Sorting of Tibetan author name Si tu Chos koi ’byung gnas

Question

I am using the document class scrbook. In the bibliography, there is only one entry where the author is a Tibetan. The bib entry looks like

@book{si-tu_min_1990,
  location =     {Sansal},
  title =    {Miṅ daṅ rtags rjes su ston pa’i bstan bcos ’Chi med
                  mdzod kyi rgya cher ’grel ba ’Dod ’jo’i ba mo. In:
                  Collected Works of the Great Tai’i Si tu pa kun
                  mkhyen chos kyi byun (sic) gnas bstan pa’i nyin
                  byed},
  volume =   {vol. 4, pp. 243–738, Vol. 5, pp. 1–422},
  author =   {Si tu Chos kyi ’byuṅ gnas},
  date =     1990,
 }

In this case, I want the name to appear as it is in the author field, whereas what I get is Chos kyi ’byuṅ gas, Si tu. How do I get this done?

It looks like you are abusing the title and volume fields a bit by including bits of data that should ideally live elsewhere. The entry type might also not be quite right: Maybe it's an @inbook instead? — moewe, May 29 '20 at 13:15
@moewe, The two volumes I am referring to are, in fact, two volumes. But thanks for pointing out the error. Now the modified entry is: @book{si-tu_min_1990, location = {Sansal}, title = {Miṅ daṅ rtags rjes su ston pa’i bstan bcos ’Chi med mdzod kyi rgya cher ’grel ba ’Dod ’jo’i ba mo}, series = {Collected Works of the Great Tai’i Si tu pa kun mkhyen chos kyi byun (sic) gnas bstan pa’i nyin byed}, volume = {4, pp. 243–738, vol. 5, pp. 1–422}, author = {{Situ Chos kyi ’byuṅ gnas}}, date = 1990, } — Lata Deokar, May 29 '20 at 15:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '20 at 15:14

1

Have you tried wrapping the author's name in an extra pair of braces? Like in this answer.

@book{si-tu_min_1990,
  location = {Sansal},
  title = {Miṅ daṅ rtags rjes su ston pa’i bstan bcos ’Chi med mdzod kyi rgya cher ’grel ba ’Dod ’jo’i ba mo. In: Collected Works of the Great Tai’i Si tu pa kun mkhyen chos kyi byun (sic) gnas bstan pa’i nyin byed},
  volume = {vol. 4, pp. 243–738, Vol. 5, pp. 1–422},
  author = {{Si tu Chos kyi ’byuṅ gnas}},
  date = 1990,
}

edited May 28 '20 at 15:14

moewe

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answered May 28 '20 at 13:13

Tássio

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thanks. It now appears as Si tu Chos kyi ’byuṅ gnas, but it is misplaced. It comes in between Takahata and Uddyotakara. – Lata Deokar May 28 '20 at 14:01
1

Sorts OK with me, using an authortitle style. We will need more information. Are you able to post a small example code which reproduces the problem? – Cicada May 28 '20 at 14:44
Perhaps this will be of help with the sorting order. – Tássio May 29 '20 at 02:07
@Cicada \documentclass[11pt,english]{scrbook}
\usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{polyglossia} \setdefaultlanguage{english} \setmainfont{Gentium Plus}

% !BIB program = biber

\usepackage[ backend=biber, style=philosophy-modern, publocformat=loccolonpub, inbeforejournal=true]{biblatex}

\addbibresource{mybiblio.bib}

\begin{document}
– Lata Deokar May 29 '20 at 05:41
@LataDeokar (a) make sure you have deleted the temp files bbl if a previous run has produced incorrect output and you have changed code; (b) just to double-check: you have run xelatex biber xelatex? – Cicada May 29 '20 at 11:26
@Cicada, yes it worked. I had forgotten to delete the temp bbl file. Thanks a lot. – Lata Deokar May 29 '20 at 15:04
@LataDeokar In general it should not be necessary to delete the .bbl file. It is automatically regenerated when you run Biber. It should have been enough to modify the .bib file and re-run LaTeX, Biber, LaTeX, LaTeX (where "LaTeX" is your favourite flavour of LaTeX: pdfLaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, ...). In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to really delete some temporary files (.aux, .bbl, .bcf, ...), but that is usually only required if you get an error. Not if you just get the wrong sorting. – moewe May 29 '20 at 15:20
@moewe, thanks. I am just a beginner in LaTex, so trying to learn, although bit slowly. – Lata Deokar May 29 '20 at 18:40

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 29 '20 at 13:12

I get STU sort order with the code supplied.

MWE

\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@book{x,
  author = {Takahata},
  title  = {xxx},
}
@book{y,
  author = {Uddyotakara},
  title  = {xxx},
}
@book{si-tu_min_1990,
  location = {Sansal},
  title    = {Miṅ daṅ rtags rjes su ston pa’i bstan bcos
              ’Chi med mdzod kyi rgya cher ’grel ba ’Dod ’jo’i ba mo.
              In: Collected Works of the Great Tai’i Si tu pa
              kun mkhyen chos kyi byun (sic) gnas bstan pa’i nyin byed},
  volume   = {vol. 4, pp. 243–738, Vol. 5, pp. 1–422},
  author   = {{Si tu Chos kyi ’byuṅ gnas}},
  date     = 1990,
}
\end{filecontents*}

%===================================================

\documentclass[11pt,english]{scrbook}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setdefaultlanguage{english}
\setmainfont{Gentium Plus} 
%
\usepackage[
  backend=biber,
  style=philosophy-modern,
  publocformat=loccolonpub,
  inbeforejournal=true]{biblatex}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib} 
\begin{document} 
\cite{y}
\cite{x}

\cite{si-tu_min_1990}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

Sorting of Tibetan author name Si tu Chos koi ’byung gnas

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