A 2
| Known as: | A 2; THT 635 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 2". 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-a2 (accessed 02 Dec. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 72.02 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Puṇyavantajātaka |
| Passage: | b |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 543 (4x); 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 1-54 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 1 |
| Following fragment: | A 3 |
| 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 1)
| a1 | ṣṣu ne yo kta ṅke¯ ¯ñcä kraṃ¯ ¯śä : ka lpnā nta rto riṃ pu tti śpa raṃ wä rs̝s̝a ltse : mā pa rmā¯ ¯t tsru yä¯ ¯rm yā ta lya – |
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| a2 | tsra ṣṣu ne : 1 || mā ta preṃ saṃ po ñcäṃ saṃ sā ri¯ ¯s kā ri pa¯ ¯cä sā spa rtwu ā la kwra mna¯ ¯s̝ ko sne ā lā – |
| a3 | ne : kya lte ne ṣwra sa śśi sne wā wle ṣu sne psa¯ ¯l klu śwā tsi ṣe¯ ¯s̝ ka lpa vṛ ks̝a ntwaṃ ā rwa rpa – |
| a4 | tk[u]¯ ¯nt [ws]ā lu ye twe yntu wa ṣlaṃ ṣe ñcä¯ ¯m ā lā sā¯ ¯p klu kro plu ne yā ka lpa vṛ ks̝a [nt]·· |
| a5 | – ka nta¯ ¯m ka ppā ñpā ka rtā ka ra¯ ¯m sne wā wle ṣu sne psa¯ ¯l klu na kta¯ ¯m śā waṃ wle saṃ tyo [psa] l·· – |
| a6 | – – r·ā ka¯ ¯m ca mi ā lā su ne yi snu tsra ṣṣu ne pra «ti» pa¯ ¯ks̝ nāṃ tsu ta myo tsra ṣṣu ne ñi [ā] – – |
| lf | 60 6 |
| b1 | – – [pu]k· pru cca mo pa lskaṃ || śi lpa vāṃ tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ a mo kwra sa śśi pukaṃ pru cca mo kya lte || ku ma – – |
| b2 | – || kā su ño¯ ¯m klyu a mo ktsā¯ ¯p ka lyme ka lyme sa tka ta¯ ¯r : yä rkā yā ma¯ ¯l ma ska ta¯ ¯r po ta¯ ¯l ·r· |
| b3 | pa¯ ¯l wra sa śśi : pā smāṃ ni ṣpa¯ ¯l lo na ks̝a¯ ¯l wä rpo rlā¯ ¯śä lyśi mñe ka rṣne¯ ¯ñcä : a mo knu – |
| b4 | na kna ṣtra ni ṣpa li sa śkaṃ a mo¯ ¯k tsmā¯ ¯r : 1 || ko spreṃ ko spreṃ śkaṃ ne a mo ka¯ ¯ts a mo – |
| b5 | wra¯ ¯m pyu tkā s̝ta¯ ¯r : ta pre na kta pre na¯ ¯k pa ñpa rko wä ntu ma skaṃ traṃ : sa spa rko naṃ wā wle ṣu wra¯ ¯m |
| b6 | pyu «tka» s̝s̝aṃ wä¯ ¯t a mo¯ ¯k ṣta tmu kā cke ma ska traṃ tri¯ ¯t wra ssä¯ ¯s̝ o rtu ne ka lpnā tra : śtä¯ ¯rt ā kla – |
(continues on A 3)
Transcription
(continues from A 1)
| lf | 60-6 |
| 1b | (tsra)a1ṣṣuneyo ; ktäṅkeñc kraṃś : |
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| 1c | kälpnāntär toriṃ ; puttiśparäṃ ; wärṣṣältse : |
| 1d | mā =pärmāt tsru yärm ; yātal ya(tsi) ; a2 tsraṣṣune : 1 |
| 1a | kāsu ñom-klyu ; amoktsāp ; kälyme kälyme ; sätkatär : |
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| 1b | yärkā yāmäl ; mäskatär ; potal (k)r(o)b3pal ; wrasaśśi : |
| 1c | pāsmāṃ niṣpal ; lo näkṣäl ; wär por lāś lyśi ; mñe kärṣneñc : |
| 1d | amok nu (mā) ; b4 näknäṣträ ; niṣpalis{†ä} śkaṃ ; amok tsmār : 1 |
(continues on A 3)
Translation
(continues from A 1)
| a1 | The threefold world the good ones traverse due to energy. Eventually the strong ones attain Buddhahood. |
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| a1+ | Not in the least must energy be decried. |
| a2 | : 1 |
| a2+ | There is no other thing that has turned out to the detriment of the whole world [circle of existences] as much as inertia [has]. |
