A 214
| Known as: | A 214; THT 847 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 214". 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-a214 (accessed 20 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 69.14 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nātaka |
| Passage: | Act 2.1 |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-α |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// nta wṣe ñka tka¯ ¯r ṣo¯ ¯m wṣe o kā¯ ¯k na ṣta /// |
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| a2 | /// ñya na prā¯ ¯s̝ e pre raṃ śä¯ ¯m : ṣñi ā s̝ta ryāṃ swā [ñce] /// |
| a3 | /// dha ri ka rso rtā śśi : spā rtwṣā wä rka¯ ¯nt sne lyu tā rma rka /// |
| a4 | /// a kma – – – – ·m· [tra]¯ ¯k tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ – ntā a śśi tā pa¯ ¯rk sa¯ ¯m ā ṣā ni kma ska ta¯ ¯r : || bā /// |
| a5 | /// ṣā na kṣu [l]· – – ta rka¯ ¯r || ta¯ ¯m ka· l· ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ ā ṣā ni kme tra¯ ¯k ā yma śla kka tstra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ /// |
| a6 | /// ·[ta] nne kwe ñā¯ ¯r || mā gha rā je tra ṅka ṣpe rā kte nu upā – yku cne tā ṣta nne wka nyo ka lī yū kpra ṣtaṃ ma rtā [ra] /// |
| a7 | /// ··ā¯ ¯s̝ || bā dha ri tra ṅka ṣpe rā kñi se kuya lte ka klyu ṣu – – [ṣ]· nä¯ ¯s knā nmā nä ñcä ska ṣṣi sa s̝ma ska ta r·· /// |
| b1 | /// rs̝s̝a ltsu ne yo ka knu wra so mṣi wā ka¯ ¯m ku sne taṃ ne – (–) [knu] mi nāṃ wä rce pra¯ ¯s̝t pe nu mā ka śto ra¯ ¯s̝ • [w]· /// |
| b2 | /// nta ā rki śo ṣi tu ṅki ñlu ne yi smo saṃ pu tti śpa raṃ – la me ri nā tra sa mnu kā kro pu kā swo ne yu m·ā /// |
| b3 | /// sne lyu tā¯ ¯r – – tpu tti śpa raṃ ka l·· ta¯ ¯r || mai traṃ || pu kpra ṣta ntwaṃ sa mpu kwra sa śśi pu kw[ä] /// |
| b4 | /// kka rsnā¯ – – – – s̝[m]a rka mpa¯ ¯l ke – [śa] lpa¯ ¯l saṃ sā ra¯ ¯s̝ : lo kkā tse pe nu ṣa kka¯ ¯ts klo /// |
| b5 | /// [o] [ṣe] [ñi] e pre raṃ ñä kta¯ ¯s a su rā¯ ¯s nā gā sya kṣā śśi ki [nna] /// |
| b6 | /// na mo bu ddha na mo bu ddha we ñlu ne klyo saṃ ṣā wā /// |
| b7 | /// csa lu ni kṣā ntra ṣi wä rka¯ ¯nt lkā ta¯ ¯r y·o /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// nt{†ä} wṣeñ katkar ṣom wṣe okāk näṣ ta /// |
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| a2 | /// ñy anaprāṣ epreraṃ śäm : ṣñi āṣtäryāṃ swāñce /// |
| a3 | /// (bā)dhari kärsor tāś-śi : spārtwṣā wärkänt sne lyutār märka /// |
| a4 | /// akma – – – – ·m· trak träṅkäṣ – ntā aśśi tāpärk säm āṣānik mäskatär : ॥ bā /// |
| a5 | /// (pā)ṣānak ṣul· – – tär kar ॥ täm ka(k)l(yu)ṣuräṣ āṣānik metrak āymaśl-äkk ats träṅkäṣ /// |
| a6 | /// · tanne-k weñār ॥ māgharāje träṅkäṣ perāk te nu upā(dhyā)y kuc ne tāṣ tanne wkänyo kalīyūk praṣtaṃ märtārä /// |
| a7 | /// ··āṣ ॥ bādhari träṅkäṣ perāk ñi se kuyalte kaklyuṣu (ñi) (ne)ṣ(i)näs knānmānäñcäs käṣṣisäṣ mäskatär·· /// |
| b1 | /// rṣṣältsuneyo kaknu wrasomṣi wākäm kus ne taṃne – – knumināṃ wärce praṣt penu mā kaś toräṣ • w· /// |
| b2 | /// nt{†ä} ārkiśoṣi tuṅkiñluneyis mosaṃ puttiśparäṃ – lame rināträ säm nu kākropu kāswoneyum ·ā /// |
| b3 | /// sne lyutār – – t puttiśparäṃ käl(pnā)tär ॥ maitraṃ ॥ |
| 1a | puk praṣtäntwaṃ säm ; puk wrasaśśi ; puk wä(knā) (:) |
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| 1b | /// b4 9σ /// k ; kärsnā(l) – – 1σ |
| 1c | – – ṣ märkampal ; ke – śalpal ; saṃsāräṣ : |
| 1d | lok kātse penu ; ṣakk ats klo /// 4σ |
| b5 | /// oṣeñi epreraṃ ñäktas asurās nāgās yakṣāśśi kinna(res) (gandhārveśśi) (yoṣ) (ymāṃ) (wsālwäṣ) /// |
