Selecting Clear Script Equivalents for Tibetan Buddhist Terms: a Case Study of Tyugmyud Gavji’s Translation of ‘The Sea of Parables’

Abstract

The paper addresses the problem of studying the vocabulary of translated written Oirat-language monuments in comparison to their Tibetan-language originals. It briefly describes the lexicographic works based on materials from ancient Buddhist sources and available to modern Oiratologists. In addition, it examines some issues of studying the language of the monuments through the use of modern computer programs, provides examples of text processing, and analyzes the results obtained.

Keywords

• buddhism
• written sources
• tibetan language
• translations
• oirat language
• “todo bichig” (“clear script”)
• zaya pandita namkhaijamts
• sutra of the wise and foolish
• 20th century
• tugmyud gavji