A 11
| Known as: | A 11; THT 644 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation commentary). "A 11". 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-a11 (accessed 01 Jul. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation commentary) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 72.11 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Puṇyavantajātaka |
| Passage: | k |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 665 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 1-54 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 10 |
| Following fragment: | A 12 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
(continues from A 10)
| a1 | ¯cä tkaṃ rmo ra¯ ¯s̝ mā cri kṣā nti yā mu ra¯ ¯s̝ da śa gri ve spa lkā lā lā ṅkri yä s̝la¯ ¯cä rā mna¯ ¯cä spa¯ ¯rk tma¯ ¯s̝ – |
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| a2 | ¯m a tra vi bhi ṣa neṃ a bhi ṣe kyā ma¯ ¯s ne ṣā¯ ¯k lā ṅkri yaṃ la ṅke śva reṃ ño mā lā ntu ne wsāṃ ta¯ ¯m – |
| a3 | rma¯ ¯s̝ da śa gri ve śla ā mā śā¯ ¯s pu kyo lo ā¯ ¯r || ni ṣkra mā ntaṃ || wa rtsi kro plyāṃ pra ṣṭā – |
| a4 | rtsi ko¯ ¯t rā va ne sne knā nmu ne yā : na ti e ṣlyāṃ pra ṣṭā na ti ko¯ ¯t rā kṣtsā śśi vi bhi – |
| a5 | n[eṃ] – ¯s̝t : ka lyme yā e ñlu ne keṃ pa¯ ¯r eṃ tsā¯ ¯t pra cri na ktaṃ ka rpa raṃ : spa rkāṃ vi bhi ṣa ne spa rkāṃ [k]· |
| a6 | – – [n]e na ka¯ ¯t śla lā ṅkri : 1 || ku pre pa tnu knā nmu ne yä¯ ¯s̝ pka¯ ¯nt ku ssa tsne na ti wä – – |
| lf | 70 5 |
| b1 | – – n· na¯ ¯s̝ pu kta¯ ¯m ā lā su ne kka¯ ¯ts || a mo ktse pe nu knā nmu ne yä¯ ¯s̝ wä rce tswā tsu – – |
| b2 | [a] – [¯k] ṣu rma ṣi¯ ¯k sne pra¯ ¯s̝t śo lnä kse¯ ¯ñcä maṃ tne ā lyä kyāṃ pra ṣtaṃ śtwa¯ ¯r a mo ktse ā la kaṃ caṃ – |
| b3 | ya¯ ¯cä ytsi ka rya tsu ma¯ ¯s̝ ce¯ ¯m tmaṃ ṣñi ṣñi a mo kaṃ twā śśi o pa śśu ne kā swo ne pā [k]ra |
| b4 | śi ypa māṃ sa stra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ñi a mo kyo ta s̝cä mplu ne ku pre ne wa lu ntā¯ ¯p ṣñi ā yä ntu – |
| b5 | ¯nt pka¯ ¯nt pe nu kā klo ñcä ska lpā mā¯ ¯r ce sa mnä¯ ¯s̝ wnā ka śa¯ ¯l tswā sa¯ ¯m || wä ttra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ na ṣnu ce – |
| b6 | ¯k ā yä ntu pukā¯ ¯k pu skā syo ka śa¯ ¯l ma lka ma¯ ¯m || tri ttra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ na ṣnu ce sma¯ ¯k ā yä ntu śwā¯ ¯l |
(continues on A 12)
Transcription
(continues from A 10)
| lf | 70-5 |
| 1a | wartsi kroplyāṃ praṣṭā ; (wa)a4rtsi kot rāvane ; sne knānmuneyā : |
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| 1b | nati eṣlyāṃ praṣṭā ; nati kot rākṣtsāśśi ; vibhi(ṣa)a5neṃ – ṣt : |
| 1c | kälymeyā eñlune ; keṃpar eṃtsāt pracri ; nakt-äṃ kär-paräṃ : |
| 1d | spärkā-ṃ vibhiṣane ; spärkā-ṃ k· a6 – – ne ; nakät śla lāṅk ri: 1 ॥ |
(continues on A 12)
Translation
(continues from A 10)
| a1 | inclining ([his] hea)d he effected his mother’s pardon, and before the eyes of Daśagrīva he went from the town of Laṅkā and vanished towards Rāma. |
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| a1+ | Thereupon the hero Rāma anointed Vibhīṣaṇa as king |
| a2 | and already gave him the kingship in the town of Laṅkā under the title of Laṅkeśvara [“lord of Laṅkā”]. |
| a2+ | Because of this Daśagrīva with his ministers was all finished. |
| a3 | || In the N.-tune:|| |
| a3+ | At the time that company had to be gathered Rāvaṇa split the company out of ignorance. |
