A 10
| Known as: | A 10; THT 643 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 10". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-a10 (accessed 20 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 72.10 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Puṇyavantajātaka |
| Passage: | j |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 1-54 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 9 |
| Following fragment: | A 11 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de by courtesy of the Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS).
Transliteration
(continues from A 9)
| a1 | – [¯s̝] mā nu caṃ [t]a¯ ¯m knā (–) ne yä s̝wä rce tswā tsu ne yā ṣñi pa¯ ¯t ā lu pa¯ ¯t ta mṣu rma¯ ¯s̝ pru cca mñe ya (·)i |
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| a2 | cä mpa¯ ¯s̝ : wä rṣa ltsu ne pe – – – śśi knā nmu ne yä¯ ¯s̝ wä rce tswā tsu ne yā kā ri pa¯ ¯cä spa rcwa tra maṃ tne – |
| a3 | (– –) śa gri ve rā kṣ (–) ā (–) wä¯ ¯l rā meṃ ra ta kyo lā ṅkri wo rpu sāṃ pa lko ra¯ ¯s̝ pra cre¯ ¯s ā mā ś· – |
| a4 | – – – ṣya kkā – [p]u ra¯ ¯s̝ tra ṅka s̝ma tya ltā ki s̝sa sna peṃ da śā ra the slā¯ ¯nt se rā¯ ¯m si – |
| a5 | – – – – – – – – – [ka] tko ra¯ ¯s̝ lā ṅkri wo rpu na¯ ¯m ca mi ko rpā tā pa¯ ¯rk ku ccaṃ ske na¯ ¯l tma¯ ¯s̝ – |
| a6 | – – – – – – – – – – – [p]i¯ ¯s klyo ṣlā da śa gri vna¯ ¯cä tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || s̝a¯ ¯lypä ma lke naṃ || kā r· – – |
| b1 | – – – – – – – – – – – – – ·nu ṣñi wra mka lp[o] rā kā tkmāṃ ka lkā ls̝a ññā tā¯ ¯s̝ • ṣñi kā ri – – |
| b2 | – – – – – – – – – – – : kucä ṣta tmu sa¯ ¯s knāṃ mu ne nka lu ne ya¯ ¯cä ṣñi ā ñme¯ ¯s || ta mka klyu (–) |
| b3 | (– – –) śa gri ve (– –) nmu ne yä¯ ¯s̝ wä rce tswā tsu ne prā ka rmā ma ntu ṣñi ā sā ni svai ḍu – |
| b4 | – ·k[o] ra¯ ¯s̝ vi bhi ṣa (– –) a kmlā wa wu ra¯ ¯s̝ tra ṅka s̝caṃ pa rmā tu rā me¯ ¯s pa s̝ke ne taṃ ñi (–) |
| b5 | na pa rpa lo nā stra ṅka¯ ¯t – – – ¯s̝ śo lā si sāṃ rā me¯ ¯s mā e sa¯ ¯m ku sne rā me¯ ¯s pra skmāṃ tā[¯] [¯cä] – |
| b6 | – pra skmā raṃ || tma¯ ¯s̝ (–) bh(·) (–) ne la ppa tsya yä sku ra¯ ¯s̝ ysā raṃ lyā smāṃ wa rtsyä¯ ¯s̝ kā ta¯ ¯k [mrā] |
(continues on A 11)
Transcription
(continues from A 9)
| lf | (70-4) |
| * | (a)¬ |
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| a1 | (rä)ṣ mā nu caṃ täm knā(nmu)neyäṣ wärcetswātsuneyā ṣñi pat ālu pat täm ṣurmaṣ pruccamñe ya(ts)i |
| a2 | cämpäṣ : wärṣaltsune pe(nu) (wrasa)śśi knānmuneyäṣ wärcetswātsuneyā kāripac sparcwaträ mäṃt ne (ne)¬ |
| a3 | (ṣā) (da)śagrive rākṣ(ts)ā(śśi) wäl rāmeṃ ratäkyo lāṅk ri worpusāṃ pälkoräṣ pracres āmāś(ās) |
| a4 | (mṣapantinäs) ṣyak kā(kro)puräṣ träṅkäṣ mät yal tākiṣ säs napeṃ daśārathes lānt se rām si(sāṃ) |
| a5 | (ṣurmaṣ) (mahāsamudtär) kätkoräṣ lāṅk ri worpu n-äm cami korpā tāpärk kuc caṃ skenal tmäṣ (da)¬ |
| a6 | (śagrives)n1 (pracar) (vibhiṣaṇe) p{uk}is klyoṣlā daśagrivnac träṅkäṣ ॥ ṣälyp-malkenaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | kār(ipac) b1 – ; – – – ; – – – – ; – – – – 3σ |
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| 1b | (rām) nu ṣñi wram ; kälporā ; kātkmāṃ kälkāl ; ṣäññā tāṣ • |
| 1c | ṣñi kāri(pac) ; – b2 – – – 3σ ; – – – – ; – – – – 3σ : |
| 1d | kucäṣ tatmu säs ; knāṃmune ; nkaluneyac ; ṣñi āñmes {:} {1} ॥ |
(continues on A 11)
Translation
(continues from A 9)
| a1 | calls forth), |
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| a2 | Strength, too, will be to the damage of the beings in [case of] a lack of wisdom. |
