A 15
| Known as: | A 15; THT 648 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation commentary). "A 15". 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-a15 (accessed 26 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation commentary) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 72.15 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Puṇyavantajātaka |
| Passage: | o |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 1-54 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 14 |
| Following fragment: | A 16 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
(continues from A 14)
| a1 | – ¯k ā la¯ ¯m wca ctra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä wa¯ ¯s tṣaṃ pā cri ṣñi kā kro pu¯ ¯nt a kaṃ tsu ne yä ntu wä rpnā māṃ ma śki tu ne ṣiṃ na – |
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| a2 | śkaṃ po ñcäṃ ype yaṃ kā kma¯ ¯rt pa llā mtra – – sa¯ ¯s wa saṃ we ñlu ne mā ka rsā¯ ¯l ke śpā lmeṃ ke wä rce ä ntā – |
| a3 | – ¯s ā lu ype ka lkā ma¯ ¯s tma nna¯ ¯ts ṣa kka¯ ¯ts wa saṃ we ñlu ne ka rsā ltā¯ ¯s̝ ta myo wa¯ ¯s ṣñi – |
| a4 | – – smāṃ ya li smo saṃ ā lu ype pi¯ ¯cä po śtra ṅki ta mne pyā ma¯ ¯s • tma¯ ¯s̝ ce mma śki tā¯ ¯ñä pā ca· l· – |
| a5 | – – – – ¯s̝ sne a kaṃ tsu ne ṣñi ype yä¯ ¯s̝ lo¯ ¯k ā lu ype ka lka¯ ¯r || tmaṃ ce¯ ¯m le tkā¯ ¯r ske nmāṃ – |
| a6 | – – – – śki¯ ¯t ā la ka ñcaṃ tso pa tsaṃ wraṃ ca ndaṃ ṣiṃ o rla kā ymāṃ pa lko ra¯ ¯s̝ ca msa¯ ¯m ṣñi wä – – |
| b1 | – – – – – tskā¯ ¯s ta myo a kaṃ tsu ne kro pñā¯ ¯t || śi lpa vāṃ pe nu tsa¯ ¯rk ra pe yā mlu ne yo wra s[a] – |
| b2 | – – – – ·su ne kro pñā¯ ¯t || ru pa vāṃ śpā lmeṃ śpā lu¯ ¯nt kā ni kā ñcā¯ ¯s kule wā¯ ¯s a mpā tṣiṃ yā tlu ne yo (–) |
| b3 | – – tka smāṃ ni ṣpa¯ ¯l kro pñā¯ ¯t || pra jña vāṃ pe nu śā we¯ ¯s śā we¯ ¯s dha ni¯ ¯s śri ṣṭhi¯ ¯s knā nmu ne – |
| lf | 70 |
| b4 | ·ā tka smāṃ a kaṃ tsu ne śā lpa¯ ¯t || tma¯ ¯s̝ ca¯ ¯m ype yaṃ wä¯ ¯l wla¯ ¯s wä lna sa¯ ¯l ā la kmā ṣe – (–) |
| b5 | ā mā śā¯ ¯ñä ype ṣi ñi wra sa¯ ¯ñä pu ro – tā¯ ¯ñä knā nmā na¯ ¯s̝ pukā¯ ¯k pu ṇya vāṃ ma śki te pa rno re ka rso – |
| b6 | ¯s̝ ā rta¯ ¯nt pā la¯ ¯nt pu ṇya vā ni a bhi ṣe – yā mra ca¯ ¯m ype yaṃ lāṃ tyā mtsāṃ taṃ || ra ti sā ya kaṃ || pa – |
(continues on A 16)
Transcription
(continues from A 14)
| lf | (70-9) 70 |
| 1a | pä(lkā) (c) |
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(continues on A 16)
Translation
(continues from A 14)
| a1 | they say to each other: |
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| a1+ | we [are] here the ones enjoying the riches gathered by our father and because of [this] power also in all the country we are praised as master. |
| a2 | It is unknowable which argument of us is best and which is lacking. |
| a2+ | When we go into another country, then it will be possible to check our statement[s]. |
| a3+ | Therefore we, leaving our own (land), to do a deed, will go from one country to another. |
| a4 | All said: Let us make it so. |
| a4+ | Thereupon the princes of the[ir] father, (the king, took their leave), and without money [they] went away from their own country into a country of others. |
| a5+ | While each of them (was) striving there for himself, prince (Vīryavān), having seen, in another great water, a sandal tree floating along the stream, due to his strength (without effort) pulled it out. Thereby he gained property. |
| b1+ | Śilpavān, too, delighting the people with making music on [his] lute, gained property. |
| b2+ | Rūpavān, by giving pleasure to the most beautiful girls and women with the capability of his body, profit he kept gathering. |
