Gser Khan of Lalung (Spiti, Himachal Pradesh)

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAE530
Author: Kurt Tropper
Publisher: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala
Language: English
Edition: 2008
ISBN: 8186470670
Pages: 95
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight 50 gm

Book Description

About The Book

The inscription that forms the subject of this study ranks among the oldest extant literary documents from Spiti (Himachal Pradesh). It was already brought to the attention of the scholarly community by Hi. Shuttle worth in 1929, but despite several attempts to edit and translate the fragmentary epigraph it has hitherto remained unpublished. The present study provides the first edition and a richly annotated translation, thus establishing a basis for further research on this intricate document. In trying to unravel its contents, the author could rely on his detailed digital documentation of the inscription as well as on earlier transcriptions that were prepared in situ. The oldest of these were found among A.H. Francke’s unpublished works and are reproduced in transliteration and as facsimile images in the appendix to this volume.

About The Author

Kurt Tropper, Ph.D. (2001) in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, is Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer for Classical Tibetan at the University of Vienna His publications include Die Jataka-Inscbriften im skor lam chen mo des Klosters Zha lu (WSTB 63, 2005) and The Historical Inscription in the Gsum brtsegs Temple at Wanla, Ladakh (Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, Vol.7, 2Q07).

Contents

1 Introduction 1
General description 1
Present state of research 3
Dating 8
2 Notes on the edition and the translation 15
General remarks 15
Editorial signs 18
3 Edition 21
4 Translation 37
5 Bibliography 61
Appendix A: Irregular spellings 69
Appendix B: Text of Francke's manuscripts 71
1. Entries " No.203 " and " No. 204 " in section VII, notebook 9 ( pp. 14v - 16v) 71
2. Entries " No.203 " and " No. 204 " in the single notebook of section XI ( pp. 7r - 8v) 78
Plates 83
1. Entries " No. 203" and " No. 204 " in section VII, notebook 9 ( pp. 14v - 16v) 83
2. Entries " No.203 " and " No. 204 " in the single notebook of section XI ( pp. 7r - 8v) 88
Index 93

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