A 17
| Known as: | A 17; THT 650 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation commentary). "A 17". 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-a17 (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 72.17 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Puṇyavantajātaka |
| Passage: | q |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 1-54 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 16 |
| Following fragment: | A 18 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de by courtesy of the Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS).
Transliteration
(continues from A 16)
| a1 | rsnā¯ ¯l : ku sne śi lpa vāṃ ṣe s̝sa¯ ¯m a ni ru ddhe ka rsnā¯ ¯l : ku sne pra jña vāṃ ṣe s̝sa¯ ¯m tā pa¯ ¯rk śā ri pu ttra ka |
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| a2 | rsnā¯ ¯l ku sne tā mpra ṣṭaṃ pu ṇya vāṃ ṣe s̝sa mna ṣṣe¯ ¯m tā mpra¯ ¯s̝t pe nu na¯ ¯s̝ pñi ṣiṃ ta mpe yo pu¯ ¯k ā lyke¯ ¯s – |
| a3 | sa ṣlyu tā rnāṃ tsu ra¯ ¯s̝ sne ske lā ntu ne eṃ tse tā pa rkpe nu pñi ṣi nā sta mpe yä ntu yo wa śi rṣ[i]· – |
| a4 | – nā lmo sne ske kka¯ ¯ts ta ryā ks̝a kpi ko ri¯ ¯s ko traṃ twā mā rñä kte sra ta kyu ko ra¯ ¯s̝ pu¯ ¯k ma rka m – |
| a5 | – – kā kma rti kāṃ sne lyu tā¯ ¯r ktse¯ ¯ts pu tti śpa raṃ ṣiṃ ca kra va rti lā ntu ne ka lpe || ha ri «ṇa» plu naṃ || pñi ntu – |
| a6 | – l[k]ā tsi kā swe ma ska ta¯ ¯r : pñi ntu yo pa lka¯ ¯s̝ a mo kci ñcä rwra sa śśi : pñi ṣiṃ śmoṃ ññe yo a ta – – |
| b1 | – – – ·mu ne : pñi ṣiṃ ta mpe yo mā tsra ṣṣu ne ku la ta¯ ¯r : pñi ntu yo koṃ ñka tma ñka tyu knā¯ ¯s̝ e pre ra· – |
| b2 | – ·tu yo ma ñka¯ ¯t śre[¯] [¯s] gra hä ntu s̝a rka s̝tra : ke ne pñi ntu ne¯ ¯ñcä ca mi suku ntu ṣña ka lyme : pñi ntu – |
| b3 | ptā ñka¯ ¯t yä rkā ypa māṃ ya ta ta¯ ¯r : 2 ta myo ptā ñkte yä¯ ¯rk ska ma tya¯ ¯l knā nmā ntā¯ ¯p : snyā ñu – |
| lf | 70-· |
| b4 | ¯k ya tsi ske na¯ ¯l ptā ñkte tsra ṣi śśi : ptā ñka tka ṣṣi naṃ yä rk«a»¯ ¯nt ri tws̝a¯ ¯l a mo ktsā¯ ¯p : ptā ñ· |
| b5 | yä rkaṃ tyo kā wä lte nā¯ ¯p [mā] siṃ s̝a¯ ¯l : 3 || taṃ ne wka nyo knā nmu ne pñi ntwä¯ ¯s̝ pka mā pa lka¯ ¯s̝ ṣya kka – (–) |
| b6 | tnu ṣo kyo pa lke tsā ñma skaṃ tra ta myo to¯ ¯m pka¯ ¯nt pka¯ ¯nt sa mbhā rntu we wñu¯ ¯nt ce sa mnu wu sa mbhā rṣi na – |
(continues on A 18)
Transcription
(continues from A 16)
| lf | (80-1) 70(-2) |
| * | (kä)¬ |
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| a1 | rsnāl : kus ne śilpavāṃ ṣeṣ säm aniruddhe kärsnāl : kus ne prajñavāṃ ṣeṣ säm tāpärk śāriputträ kä¬ |
| a2 | rsnāl kus ne tām praṣṭaṃ puṇyavāṃ ṣeṣ säm näṣ ṣem tām praṣt penu näṣ pñiṣiṃ tampeyo puk ālykes (wra)¬ |
| a3 | säṣ lyutār nāṃtsuräṣ sne ske lāntune eṃtse tāpärk penu pñiṣinās tampeyäntuyo waśirṣi(ṃ) (ā)¬ |
| a4 | (sā)nā lmo sne ske-kk ats taryāk-ṣäk-pi koris koträṃtwā mār-ñäktes ratäk yukoräṣ puk märkam(pa)° |
| a5 | n1 – – kākmärtikāṃ sne lyutār ktsets puttiśparäṃṣiṃ cakravarti lāntune kälpe ॥ hariṇaplunaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | pñintu – a6 – ; lkātsi kāswe ; mäskatär : |
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| 1b | pñintuyo pälkäṣ ; amok ciñcär ; wrasaśśi : |
| 1c | pñiṣiṃ śmoṃññeyo ; atä(ṅkät) (lukäṣ) ; b1 (knān)mune : |
| 1d | pñiṣiṃ tampeyo ; mā tsraṣṣune ; kulatär : {1} |
| 2a | pñintuyo koṃ-ñkät ; mañkät yuknāṣ ; eprera(ṃ) (:) |
| 2b | b2 (pñin)tuyo mañkät ; śres grahäntu ; ṣärkäṣträ : |
| 2c | ke ne pñintu neñc ; cami sukuntu ; ṣñ= akälyme : |
| 2d | pñintu – b3 ptāñkät ; yärkā ypamāṃ ; yatatär :n2 2 |
| 3a | tämyo ptāñkte ; yärk skamat yal ; knānmāntāp : |
| 3b | sny āñu – b4 k yatsi ; skenal ptāñkte ; tsraṣiśśi : |
| 3c | ptāñkät käṣṣinaṃ ; yärkant ritwṣäl ; amoktsāp : |
| 3d | ptāñ(kte) b5 yärkaṃtyo ; kāwältenāp ; mā siṃṣäl : 3 ॥ |
| * | taṃne wkänyo knānmune pñintwäṣ pkä mā pälkäṣ ṣyakk a(ts) (pa)¬ | |