| b3+ | Prajñāvān, too, by pleasing very great, rich merchants with his wisdom, gained possessions. |
| b4 | Now in this country the king had died, and another, who should become king, was not (there). |
| b5+ | The ministers, people of the country, chancellors and the wise ones, who all of them had recognized prince Puṇyavān’s splendour, praised him |
| b6 | and commended him. They performed the anointment of Puṇyavān and made him king of the country. || In the R.-tune: || See |
(continues on A 16)
Other
| a1+ | Wir [sind] hier die von unserem Vater gesammelten Besitztümer genießend und werden durch die Macht des Prinzentums im ganzen Land als Herrschaft gepriesen. (Schmidt 1974: 245) |
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| a2+ | When we go into another country, then it will be possible to check our statement[s]. (Peyrot 2013b: 245) |
| a6+ | Als Prinz (Vīryavān) in einem fremden großen Wasser einen Sandelbaum [wtl. Sandelholz] im Strombett(?) treiben sah, zog er ihn (durch) seine Kraft (ohne Mühe) heraus. Dadurch erwarb er Geld. (Schmidt 1974: 439) |
| b1+ | Auch Śilpavān, durch Lautenmusikmachen die Menschen (erfreuend), erwarb Geld. (Schmidt 1974: 401) |
| b3+ | Auch Prajñāvān erlangte Geld, indem er ganz große Reiche [und] Kaufleute (durch) [seine] Klugheit erfreute. (Schmidt 1974: 197) |
| b5+ | Die Minister, Leute des Landes, Kanzler [und] Gelehrte, die insgesamt Prinz Punyavānas Glanz erkannt hatten, lobten [und] priesen [ihn], vollzogen [wtl. machten] Punyavāns Salbung [und] machten ihn sich zum König in dem Lande. (Schmidt 1974: 80-1, 86, 169, 429) |
| b6+ | Sehet die Kraft der Tugendhaftigkeit [wtl. der Verdienste]! Sie führt dahin, wo das Glück [ist]. (Schmidt 1974: 390-1) |
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). | |
| The leaf number on the margin has been lost, but a number 70 (sic!) is written inside the string hole of the verso side by a different hand. Since this leaf stands in a continuous series, it actually ought to have the leaf number 79. The combination of lost margin and deviating string-hole numbering continues until A 24. |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1944: 18-19, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | The syntax here is very interesting. It appears to be an across-the-board raising construction: säs wasäṃ weñlunein the matrix clause satisfies a thematic role in the two coordinated reported questions, but it raises to the matrix clause in order to check the EPP feature. |
| n2 | The tune has 4x14 syllables, rhythm 7/7. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 12-13; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 12, p. 13
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (100), a2 a3 (47), a2 a3 a4 a5 (102), a2ff (99), a6 (50, 130), b4 (100); Hackstein 1995: a6 b1 (141); Peyrot 2013b: a2 a3 (245); Schmidt 1974: a1 a2 (245), a6 b1 (439), b1 b2 (401), b3 b4 (197), b5 b6 (80f, 169, 429), b5 b6 (80-1, 86, 169, 429), b6 (86), b6 A 16 a1 (390f), b6 A 16 a1 (390-1); Sieg 1944: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (18); Thomas 1952: a2 a3 (29), a4 (54), b1 (58); Thomas 1954: a4 (757); Thomas 1957: a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 (51f), b4 b5 b6 (52, 160), b6 A 16 a1 A 16 a2 (160f); Thomas 1958a: b2 b3 (156), b3 b4 (156); Thomas 1972: b5 b6 (455); Thomas 1976: a1 a2 (228); Thomas 1981: a3 a4 (490); Thomas 1983: a2 a3 (12), a3 a4 (12), a4 a5 (13); Thomas 1997: a4 (88), b5 (102), b5 (94)
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