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| b6 | /// namo buddha namo buddha weñlune klyosäṃṣāwā /// |
| b7 | /// c salu nikṣānträṣi wärkänt lkātär y·o /// |
Translation
| a1 | nights have passed. (Not) one (single) night (did) I (sleep) so (well) ... |
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| a2 | ... from before me, he stood in the sky. ... (with) his own pure ray |
| a3 | ... Bādhari, you shoud know: I was turning (?) the peerless (dharma)-wheel... |
| a4 | ... face... Maitreya says: ... Where then is at this moment this venerable one? |
| a5 | «He is on Mount Pāṣāṇaka (in the lands of Magadha)». || ... Having heard that, the venerable Maitreya says to himself: |
| a6 | ... they said so: Māgharāja says: |
| a6+ | «O teacher, is it to believed that in such a Kaliyuga era, in a short (lifetime a Buddha will appear in the world?)» |
| a7 | Bādhari says: It is credible to me, son, because I have heard from previous knowledgeable teachers... |
| b1+ | ... the distinction of a person endowed with power, who, not minding that the epoch is so bad, ... out of love for the... world renounces the position of Buddhahood. |
| b2+ | He, having gathered virtues, ... obtains the peerless... Buddhahood. |
| b3 | In the maitär*-tune: At all times, he is known... to all beings in all manners... |
| b4 | ... law... who is to be liberated from saṃsāra... Far and close, certainly... (hear?)... |
| b5 | (by day and) night, in the sky, (proceeding from the garments) of the gods, the Asuras, the Nāgas, and the Yakṣas, of the Kinnaras (and the Gandharvas) |
| b6 | I was hearing chanting "namobuddha namobuddha"... |
| b7 | ... the whole star-wheel is visible... |
Other
| a3 | The Buddha-god the teacher has appeared in the world, o Bādhari, you should know that! (Peyrot 2013b: 624) |
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| a4+ | Bādhari says, «He is on Mount Pāṣāṇaka in the lands of Magadha». (cf 69) (Peyrot 2013b: 284) |
| a6 | O teacher, is it to believed that in such a Kaliyuga era, in a short (lifetime a Buddha) will appear in the world? (69) (Peyrot 2013b: 632) |
| b2 | ... aus Liebe zu der (elenden) Welt strebt er zum Ort der Buddhaschaft/wird der Ort der Buddhaschaft erstrebt.. (Schmidt 1974: 150) |
| b7 | ... vollständig ist der Sternenkreis sichtbar. (Schmidt 1974: 233) |
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. |
Parallel texts
| YQ II.1; YQ II.2; MaitrHami 2, 1-2 |
Philological commentary
| This fragment contains part of the second act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka. It correlates to YQ II.1 a4 - YQ II.2 a2; an Uy. parallel is MaitrHami II, 1a18-2a14. See also Pinault 1999: 193-4. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 103-104; Ji et al. 1998: 68; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 103, p. 104
Translations
Adams 2012a: a2 (28); Carling 2000: a1 (302), a2 (138, 356); Hackstein 1995: a2 (125), b2 (182); Ji et al. 1998: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 (69ff); Knoll 1996: a6 (34), a7 (34); Kölver 1965: a2 (104), a5 (73), a6 (13); Peyrot 2013b: a3 (624), a4 a5 (284), a6 (632); Schmidt 1974: b2 (150), b7 (233); Thomas 1954: a1 (749); Thomas 1957: a5 a6 (190), b6 (67); Thomas 1969c: a1 (200); Thomas 1981: a3 (491); Thomas 1983: b1 (19); Thomas 1990: a1 (30), a3 (31), a3 (32), a4 (32), a4 (65), a5 (32), a6 a7 (33), a6 a7 (69), a7 (33), b2 (34), b3 (34), b4 (35); Thomas 1991: b6 (22); Thomas 1997: b3 (139)
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