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Dictionary of Khotan Saka
Harold Walter Bailey
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Description for Dictionary of Khotan Saka
Paperback. This dictionary contains the linguistic analysis and translation of the Iranian words used in the author's transcriptions of the Saka manuscripts. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2BX; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 195 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1242.
The Cambridge University Press published (1945–1967) in six volumes Professor Bailey's transcriptions of Saka manuscripts found in Sin Kiang and Kansu (of the ancient kingdom of Khotan). They are central to any study of Old Iranian and the Iranian dialects; and they are also important for further understanding of the religious tradition in the sacred Avesta of the Zoroastrians, and for the history of the peoples of Central Asia generally. This 1979 dictionary represents the fulfilment of a plan formed in 1934 which required first the editing and transcription of the manuscripts, and then the slow elucidation of the whole ... Read more
The Cambridge University Press published (1945–1967) in six volumes Professor Bailey's transcriptions of Saka manuscripts found in Sin Kiang and Kansu (of the ancient kingdom of Khotan). They are central to any study of Old Iranian and the Iranian dialects; and they are also important for further understanding of the religious tradition in the sacred Avesta of the Zoroastrians, and for the history of the peoples of Central Asia generally. This 1979 dictionary represents the fulfilment of a plan formed in 1934 which required first the editing and transcription of the manuscripts, and then the slow elucidation of the whole ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
Number of Pages
580
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521142502
SKU
V9780521142502
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