A 146
| Known as: | A 146; THT 779 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 146". 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-a146 (accessed 11 Sep. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 80.24 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Nandagarbhāvakrāntinirdesa |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 144-211 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·[ś]ra y· : ta myo kro pnlaṃ kra¯ ¯nt (– – – –) ta tmu yä rma śkaṃ sa¯ ¯m mā kwra [sa] śśi kā pñe ku lypa lma [ṣk]· |
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| a2 | /// kā¯ ¯k prā kro ne yaṃ yä¯ ¯s̝ • || tma (– – –) ·pa¯ ¯t s̝a pta ntu koṃ sā sa¯ ¯m ā co mā cri kā tsaṃ ā¯ ¯ñcä pa |
| a3 | /// o rto mā ma kyā¯ ¯p śwā tsi yi¯ ¯s [l]· (– – – – –) r··ṃ kṣu rro ki o rto ri tka smāṃ ka (– –) • ku pre ne (–) |
| a4 | /// [s]· mā [c]r[i] kā¯ ¯ts se myā mu ra ṣmu so¯ ¯nt (– – – – –) le (–) śa nwe nyo mā cri sa r[ś]i (– – – –) a na pa |
| a5 | /// kul[i] tā¯ ¯s̝ śā lyā spo sā mā cri kā tsse (– – – – – – – –) nwe nyo ā le (– – – – – – –) |
| a6 | /// ··e¯ ¯s̝ || a pra ti tu lynaṃ || kup·e ne sā /// |
| b1 | /// klo pa¯ ¯nt wä rpnā ta¯ ¯r ṣo kyo u tkr[a] /// |
| b2 | /// klo paṃ u kku rlmā [ṣ]i ṣkri mā kri : ā sle yā sle yo (– – – – – – –) [lyp]· [ka] [pś]· [ññ]· (– – – – – –) |
| b3 | /// sa¯ ¯m ā co pa kku¯ ¯nt mā maṃ kaṃ śwā tsi nt[w]· [n]·[ṃ] (– – – – – –) tsy[o] klo paṃ lmo ma (– – – –) ta o (–) |
| b4 | /// la pā klā s̝aṃ tsra tra nno ki pu kka pśa ñ· (– – – – –) mā sa¯ ¯m tmaṃ wä rsa ṣmā wā sa (– –) ra klo pnu ·o |
| b5 | /// mā śo llaṃ ta s̝s̝aṃ mā wa ste na s̝aṃ pa (– – –) nde kā tsaṃ lmo ntā pa klo pa¯ ¯nt to sa¯ ¯s pa klyo¯ ¯s̝ śkā¯ ¯k : [2] |
| b6 | /// lyu tā¯ ¯r wle so¯ ¯ts yma tu[¯] [¯nt] (– – – –) ta mṣu rma ṣsa mmā co lyu tā rme ma¯ ¯s̝ klo pa¯ ¯nt wä rp· |
Transcription
| a1 | /// · śrä y· : tämyo kropnlaṃ krant – – – – tatmu yärm{†ä} śkaṃ säm māk wrasaśśi kāpñe kulypal mäṣk· |
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| a2 | /// (o)kāk prākroneyaṃ yäṣ • ॥ tmä – – – (ṣ)pät ṣäptantu koṃsā säm āco mācri kātsaṃ āñc pa |
| a3 | /// orto māmäkyāp śwātsiyis l· – – – – – r··ṃ kṣurr oki orto ritkäsmāṃ kä – – • kupre ne – |
| a4 | /// s· mācri kāts sem yāmuräṣ musont – – – – – le – śanwenyo mācri särśi – – – – anapä- |
| a5 | -(r) /// kuli tāṣ śālyās posā mācri kāts se – – – – – – – (śa)nwenyo āle – – – – – – – |
| a6 | /// · · eṣ ॥ apratitulynaṃ ॥ kup(r)e ne sā /// |
| b1 | /// klopant wärpnātär ṣokyo utkra /// |
| b2 | /// klopaṃ ukkur lmāṣiṣ kri mā kri : āsley= āsleyo – – – – – – – lyp· kapś·ññ· – – – – – – |
| b3 | /// säm āco pakkunt māmaṃkäṃ śwātsintw· n·ṃ – – – – – – tsyo klopaṃ lmo mä – – – – t{†ä} o – |
| b4 | /// lapā klāṣ-äṃ tsratränn oki puk kapśañ· – – – – – mā säm tmaṃ wärsäṣ mā wāsä – – r{†ä} klop nu · o |
| b5 | /// |
| 2d | mā śol läṃtäṣṣ-äṃ ; mā waste naṣ-äṃ ; pä – – 1σ (na)nde ; kātsaṃ lmontāp{†ä} ; klopant tosäs ; päklyoṣ śkā-k : 2 |
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| b6 | /// lyutār wlesots ymatunt – – – – täm ṣurmaṣ sämm āco lyutār memaṣ klopant wärp· |
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Translation
| a1 | Therefore, good (deeds?) are to be gathered... having just |
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| a1+ | He, having just been born, (becomes) beloved (and) desired by many beings... |
| a2 | ... it (the embryo) becomes firm. |
| a2+ | During 37 weeks this embryo matured low in the belly of the mother |
| a3 | ... upright... the (seat) of raw food... like a razor... raising up... |
| a3+ | If (it is male), having made the mother's womb its refuge, raised... with the jaws... of the mother... the back... before... |
| a5+ | If it is female, left posā(?) of the mother's womb... with the jaws... |
| a6 | In the apratitulyäṃ-tune: |
| b1 | If..., ... undergoes suffering very... |
| b2 | If one made (the fetus?) squat in pain, against its will (lit. willingly or unwillingly), ... body... |
| b3 | ... the embryo... cooked and raw food... sitting in suffering... |
| b4 | ... if it falls on its head, the whole body is separated from it, as it were ... It doesn't breathe in there. It doesn't move. |
| b4+ | ... suffering... |
| b5 | Its life does not come out. It has no refuge. Nanda, hear the torments of the one sitting in the womb! |
| b6 | ... working more... mobile... For this reason, the embryo endures torments beyond measure. |
Other
| b4 | Nicht atmet er dabei, nicht bewegt er sich. (Schmidt 1974: 277) |
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Commentary
Remarks
| Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009. | |
| 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). |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 77; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 77
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (9), a2 (214, 300), a4 (405), b4 (195); Hackstein 1995: b4 (198); Kölver 1965: a2 (100), b3 (112), b5 (111); Peyrot 2013b: b4 (845); Schmidt 1974: b4 (277); Thomas 1954: a2 (749); Thomas 1983: a2 (35); Winter 1985a: a5 (584)
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.
Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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