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Otter, Felix: A Course in Reading Classical Newari: Selections from the Vetālapañcaviṃśati, Heidelberg: CrossAsia, 2021. https://doi.org/10.11588/xabooks.764

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01/14/2021

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Felix Otter

A Course in Reading Classical Newari

Selections from the Vetālapañcaviṃśati

A Course in Reading Classical Newari is intended for all who wish to acquire a basic knowledge of this acutely understudied language. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Classical Newari on the basis of the literary language of the late 17th century. Part two consists of twelve annotated reading passages that have been taken from various manuscripts of the as yet unedited Newari version of one of the most popular texts of the South Asian narrative tradition, the Vetālapañcaviṃśati. Appended to the book are a key to the exercises, translations of the reading passages, an index of verb forms, and a glossary.

Felix Otter (*1978) studied Indology, Tibetology and Political Science in Marburg and received his doctorate in languages and cultures of modern South Asia in Halle. Since 2012 he has been working as a senior lecturer at the Department of Indology and Tibetology at the Philipps University of Marburg.

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Table of Contents
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Title
Contents
Foreword
A Note on Transcription
Symbols and Abbreviations
Introduction
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
Lesson 14
Lesson 15
Reading Passages
Key to the Exercises
Translation of the Reading Passages
Index of Verb Forms
Glossary
Grammatical Index
Bibliography

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