| a3 | For in earlier days the food of humans was rice, uncultivated and chaff-less, |
| a3+ | and clothes made ready on wishing trees were theirs to put on. |
| a4+ | [But] due to the collecting of rice by a listless person the wishing trees disappeared for them, |
| a5 | the cotton plants became visible for them [in place of the wishing trees]. The uncultivated, chaff-less rice [also] disappeared for them, |
| a5+ | it [only] became visible through great labour (and with) the chaff. |
| a6 | Of listlessness, however, energy is the opposite, |
| a6+ | therefore in my opinion, energy is superior to all (in the world). |
| b1 | Śilpavān [“the skillful one”] speaks: The skillfulness of humans is superior to all, because: |
| b1+ | || K.--- |
| b2 | || The good reputation of a craftsman is spread in region after region. |
| b2+ | He worthy of being treated with reverence and worthy to gather the adulation of humans; |
| b3 | property, even if well kept, will inevitably be fully lost: water, fire, kings and thieves certainly cut off the hope/security (?), |
| b3+ | but the skill will never be lost. |
| b4 | and skill is the root of possession. |
| b4+ | And as often as an artist creates an art(istic) object, so often he has five advantages [from it]. |
| b5 | One advantage to him is the object created, |
| b6 | it comes into existence. The second is the pleasure arisen from the skill; the third, he receives friendship from the beings; the fourth, [he obtains] students, |
(continues on A 3)
Other
| b3+ | Besitz, [auch] wenn er behütet wird, muss zugrunde gehen: Wasser, Feuer, Könige [und] Diebe zerstören die Sicherheit(?); aber die Kunstfertigkeit geht nicht verloren. (Schmidt 1974: 127) |
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| b4+ | Anytime an artist creates a work of art he has five advantages [from it]. (cf 5) (Peyrot 2013b: 258) |
| b4+ | Und wie oft/immer ein Kunstfertiger ein Kunstwerk zustande bringt (Med.), ebenso oft/immer werden ihm fünf Vorteile [daraus]: Der erste Vorteil ist für ihn das ausgeführte Werk, es kommt ihm zustande (Akt.). Der zweite [Vorteil] ... (Schmidt 1974: 110, 494-5) |
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. |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1944: 4-5, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | The name of this metre (4x14, rhythm 7/7) is unknown. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 3-4; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 3, p. 4
Translations
Hackstein 1995: a4 (264), a4 a5 (86), b3 (86, 175); TEB II: a4 (18); Lane 1947: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (33ff); Meunier 2013: a1 a2 (160), a3 a4 (136), b1 (166); Peyrot 2013b: b4 b5 (258); Schmidt 1974: b3 b4 (127), b4 b5 b6 (494f), b4 b5 b6 (110, 494-5), b5 (110); Sieg 1944: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (2ff); Thomas 1952: a1 (37), a4 (32), b2 (30), b3 (53); Thomas 1954: a1 a2 (742), a3 (758); Thomas 1957: a3 a4 (17, 42), a4 a5 a6 (17, 42), a6 (258); Thomas 1958a: a6 b1 (154), b1 (154); Thomas 1968: b4 b5 (215); Thomas 1969b: a1 (55); Thomas 1970a: a3 a4 (466), b4 b5 (453); Thomas 1972: b2 (461), b3 (433)
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