A 154
| Known as: | A 154; THT 787 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 154". 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-a154 (accessed 14 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 95.08 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unknown avadāna |
| Passage: | Famine |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 144-211 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// r·¯ ¯s y· (– –) ñc· tsru /// |
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| a2 | /// ssā se pu stā¯ ¯s̝ tsru a¯ ¯ts wa co¯ ¯nt śwā tsi tā /// |
| a3 | /// ·i taṃ nāṃ tsu¯ ¯s • maṃ tne ā lyä kyāṃ pra ṣtaṃ ka¯ ¯s̝t ṣe¯ ¯s̝ su krā nā [ñ]· yn[ā] /// |
| a4 | /// wa[¯] [¯]t[s] tma ṣto¯ ¯m wri nā¯ ¯ñä lwā śā ka¯ ¯nt su krā nā śśi śwā tsi e ṣā¯ ¯r • pra /// |
| a5 | /// tma ṣto¯ ¯m wā la tkā¯ ¯ñä ka ṣtyo mi ṣā¯ ¯nt to sa¯ ¯m su krā nā sa cwe ñā /// |
| a6 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// [lu] ne ā ka [tsu]¯ ¯m [p]a ku o ko o ki ska ma¯ ¯t klā lu ne yā pra ska¯ ¯r /// |
| b3 | /// śā yu o ki sne wa ste nāṃ tsu • || mai traṃ || mā ñka tmā na peṃ mā pe nu śā tmā /// |
| b4 | /// ·s· : w· ñā¯ ¯r ri ṣa ki śo li swa ste sāṃ tka ntu : mā nu ṣñi ca mpa¯ ¯r śo li s[wa] s·e [ma] /// |
| b5 | /// ṣñ· śo li swa ste mā śkaṃ cä mpa s̝ma ska tsi : kṣa ṇaṃ kṣa [ṇ]aṃ /// |
| b6 | /// ne wka nyo śo li s·e mpe nu ś[w]ā t·i /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// r·s y· – – ñc· tsru /// |
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| a2 | /// s sāsepus tāṣ tsru ats wacont śwātsi tā /// |
| a3 | /// · itaṃ nāṃtsus • mäṃt ne ālyäkyāṃ praṣtaṃ kaṣt ṣeṣ sukrānāñ · ynā /// |
| a4 | /// wats tmäṣ tom wrināñ lwā śākant sukrānāśśi śwātsi eṣār • pra /// |
| a5 | /// tmäṣ tom wālätkāñ kaṣtyo miṣānt tosäm sukrānāsac weñā(r) /// |
| a6 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// (wla)lune ākatsum paku oko oki skamat klāluneyā praskär /// |
| b3 | /// śāyu oki sne waste nāṃtsu • ॥ maitraṃ ॥ |
| 1a | mā ñkät mā napeṃ ; mā penu śāt ; mā /// 2σ |
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| 1x | b412σ /// · s· : |
| 1x | w(e)ñār riṣaki ; śolis waste ; sāṃtkäntu : |
| Xx | mā nu ṣñi campär ; śolis was(t)e ; mä(skatsi) |
| 2x | /// b512σ /// (:) |
| 2x | ṣñ(i) śolis waste ; mā śkaṃ cämpäṣ ; mäskatsi : |
| 2x | kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇaṃ /// 8σ |
| b6 | /// ne wkänyo śolis · em penu śwāt(s)i /// |
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Translation
| a2 | ... if she is anointed, little... fighting food (?)... |
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| a3 | ... having become... As once there was a famine... Vultures... |
| a4 | ... then the aquatic animals would be pulled out and they would give them as food to the vultures. |
| a5 | ... then the tortoises were being harmed by famine. They said to the vultures: ... |
| b2 | ... ending in death, like a ripe fruit, always fearful of falling... |
| b3 | ... having become without refuge like śāyu... In the maitär*-tune: No god, no man, neither rich (nor poor)... |
| b4 | The sages told of remedies and protection of life. (Yet) they did not manage to be protection for their own life. |
| b5 | He can no longer be protection for his own life. ... every moment... |
| b6 | ... in this way, ... of life also... food.. |
Other
| a4 | Darauf wurden Wassertiere heraufgezogen, [und] sie gaben den śukrāṅga[-Vögeln] zu essen. (Schmidt 1974: 226, fn. 3) |
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| a5 | Darauf wurden die Schildkröten von Hunger gequält. (Schmidt 1974: 256) |
| b2 | ... ständig vor dem Fallen sich fürchtend ... (Schmidt 1974: 161, fn. 2) |
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). | |
| Lines a6 and b1 are lost. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 82-83; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 82, p. 83
Translations
Carling 2000: b5 (404); Hackstein 1995: a4 (141); Knoll 1996: a2 (145, 148); Kölver 1965: b4 (98); Schmidt 1974: a4 (226 n.3), a4 (226, fn. 3), a5 (256), b2 (161 n.2), b2 (161, fn. 2); Thomas 1954: b5 (722); Thomas 1957: a3 (81)
Bibliography
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