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cover cover next page > Page i The Classical Tibetan Language title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: The Classical Tibetan Language SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies Beyer, Stephan V. State University of New York Press 0791410994 9780791410998 9780585086903 English Tibetan language. 1992 PL3608.B49 1992eb 495/.482421 Tibetan language. cover next page > file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Hedy/My%20Documents/Downloads/0791410994/start_here.html[8/7/2010 9:51:38 PM] page_ii < previous=""> page_ii next page > Page ii SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies Matthew Kapstein, editor < previous=""> page_ii next page > file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Hedy/My%20Documents/Downloads/0791410994/files/page_ii.html[8/7/2010 9:51:39 PM] cover cover next page > Page i The Classical Tibetan Language title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: The Classical Tibetan Language SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies Beyer, Stephan V. State University of New York Press 0791410994 9780791410998 9780585086903 English Tibetan language. 1992 PL3608.B49 1992eb 495/.482421 Tibetan language. cover next page > file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Hedy/My%20Documents/Downloads/0791410994/files/cover.html[8/7/2010 9:51:39 PM] page_iii < previous=""> page_iii next page > Page iii The Classical Tibetan Language Stephan V. Beyer ña de-phyir ses-nas Ntshad-pa yin gnañ-ba thob-nas rtsom-pa yin log-smra Ndug-nas rtsod-pa yin Pad-ma dkar-po State University of New York Press < previous=""> page_iii next page > file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Hedy/My%20Documents/Downloads/0791410994/files/page_iii.html[8/7/2010 9:51:40 PM] page_iv < previous=""> page_iv next page > Page iv Disclaimer: This book contains characters with diacritics. When the characters can be represented using the ISO 8859-1 character set (http://www.w3.org/TR/images/latin1.gif), netLibrary will represent them as they appear in the original text, and most computers will be able to show the full characters correctly. In order to keep the text searchable and readable on most computers, characters with diacritics that are not part of the ISO 8859-1 list will be represented without their diacritical marks. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1992 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Production by Marilyn P. Semerad Marketing by Bernadette LaManna Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beyer, Stephan V., 1943The classical Tibetan language / Stephan V. Beyer. p. cm (SUNY series in Buddhist studies) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0 7914 1099 4. ISBN 0-7914-1100-1 (pbk.) I. Tibetan language. I. Title. II. Series. PL3608.B49 1992 495'.482421 dc20 91-24499 CIP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 < previous=""> page_iv next page > file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Hedy/My%20Documents/Downloads/0791410994/files/page_iv.html[8/7/2010 9:51:40 PM] page_v < previous=""> page_v next page > Page v I seem to produce children more rapidly than I produce books, which indicates