A 128 and 130
| Known as: | A 128 and 130; A 128 = THT 761; A 130 = THT 763 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation); Angelo Mascheroni (revision). "A 128 and 130". 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-a128anda130 (accessed 20 Sep. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation); Angelo Mascheroni (revision) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 79.07, T III Š 68.12 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Nanda-carita I |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 89-143 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| lf | 2 100 2 |
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| a1 | tma [ṣ]la paṃ /// ta¯ ¯m – – – ·s· tsa raṃ ta myo sa¯ ¯m ·r· ska¯ ¯t prā ka¯ ¯r : – || tma¯ ¯s̝ sa¯ ¯m ma [h]ā /// |
| a2 | wla lu ne /// pro pma hu rca ·ä¯ ¯l pa rwa tā pse yo la pā ca sa¯ ¯s lā ntu ne ka ka lypāṃ o ka /// |
| a3 | rī¯ ¯s sne /// ka¯ ¯t tmāṃ śtwa rwä¯ ¯lts lā ñcä¯ ¯s • o ka¯ ¯t tmāṃ śtwa rwä¯ ¯lts ā mā śā¯ ¯s /// |
| a4 | ¯lts a tra [t]·· p·¯ ¯s /// nti na¯ ¯s se wā¯ ¯s • s̝pa tñe mi ntu śtwa rdvi pa ntwā nā tku ne ri sā /// |
| a5 | wṣe ññe eṃ tsā¯ ¯t o ka /// rwä¯ ¯lts pu klā wä rtaṃ pā pṣu ne pā ṣā¯ ¯t mai ttra kā ruṃ mu di¯ ¯t u [p]e /// |
| a6 | wla¯ ¯s bra hma lo kaṃ ta [ma] /// mi se nuna¯ ¯k ma hā de ve ño mā wä ltā¯ ¯k ta pre na¯ ¯k /// |
| b1 | wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ la¯ ¯cä bra hma /// ca mi se pe nu ta mne¯ ¯k ño mā wä¯ ¯l tā¯ ¯k o kā¯ ¯k [ṣi] /// |
| b2 | mā ca – va rtti¯ ¯ñä lā[¯] [¯śä] /// ¯r pu¯ ¯k ce¯ ¯m wla lu ne yā mro ska¯ ¯nt la pma rtkā¯ ¯nt wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ /// |
| b3 | pa lkā rna – ce¯ ¯m /// pa¯ ¯ñä pā cri ta mne wka nyo tso pa tsaṃ yā tlu ne pa rno re yo pa /// |
| b4 | ska¯ ¯r wa /// kuya ltu na nde pra ski mā a ra ṣtā rma rtā¯ ¯r śo ltā pa¯ ¯rk ymā rwra sa [śś]· – [s]k· /// |
| b5 | mā na ṣna /// lkā m[a] ku sne mā wa lu tā¯ ¯s̝ mā pa¯ ¯t wla ta¯ ¯r ta myo na nde wla lu ne yä¯ ¯s̝ /// |
| b6 | s̝laṃ ts̝a¯ ¯l /// tra ṅka – – – ¯k ku sne wa s̝ta s̝·aṃ ·e ku spa tnu wa¯ ¯s̝t ṣme¯ ¯ñcä ku sce s[m]i /// |
Transcription
Translation
| a1 | Then ... on (his) head ... on (his) hands... Therefore, he strongly felt disgust. Then he, Mahādeva, ... |
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| a2 | ... death ... he lifted up the diadem, put it onto the head of his eldest son, and bestowed kingship unto him. 84 000 ... |
| a3+ | ... cities (?) without ... 84 000 kings, 84 000 ministers... (84 000)... 84 000 sons, warriors provided with heroic strenght ... |
| a4+ | ... (he) gave up the seven jewels (and) lordship over the four continents... (left home and) took (the forest as) abode. |
| a5 | For 84 000 years he observed good behavior in the forest. Friendship, compassion, joy, indifference... |
| a6 | ... he died, he was (re)born in the Brahmaloka ... (his) son in turn was a king named Mahādeva. So many... |
| b1 | ... he left home ... (in the Brahmaloka?) ... his son in turn was a king by the same name, up to... |
| b1+ | They were cakravartin kings named ... they all felt disgust because of death. |
| b2 | They shore their heads. They (left) home... |
| b3 | ... "Look at them, Nanda!" ... five fathers... In this way, ... through glory (and) great power... |
| b4 | ... Why do you, Nanda, not feel fear? The short life of the beings now... quickly... (fear?) ... |
| b4+ | ... by name ... is me (?) ... I see who may not have died, or will not die. |
| b5 | Therefore Nanda... from death... |
| b5+ | ... should leave (home) ... (Nanda) says: |
| b6 | ... "Oh Lord, those who leave home or those who remain home - |
Other
| a2 | Er hob das Diadem auf [und] setzte [es] dem[seinem] ältesten Sohn aufs Haupt. (Schmidt 1974: 80, 353) |
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| a5 | (4)000 Jahre hielt er im Walde am Sittengesetz fest. (Schmidt 1974: 404) |
| b2 | Sie wurden alle des Sterbens überdrüssig, schoren [sich] den Kopf [und] (gingen) aus dem Hause [d.h. wurden Mönche]. (Schmidt 1974: 324) |
| b4 | Warum zeigst du, Nanda, keine Furcht? (Schmidt 1974: 333) |
| b5 | … I see who may not have died, or will not die. Therefore Nanda … from death … (Peyrot 2013b: 649) |
| b6 | ...should leave home... (Nanda) says: "Lord, those who leave home, and householders (lit. "those, who "homesit""), what is the difference (between) them?". (Itkin 2024: 15) |
| b6 | "What is the difference (between) them?" (Itkin 2024) |
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. | |
| Recto and verso are mislabeled. | |
| As pointed out by Ogihara 2017 and by Itkin 2024: 10-11, fragments A 128 and A 130 belong to the same folium (n. 202) of manuscript A 89-143. |
Parallel texts
| The story of Mahādeva, which is preserved in this Tocharian fragment, has parallels in Pali (e.g. "Makhādevasutta/Maghadevasutta", MN 83; "Maghadevajātaka", Ja 9), Chinese (e.g. T 0026), and Tibetan (see Anālayo 2013: 4-5 for further references). |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 761; TITUS: THT 761; IDP: THT 763; TITUS: THT 763
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 70; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 70; Sieg and Siegling 1921: 71; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 71
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (194), a5 (112, 309), b6 (146); Hackstein 1995: a5 (175), b4 (47); Itkin 2024: b6 (15), b6; Knoll 1996: a1 (143, 147); Kölver 1965: a4 (37), a5 (122), b6 (112); Peyrot 2013b: b5 (649); Schmidt 1974: a2 (80, 353), a5 (404), b2 (324), b4 (333); Thomas 1957: a5 (205); Thomas 1967a: b1 (65); Thomas 1983: a2 (32); Thomas 1986: a6 (127); Thomas 1991: a5 (20), b2 (20); Thomas 1995: a1 (60)
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