| a2+ | Just like, once, Daśagrīva, king of the Rākṣasas, when he saw the town Laṅkā compassed by the Rāma-army, speaks, having gathered his brothers, ministers (and generals(?)): |
| a4 | How should one act? |
| a4+ | This human, Rāma, son of king Daśaratha has for the sake of Sītā crossed (the great ocean(?)) and compassed our town Laṅkā. |
| a5 | What should now be done with respect to him? |
| a5+ | Thereupon (Daśagrīva’s brother, Vibhīṣaṇa,) says to Daśagriva so that all hear [it]: |
| a6 | || In the Ṣ.-tune: || |
| a6+ | (For) the damage(?) |
| b1 | But if (Rāma) can go [away] of his own accord, glad after reaching his object ... to [his] own damage |
| b2 | From where does this knowledge come, which [leads] to the destruction of oneself? |
| b2+ | || Having heard that because of his lack of wisdom Daśagrīva was very wroth. From his [throne]-seat he tore a (foot(?) of) beryl, and having thrown it in the face of Vibhīṣana, he says: |
| b4+ | Give thou this one to Rāma, will you, whose praise you speak here before me, |
| b5 | because I will never give Sītā to Rāma. |
| b5+ | Whoever of you [pl.] is fearing Rāma, I don’t fear him. |
| b6 | || Thereupon Vibhīṣaṇa merely shook(?) his head, [and] wiping the blood away he rose from the gathering, [his] hea(d) |
(continues on A 11)
Other
| a2 | Auch die Stärke gereicht [bzw. wendet sich] den (Mensch)en bei Mangel an Klugheit zum Schaden. (Schmidt 1974: 118, 281) |
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| a4 | How should one act? (cf 13) (Peyrot 2013b: 230) |
| b1 | But if (Rāma) can go [away] of his own accord, glad after reaching his object, (then we will avoid this damage to our own town). (Peyrot 2013b: 277) |
| b5 | Because [never] in all my life do I give Sītā to Rāma. (cf 14) (Peyrot 2013b: 633) |
| b5+ | Whoever of you [pl.] is fearing Rāma, I don't fear him. (Peyrot 2013b: 258) |
| b5+ | (Denn ich) gebe in meinem Leben die Sīta dem Rāma nicht. Wenn ihr den Rāma fürchten solltet, (ich) fürchte (nicht). (Schmidt 1974: 156) |
Commentary
Remarks
| Transcription and references have been transferred from the "Text and Reference Database of the Tocharian A Language" (Gerd Carling Lund University) (funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation and SCAS). | |
| Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009. |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1944: 13-14, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | The tune has 4x14 syllables, rhythm 7/7. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 10; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 10
Translations
Carling 2000: a5 (359), b2 (239), b4 (72, 198), b4 b5 (356), b6 (47); Hackstein 1995: b5 (252), b5 b6 (192), b6 (71); Lane 1947: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (33ff); Meunier 2013: a1 a2 (166); Peyrot 2013b: a4 (230), b1 (277), b5 (633), b5 b6 (258); Schmidt 1974: a2 (118, 281), b5 b6 (156), b6 A 11 a1 (302 n.1); Sieg 1944: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (13); Sieg and Siegling 1983: b6 A 11 a1 (203); Thomas 1952: a4 (16), a6 (57), b1 (42); Thomas 1957: a4 a5 (247), b2 (276), b6 A 11 a1 A 11 a2 A 11 a3 (85); Thomas 1960a: b1 (200); Thomas 1968: a2ff (230); Thomas 1969: b6 A 11 a1 (256); Thomas 1983: b6 A 11 a1 (11); Thomas 1989: b6 (33)
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