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Top 1000 Tibetan words?

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:50 pm
by kirtu
Is there a list of the top 1000 Tibetan words used in sadhanas? Vocabulary distribution is a power series phenomena following Ziph's Law so it would be useful to get or develop a ranked distribution of the top 1000 Tibetan words used. Books/lists like this are common in Germany for various languages. In the US they seem to top out at 250-500.

Thanks!

Kirt

Re: Top 1000 Tibetan words?

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:38 am
by dakini_boi
That's a great idea. If it doesn't already exist, we could compile a list from sadhanas that we are practicing. . .

Re: Top 1000 Tibetan words?

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:06 am
by Silent Bob
There's no need at this stage to duplicate efforts. http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Tibetan_Sad ... /12514.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Top 1000 Tibetan words?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:05 am
by emaho
Silent Bob wrote:There's no need at this stage to duplicate efforts. http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Tibetan_Sad ... /12514.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thx for this link. Is this book based on Kagyu sadhanas and vocabulary?

Re: Top 1000 Tibetan words?

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:38 am
by Yudron
ReasonAndRhyme wrote:
Silent Bob wrote:There's no need at this stage to duplicate efforts. http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Tibetan_Sad ... /12514.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thx for this link. Is this book based on Kagyu sadhanas and vocabulary?
I have it and did not find it very useful to me in my Nyingma world. It was based on peaceful sadhanas. Not that great for wrathful sadhanas, nor for the kind of dzogchen terminology that Guru Rinpoche sprinkled throughout the treasure texts. But a nice effort!

The good news is that even learning 100 common sadhana words will go a long way towards understanding maha-ati terma sadhanas.