Yig bskur rnam gzhag
Subtitle: Yig bskur rnam gshag : A general letter-writer in simple idiomatic Tibetan
By: [compiled by Sarat Chandra Das]
Contributors: Shes-rab-rgya-mtsho, Bla-ma, author
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1901
Place of publication: Darjeeling?]
Language: tib
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Tibetan Letter writing; History; Tibetan language; Texts
Other titles: General letter-writer in simple idiomatic Tibetan; Yig bskur rnam gshag
Description: Collection of original letters by Bkaʼ-blon Bshad-sgra (pages 2-52), addessed to various lamas, ministers, chieftains, etc., and obtained by Das while in Tibet in 1881-1882; also includes letters partly composed and partly compiled by Bla-ma Shes-rab-rgya-mtsho, head lama of Ghoom Monastery, near Darjeeling, (pages 54-72); and a popular letter-writing manual for business and ordinary correspondence, which was obtained by Mr. A.W. Paul, Political officer with the Sikkim Expedition of 1888.
Notes: "Part III, containing standard letter-forms for business and ordinary correspondence used by the tung-yigs (correspondence clerks of Tibet)."

A later edition of this work was published in 1938 in Chengdu, China.

Library's copy lacks pages 83-[88?].

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In Tibetan; preface in English; table of contents in Tibetan and English.

Annotation by Gegen Dorje Tharchin; Copy identified as Tharchin's copy.

Forms part of the Tharchin Collection.

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Table of contents: title: Part I. Bkaʼ-blon Bshad-sgras brtsoms pa bzhugs so; title: Part II. Bla-ma Shes-rab-rgya-mtshos brtsams pa; title: Part III. Yig bskur rnam gzhag.