A 118
| Known as: | A 118; THT 751 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 118". 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-a118 (accessed 16 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 69.02 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Nanda-carita |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | 4343 (4x); 444 (4x); 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 89-143 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// lā ntu ne ce¯ ¯m (–) e ntsā¯ ¯nt : (– – –) ñciṃ pa rno sa¯ ¯m nī pu ra ·ā¯ ¯dä tma na ksā¯ ¯k : s· (–) |
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| a2 | /// ¯ts : 2 tma¯ ¯s̝ ca mi nī pu ra (– – – –) ho ra pā de ño mtā¯ ¯k • [h]o ra pā de sse go ra pā de |
| a3 | /// ha nu¯ ¯yä śu ddho daṃ • śu klo (– – – –) • a mṛ do daṃ • ño mā śtwa rse wā ñtā ka raṃ • śu ddhā |
| a4 | /// śtwa¯ ¯r ckā cri tā ka raṃ || tā (– – – –) ·i¯ ¯śä ā rki śo ṣṣaṃ vi śva ka¯ ¯rm ñä kte¯ ¯s pa tmā ño |
| a5 | /// ka [l]·e (– – – – – – – – – –) [s]ṣ· s̝pa ttā ñä kte mā ca rtā ki¯ ¯m || te mi¯ ¯k no ṣpeṃ |
| a6 | /// [ṇä] syo ye tu ā rā¯ ¯nt se tā ki ṣñi • tma ṣto¯ ¯m |
| b1 | /// tri¯ ¯śä ri yaṃ su ppra bu ddhe slā¯ ¯nt lu mbi ni¯ ¯yä |
| b2 | /// tā¯ ¯k (– – – – – – – – – –) tā¯ ¯k ma hā mā yā ño mtā kaṃ || koṃ swaṃ || śā kke |
| b3 | /// ṣo¯ ¯m kṣa tri yā¯ ¯p we śn· (– – – – –) llā laṃ : śu ddho daṃ nu ka rṇe o ki mṣa pa ntiṃ ṣe¯ ¯s̝ |
| b4 | /// pa rno wra so¯ ¯m : 1 || ta myo (– – – –) ¯ñä ā kā la¯ ¯cä kā ka¯ ¯nt we śnā¯ ¯s ka llā tsi śkaṃ |
| b5 | /// rno¯ ¯nt ma śki tā ñcā¯ ¯s śnā¯ ¯s (– – – – –) rya rtā naṃ || tri a saṃ khe saṃ ka¯ ¯nt ka lpsaṃ pñi kā kro |
| b6 | /// sa¯ ¯m maṃ tne su (–) r·¯ ¯s cwa ṅke (– – –) rka ta¯ ¯r : wä¯ ¯lts swā ñce nā syo luka¯ ¯s̝ jaṃ bu d·i[¯] [¯p] |
Transcription
| 2b | a1 7σ /// ; lāntune cem ; – entsānt : |
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| 2c | – – – ñciṃ ; parno säm ; nīpura(p)ād ; tman-äk sāk : |
| 2d | s· – a214σ /// ts : 2 |
| * | tmäṣ cami nīpura – – – – horapāde ñom tāk • horapādes se gorapāde |
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| a3 | /// hanuy śuddhodaṃ • śuklo(daṃ) (•) (droṇodaṃ) • amṛdodaṃ • ñomā śtwar sewāñ tākar-äṃ • śuddhā |
| a4 | /// śtwar ckācri tākar-äṃ ॥ tā – – – – ·iś ārkiśoṣṣaṃ viśvakarm ñäktes patmā ño |
| a5 | /// käl(p)e – – – – – – – – – – s ṣ(e)ṣ pättāñäkte mācar tākim ॥ temi-k noṣpeṃ |
| a6 | /// (lakṣa)ṇäsyo yetu ārānt se tākiṣ-ñi • tmäṣ tom |
| b1 | /// triś riyaṃ supprabuddhes lānt lumbiniy |
| b2 | /// tāk – – – – – – – – – – tāk mahāmāyā ñom tāka-ṃ ॥ koṃswaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | śākke b3 10σ /// |
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| 1b | ṣom kṣatriyāp ; we śn· – – 3σ ; – – 1σ (kä)llālaṃ : |
| 1c | śuddhodaṃ nu ; karṇe oki ; mṣapantiṃ ṣeṣ |
| 1d | b4 8σ /// ; parno wrasom : 1 ॥ |
| * | tämyo (āmāśā)ñ ākālac kākant we śnās källātsi śkaṃ |
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| b5 | /// (pa)rnont mäśkitāñcās śnās – – – – (ku)ryartānaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | tri asaṃkhesaṃ ; känt kalpsaṃ pñi ; kākrob6(puräṣ) |
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| 1b | 11σ /// säm |
| 1c | mäṃt ne su(me)r(i)s ; cwaṅke(yaṃ) (koṃ) ; (pä)rkatär : |
| 1d | wälts swāñcenāsyo ; lukäṣ jaṃbud(v)ip ; |
Translation
| a1 | ... they seized kingship... ... the glorious Nīpurapād remained there. |
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| a2 | Then, this Nīpurapād had (a son) named Horapāda. |
| a2+ | Horapāda... son Gorapāda... |
| a3 | Hanu had four sons named Śuddhodana, Śuklodana, Droṇodana, Amṛtodana. |
| a4 | ... had four daughters. |
| a4+ | ... in the world... the god Viśvakarman (had a daughter) named Padmā... |
| a5 | ... obtain... (If)... would..., I would be the mother of Buddha. |
| a5+ | Turned towards her... |
| a6 | ... may my son be an Arhant adorned with (32) marks. |
| a6+ | Then, they (fem.)... |
| b1+ | ... in the city of (Deva)triś, ... of king Suprabuddha... of Lumbinī... |
| b2 | ... was... ... had a daughter named Mahāmāyā. In the koṃsu-tune: |
| b2+ | Śākyamuni... |
| b3 | ... of one kṣatriya... said... (wife)... to be brought... ... but Śuddhodana was a member of the reigning order (i.e., kṣatriya) like Karṇa. |
| b4 | ... glorious being... Therefore the ministers proposed a request OR thereupon the ministers were called for (making) a request |
| b4+ | He said to bring the wives... |
| b5 | ... the glorious princesses, wives... In the kuryartāṃ-tune: |
| b5+ | Having gathered merit in three asaṃkhyeyas and a hundred kalpas, ... |
| b6 | Like the sun rises in the lap of Sumeru, she illuminates Jambudvīpa with a thousand rays ... |
Other
| b3 | ... die zwei Frauen sind ... [herbei]zuführen. (Schmidt 1974: 382, fn. 1) |
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| b4 | Daher stellten die (Minister) einen Wunsch frei. (Schmidt 1974: 382) |
| b6 | Sobald (die Sonne im) Schosse des Sumeru aufgeht, erleuchtet sie mit tausend Strahlen Jambudvīpa ... (Schmidt 1974: 137, 274) |
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
Miscellaneous
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 66; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 66
Translations
Adams 2012a: b6 (26); Carling 2000: b5 (312, 315); Hackstein 1995: b6 (125); Schmidt 1974: b3 (382 n.1), b3 (382, fn. 1), b4 (382 and n.1), b4 (382), b6 (137, 274); Thomas 1954: b4 (736); Thomas 1957: b3 (34); Thomas 1967a: a2 (72), a3 (62), b2 (74)
Bibliography
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