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The Widow and the Adulteress. Aspects of Gender in Tibetan Sa Dpyad Geomancy

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Maurer P.

Rocznik Orientalistyczny

2017

issue 2

212-231

The influence of gender pervades the various useages of Tibetan geomancy (sa dpyad) and those of Chinese calculation (nag rtsis). The moment someone consults a diviner to get his or her future calculated, be it with respect to an outlook on his or her life, his or her diseases, a marriage, the construction of a house, the planting of a field or travels, he or she is affected by gender. This is apparent not only in the fact that the astrologer is usually a man, but also in the method he uses to perform his calculations: The method of calculating a person’s future varies depending on the person’s gender and the dimensions calculated are assigned a gender.

Lexicography of the Tibetan Language with Special Reference to the “Wörterbuch der tibetischen Schriftsprache”

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Maurer P.

Rocznik Orientalistyczny

2018

issue 2

118-145

The science of lexicography with its focus on etymology reaches back to ancient times; the history of Tibetan dictionaries is almost as old as the written language itself. About 1,200 years ago, the wish to translate the Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit initiated the compilation of the first bilingual dictionary. lt provides Tibetan synonyms for Sanskrit terms and is written in Tibetan script. lt was compiled and used by monks who worked as scholars and translators. Throughout the following centuries, Tibetan dictionaries have been compiled, and, as will be shown, this happened for various reasons. As the Tibetan language is not yet fully explored, new dictionaries for Tibetan are still being worked on. One of these is under preparation in Munich; it will be the focus of the main part of this article. As the paper addresses a wider audience and not specifically scholars of Tibetan studies, l will situate Tibetan lexicography within a broader context, commencing with a brief introduction into the Tibetan script and language followed by a survey on the development of Tibetan lexicography and dictionaries. Then, the paper introduces the Wörterbuch der tibetischen Schriftsprache, an ongoing long-term project at the Bavarian Academy for Sciences and Humanities in Munich.

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The Widow and the Adulteress. Aspects of Gender in Tibetan Sa Dpyad Geomancy

Lexicography of the Tibetan Language with Special Reference to the “Wörterbuch der tibetischen Schriftsprache”