| a4 | t the time that power had to be given,, he split the power of the Rākṣasas |
| a4+ | A and struck Vibhīṣana. |
| a5 | The proper advice from his brother he misinterpreted and the (good) dignity was lost for him. Vibhīṣana vanished from him |
| a5+ | and so vanished his rule, |
| a6 | and he perished with the town Laṅkā. |
| a6+ | Or if (they are) without knowledge, what is power, strength [and] energy, that is all inertia. |
| b1+ | Skilful ones, too, for lack of wisdom, lose their life just because of their skill, at the wrong time. |
| b2+ | Just like that at another occasion four craftsmen intended to go to some other country. There, when they manifested the skilfulness and merit of their respective skills, one [of them] says: |
| b4 | Through my art this is my ability: |
| b4+ | If I find the bones of a deceased, even [if] they have fallen apart, I will put them together again. |
| b5 | The second says: |
| b5+ | But I will join the bones completely with the sinews. |
| b6 | The third says: But the bones with flesh, |
(continues on A 12)
Other
| a5 | Die richtige Anweisung seines Bruders nahm er [scil. Rāvaṇa] falsch auf. (Schmidt 1974: 396-7) |
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| b4+ | If I find the bones of a deceased, even [if] they have fallen apart, I will put them together again. (Peyrot 2013b: 247) |
| b4+ | Wenn ich von einem Gestorbenen seine Knochen, auch [wenn sie] auseinandergefallen [sind], finde, werde ich sie wieder zusammensetzen. (Schmidt 1974: 196) |
| b5+ | But I will join the bones completely with the sinews. (Peyrot 2013b: 247) |
| b5+ | Der Zweite sagt: "Ich aber werde euch eben die Knochen sämtlich mit Sehnen zusammenfügen." (Schmidt 1974: 227-8) |
| b6+ | But I will restore the bones with flesh, blood, skin, outer skin, and hair, exactly like before. (Peyrot 2013b: 248) |
| b6+ | Der dritte sagt: "Ich aber werde ihm eben die Knochen mit Fleisch, Blut, Haut, Fell(?) [und] Haar genauso wie zuvor völlig [wieder]herstellen." (Schmidt 1974: 495) |
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: 14-15, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | The tune has 4x17 syllables, rhythm 6/6/5. |
| n2 | ālāsunekkdirectly picks up something said previously: A 2 a6 cami ālāsuneyis nu tsraṣṣune pratipakṣ nāṃtsu. Here it is argued: No, power without knowledge is inertia. This interpretation fits well with what came before (Ravana was strong but stupid). |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 9-10; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 9, p. 10
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 a4 (285), b2 b3 (102, 288); Hackstein 1995: a1 (71), a5 (86), a6 (86, 163); Meunier 2013: a1 (152); Peyrot 2013b: b4 b5 (247), b4 b5 b6 (247), b5 b6 (247), b6 A 12 a1 (248); Schmidt 1974: a5 (396f), a5 (396-7), b4 b5 (196), b5 b6 (227f), b5 b6 (227-8), b6 A 12 a1 (495); Sieg 1944: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (14); Thomas 1952: a1 (57), a3 a4 (27), b6 (62); Thomas 1954: b2 b3 (738); Thomas 1957: a1 a2 a3 (159), a3 a4 a5 a6 (160); Thomas 1968: b6 A 12 a1 (228); Thomas 1972: b6 A 12 a1 (469); Thomas 1976: a5 a6 (228); Thomas 1979a: b6 A 12 a1 (244); Thomas 1979d: a2 a3 (150), a6 (150); Thomas 1983: b2 b3 (26); Thomas 1997: a6 b1 (105), a6 b1 (71), b5 b6 (95)
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