Lyuke wmer ra: Indo-European Studies in Honor of Georges-Jean Pinault [Hardcover]

This rich collection of articles pays homage to many of the remarkably broad and interdisciplinary interests embodied in the work of Prof. Georges-Jean Pinault. It contains not only historical and synchronic linguistic studies of numerous ancient languages---especially Tocharian, Sanskrit, Greek, and Uyghur---but also editions of several recently discovered texts from Central Asia that contribute to the burgeoning fields of Buddhist and Silk Road studies. Lyuke wmer ra is a must-read for all scholars interested in the intersection of language, literature, and religion of ancient and medieval western Eurasia.This collection of articles contains not only historical and synchronic linguistic studies of numerous ancient languages---especially Tocharian, Sanskrit, Greek, and Uyghur---but also editions of several recently discovered texts from Central Asia that contribute to the burgeoning fields of Buddhist and Silk Road studies.Preface Bibliography of Georges-Jean Pinault List of Contributors. . Douglas Q. Adams, The dual endings of the verb in Tocharian B and their Proto-Indo-European background Emilie Aussant, The Vyakaran . ic descriptive model and the French grammars of Sanskrit. Nalini Balbir, A propos d'un lapidaire prakrit Alain Blanc, L'histoire compliquee de l'adjectif grec ????O? Vaclav Blaek, A hypothetical Tocharian contribution to Chinese astronomical terminology Joel P. Brereton, How the Gayatr ? became the Gayatr Gerd Carling, Flat mirror or well-shaped disc? Tocharian A tapaki (B tapakye ) and A mukar* .dam Alvah Catt, A newly identified Tocharian fragment of the Tridan. d. isutra Ching Chao-jung, He sat down on the grass under a Nyagrodha tree: On the Kuchean word atiyo* ? atiya* in Kumtura mural painting captions Eric Dieu, Accentuation recessive et accentuation columnale en grec ancien, avec quelques considerations sur la loi de limitation Hannes A. Fellner, Polar life in the Tarim Basin Jose Luis Garcia Ramon, The development of the labiovelars iló]