About the History of the First Edition of ‘Mongolin Ubashi Hong Taijiin Tuuj’
https://doi.org/10.22162/2075-7794-2017-30-2-63-69
Abstract
In 1847, A.V. Popov published the todo-script text of ‘Mongolin Ubashi Hong Taijiin Tuuj’ in Kazan (Russia). It is an important original manuscript of Oirat-Mongolian literature. The present paper discusses the origin, history of edition and content of the significant todo-script manuscript comprising three parts. First of all, it introduces conditions of research of ‘Mongolin Ubashi Hong Taijiin Tuuj’ with evidence from the Russian, Mongolian, and Chinese texts and materials. As for its origin, the Russian researcher A. V. Popov mentioned in his Kalmyk Language Grammar: ‘In 1838 I conducted field work in Kalmyk territories and published this book using the materials collected there’. Following his words, it is evident that A. V. Popov was the first person who had discovered the original manuscript of ‘Mongolin Ubashi Hong Taijiin Tuuj’ and published it. The paper also gives an account of some problems related to its edition. Finally, the article provides a comparative study on the texts of ‘Mongolin Ubashi Hong Taijiin Tuuj’ by A. V. Popov and G. Gomboev dated back to different periods.
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Boskhomdzhiev M.V. About the History of the First Edition of ‘Mongolin Ubashi Hong Taijiin Tuuj’. Oriental Studies. 2017;10(2):63-69. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2075-7794-2017-30-2-63-69
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