A 115
| Known as: | A 115; THT 748 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 115". 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-a115 (accessed 15 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 68.06? |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | 4335 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 89-143 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ¯s̝ su nda ri l· py[o] a¯ ¯ts nm[i] ty·¯ ¯s̝ || pr· /// |
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| a2 | /// jaṃ bu nā¯ ¯t wsā ṣi nā¯ ¯s po ke nā syo ta ma¯ ¯t || ke mo sa /// |
| a3 | /// nā (– – –) nā tki sse ne tā ma¯ ¯cä ka lka¯ ¯s̝ || su nda ri tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ /// |
| a4 | /// o k[i] ñi po ñcäṃ tru ṅkaṃ ro ñcä¯ ¯m klo¯ ¯p : ka ryā¯ ¯ñä pra ṅki ñi npa ta rñyo ki ni /// |
| a5 | /// [tu]¯ ¯ṅk po to mā śkaṃ tā pa¯ ¯rk pru tkā ṣñi : 1 || mā nā ñi sne ṣru¯ ¯m ta preṃ ro ñcä¯ ¯m /// |
| a6 | /// ku[ly]i ā [k]lu stā¯ ¯s̝ te mi ā ptā pra [ṣ]taṃ m·· la pe yā a¯ ¯ts ro ñcä mkā ta /// |
| b1 | /// ·l· yaṃ śkaṃ tra ṅkta¯ ¯r || na nda vi lā pa· || m· (–) m· n·¯ ¯s̝ /// |
| b2 | /// kyā naṃ : śā kki ṣi ñi ma śki tā¯ ¯ñä ślā nti ṣpu¯ ¯r ri sā¯ ¯nt pu kkā pñe¯ ¯s : sa m·· /// |
| b3 | /// || ta myo sne ka rye ma ska lci • || su nda ri tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ nā ñi mo saṃ pa ttā ñka¯ ¯t /// |
| b4 | /// ¯m sa sa¯ (–) [pt]ā ñka¯ ¯t ka ṣṣiṃ lkā tsi ka¯ ¯kl || he tu tva ti tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ma /// |
| b5 | /// pu klā ṣe«¯» «¯»«ñc» si ddhā rthe¯ ¯s wä rta¯ ¯cä ka lko rā ku pre o ntaṃ /// |
| b6 | /// yi¯ ¯ñcä de va da ttā na ṣṣa ci pa ñka¯ ¯nt ma śki tā¯ ¯ñä pe nu /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ṣ sundari l(a)pyo ats nmit y · ṣ ॥ pr · /// |
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| a2 | /// jaṃbunāt wsāṣinās pokenāsyo tamät ॥ ke mosa /// |
| a3 | /// nā – – – nātkis se ne tāmac kalkaṣ ॥ sundari träṅkäṣ /// |
| a4 | /// oki ñi poñcäṃ truṅkaṃ roñcäm klop : käryāñ präṅki-ñi {n→t}patär-ñy oki ni /// |
| a5 | /// tuṅk poto mā śkaṃ tāpärk prutkāṣ-ñi : 1 ॥ mā nāñi sne ṣrum täpreṃ roñcäm /// |
| a6 | /// kulyi āklus tāṣ temi āptā praṣtaṃ m ·· la= peyā ats roñcäm kātä(ṅkā) /// |
| b1 | /// (ku)l(e)yaṃ śkaṃ träṅktär ॥ nandavilāpa(ṃ) ॥ |
| 1a | m· – m · n · ṣ ; /// 11σ |
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| 1b | b2 13σ /// kyānaṃ : |
| 1c | śākkiṣiñi ; mäśkitāñ ; śl= āntiṣpur ; risānt puk kāpñes : |
| 1d | säm ·· /// 14σ |
| b3 | /// ॥ tämyo sne kärye mäskal ci • ॥ sundari träṅkäṣ nāñi mosaṃ pättāñkät /// |
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| b4 | /// m sasa – ptāñkät käṣṣiṃ lkātsi kä{kl→lk} ॥ hetutvati träṅkäṣ ma /// |
| b5 | /// puklā ṣeñc siddhārthes wärtac kälkorā kupre ontaṃ /// |
| b6 | /// yiñc devadattānäṣṣ aci päñ känt mäśkitāñ penu /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... Sundari (makes?) a gesture with her head. |
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| a2 | ... was born with hands made of jambūnada-gold. For the sake of what/whom... |
| a3 | ... the son of the lord will go to her. Sundari says: |
| a4 | ... like... in my whole cavity (=body?), hatred, sorrow, desires are restrained. ... is high, so to speak... |
| a5 | ... will no longer contain my love (and) veneration... ... my hatred so great is not without cause. |
| a6 | ... if a woman has studied, to her first arises hatred from head to foot... |
| b1 | ... woman... is called... In the Nandavilāpa-tune: |
| b2 | The Śākya-princes renounced all their loved ones including the harem. |
| b3 | ... therefore, you have to be without worry... Sundarī says: For my sake, the Buddha... |
| b4 | ... he went alone to see Buddha the teacher. Hetuvatī says: |
| b5 | ... it has been... years... |
| b6 | Having gone to the forest of Siddhārtha, if he... the five hundred princes, starting with Devadatta, too... |
Other
| a5 | … he will no longer fill [satisfy] me with love and praise. (Peyrot 2013b: 624) |
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| b1 | ... und an der Frau wird er hängen. (Schmidt 1974: 107) |
| b2 | Die Śākya-Prinzen gaben mit [ihrem] Harem alle [ihre] Geliebten auf. (Schmidt 1974: 416) |
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. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 65; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 65
Translations
Carling 2000: b5 (115, 309); Hackstein 1995: a2 (163); Peyrot 2013b: a4 (752), a5 (624); Schmidt 1974: b1 (107), b2 (416); Thomas 1952: b3 (18); Thomas 1954: b4 (714); Winter 1985a: a5 (593), a6 (593)
Bibliography
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Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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