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| b6 | t nu ṣokyo pälketsāñ mäskaṃträ tämyo tom pkänt pkänt sambhārntu wewñunt cesäm nu wu sambhārṣinä(s) (ṣä)¬ | |
| * | (k) |
(continues on A 18)
Translation
(continues from A 16)
| a1 | he who was Śilpavān is [now] to be known as Aniruddha. |
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| a1+ | He who was Prajñavān, is now to be known as Śāriputra. |
| a2 | He who at that time was Puṇyavān, I was he. |
| a2+ | Also at that time by the power of virtue I surpassed all other beings, and without effort reached royal dignity. |
| a3+ | Even now, by the power of virtue I sit upon the diamond throne, I have [also], without effort, defeated the army of the god Māra [consisting] of 36 times 10 million family members, and the dignity of the king of the world, the unsurpassable, perfect Buddhahood, ruling all dharmas, I have reached. |
| a5 | || In the H.-tune: || |
| a5+ | through virtue (beauty) is fine to look at; |
| a6 | through virtue the craft of the beings is lovely to look at; |
| a6+ | through the foundation of virtue, unch(ecked shines) (wis)dom; |
| b1 | through the power of virtue, energy does not weaken. Through virtue the sun defeats the moon in the airspace; |
| b2 | by merits the moon surpasses the stars and the planets; he who possesses virtue, this one owns the goods of happiness; |
| b2+ | through virtue the venerated Buddha is powerful. |
| b3 | Therefore the veneration of the Buddha shall ever be carried out by the wise one; |
| b4 | incessantly the energetic ones shall strive to carry out veneration of the Buddha; at the Buddha, the master, the skilled one shall direct veneration; |
| b4+ | the handsome one should not tire of homages to the Buddha. |
| b5 | In this way wisdom without virtue does not shine, |
| b5+ | or rather, only together they are especially bright. |
| b6 | Therefore they are themselves called Sambhāras. These two Sambhāras’ (six) |
(continues on A 18)
Other
| b1 | Durch die Kraft der Tugendhaftigkeit lässt die Energie nicht nach. (Schmidt 1974: 103) |
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| b1+ | Durch die Tugendhaftigkeit besiegt die Sonne den Mond im Luftraum, durch die Tugendhaftigkeit übertrifft der Mond die Sterne [und] Planeten. (Schmidt 1974: 511) |
| b2+ | Durch die Tugendhaftigkeit wird man [wtl. ist man fähig] zu dem mit Verehrung behandelten Buddha. (Schmidt 1974: 111-2) |
| b6+ | In den sechs Pāramitās [vollkommenen Tugenden] d[ies] er zwei Saṃbhāras aber hat sich der Buddha, der Meister, in drei Asaṃkhyeyas [und] hundert Kalpas geübt. (Schmidt 1974: 337) |
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 traces of a number 7(·) (for 72?) 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 81. The combination of lost margin and deviating string-hole numbering starts in A 15 and continues until A 24. |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1944: 20-21, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | The tune has 4x12 syllables, rhythm 5/7. |
| n2 | i.e. the Buddha derives his power from virtues. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 14; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 14
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (18, 287), a3 a4 (169), b1 (139), b2 (354), b3 (9), b6 (312); Hackstein 1995: a4 (99), b1 (99), b5 (295); Schmidt 1974: b1 (103), b1 b2 (511), b2 b3 (111f), b2 b3 (111-2), b6 (337), b6 A 18 a1 (337); Sieg 1944: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (20); Thomas 1952: b3 (20), b4 (19), b5 (20); Thomas 1954: a5 a6 (740); Thomas 1957: a2 (75), a2 a3 (190), b6 (262), b6 A 18 a1 (207); Thomas 1958: b3 (292); Thomas 1958a: a2 a3 (142), b5 b6 (161); Thomas 1969: a3ff (264), b1 b2 (251); Thomas 1976: a3 a4 (228); Thomas 1981: b3 (492), b5 (495); Thomas 1991: a3 a4 a5 (19), a4 (21); Thomas 1997: a2 a3 (72)
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