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Comparing the Mongolian Scriptural Graphics and that of Zaya Pandita’s Clear Script in the Light of the General Theory of Writing and History of Writing Systems of Central Asian Peoples in the 17th Century

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article views the Oirat Clear Script (‘Todo bičiq’) developed by Zaya Pandita Nam-mkha’ rGya-mtsho (1599–1662) as one of the  Mongolian writing systems in terms of the theory of writing with due  use of the formal technique of the theory.
A. A. Burykin
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A collection of Clear script manuscripts of S. Naadgai and the continuity of Clear script usage in Oirat religious life

Linguistica Brunensia, 2015
The article presents a survey and a list of a manuscript collection created in the last decades of the 20th century by S. Naadgai in Mo'nhhairhan, Hovd aimag (Mongolia), who belonged to the last generation of Oirats in Mongolia actively using the Clear ...
Ondřej Srba
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Sukhvadiyin Oroni Bayidal Keyigēd Irel Tobči Xyrāngγu (‘A Short Compilation from the Description of the Land of Sukhavati and Well Wishes’): Archaeographic Description, Transliteration and Translation of the Clear Script Manuscript Stored at Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS

Oriental Studies, 2023
Introduction. The issues of identifying primary sources for handwritten Oirat-language (Clear Script) collections and selections of texts preserved by Kalmyks, delineating their constituent elements, finding correspondences between the former and Tibetan-
Deliash N. Muzraeva
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Selecting Clear Script Equivalents for Tibetan Buddhist Terms: a Case Study of Tyugmyud Gavji’s Translation of ‘The Sea of Parables’

Монголоведение, 2019
The paper addresses the problem of studying the vocabulary of translated written Oirat-language monuments in comparison to their Tibetan-language originals.
Delyash N. Muzraeva
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‘Early’ Texts in ‘Clear Script’ in the National Corpus of the Kalmyk Language: Genre Characteristic

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article describes genre features of the written monuments in «Сlear Script». In the 17th century, along with the translated works in “Clear Script” there appeared original works of various genres, so that folklore texts were also literary edited ...
E. Bembeev
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‘The Messenger to Articulate an Oral Order of Mine’: A Comparative Study of Khan Ayuka’s Oirat-Language (Clear Script) Correspondence Texts and Their Synchronic Russian Translations

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The archived Oirat-language (in Clear Script) letters by Khan Ayuka are also available in their synchronic Russian translations. The seventeenth-eighteenth communication practices could involve oral messages to be transmitted to the ...
Galina M. Yarmarkina
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The New Source in the «Clear Script» on the History of the Dzungar Khanate (1635-1758)

Oriental Studies, 2018
In the 80s of the 20th century the Oirat writing in «todo bičig» («clear script») was found in China. In 1987 it was published under the title «Mongɤol-un uɤeki-yin bičig» («The Origin of the Mongols») with the explanatory notes in the collection «The ...
V. Sanchirov
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‘Early’ Texts in ‘Clear Script’ in the National Corpus of the Kalmyk Language: Chronological Characteristic

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article describes chronological characteristics of the written monuments in «Сlear Script». The development process of the peculiar Oirat (Kalmyk) literature, written in «Clear Script» can be divided into two periods.
E. Bembeev
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Two ”Geser” Songs Translated by Benjamin Bergmann: Russian Translation and Discussion

Oriental Studies, 2021
Introduction. In 1802–1803, Benjamin Bergmann made a trip to the Kalmyk steppes to collect historical, literary, and folklore material on the Kalmyks and the Kalmyk culture.
Bembya L. Mitruev
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Revisiting G. S. Lytkin’s Catalogue of Manuscripts Used by Faithful Oirats

Монголоведение, 2023
Introduction. Oirat-language (Clear Script) sources have been cataloguized by A. G. Sazykin, V. L. Uspensky, N. S. Yakhontova, K. V. Orlova, D. N. Muzraeva, and others. The Mongolian Collection of the Gorky Scientific Library at St. Petersburg University
Aisa O. Doleeva
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