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A 215

Known as:A 215; THT 848
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling. "A 215". 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-a215 (accessed 10 Dec. 2023).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling

Provenience

Main find spot:Šorčuq
Specific find spot:Stadthöhle
Expedition code:T III Š 69.15
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)

Language and Script

Language:TA
Script:classical

Text contents

Title of the work:Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka
Passage:Act 1
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Drama
Verse/Prose:prose; verse
Meter:M14; M20_22_10_15

Object

Manuscript:M-α
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:7

Images

Images from titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de by courtesy of the Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS).

Transliteration

a1/// ·y· mu • śä kwe pi puka¯ ¯l sa rva pā ṣā ṇḍi¯ ¯k ño m· ///
a2/// ·[w]· pi pku¯ ¯l wsā e la¯ ¯nt ā ra rñi pu kni ṣpa lntu : ni ///
a3/// kucä s̝pa ñka¯ ¯nt tñā yi mti nā ra¯ ¯s : 1 || yu tko¯ ¯nt a ///
a4/// ra u [pā] – – – ·ñ· tā lo ntā p·· – l· ta ssi pa ñka¯ ¯nt ti nā ra¯ ¯s • lo¯ ¯k tka nä ṣṣu ṣo ///
a5/// ne tu mā – – – wtā kṣa kka¯ ¯ts dha ni (–) pr[o] tkaṃ pru tkā ṣñi • || ta rmmāṃ wa śe nyo bā dha ri traka[¯] [¯s̝] ///
a6/// śkaṃ sma le traka¯ ¯m saṃ o kā kti nā rmā śkaṃ na ṣñi • ku[¯] [¯cä] śkaṃ pa ñka¯ ¯nt tā ke ñi || ra skra a rū ni rdha ne tra ///
a7/// pre ne e tñi kā su śā waṃ ā kā la ntu knā sa mci • ku – – [n]u mā e tñi || sa ma kko rre naṃ || s̝pa tkoṃ saṃ ywā [rckā] ///
b1/// [¯ñcä] wā ka laṃ : s̝a pta ñcäṃ koṃ śla klo¯ ¯p wra s̝a¯ ¯lpa tpā – – – pwā kña mci o ka mpa tstsā rsne ki pmo¯ ¯k : śä kwe ///
b2/// ṣo¯ ¯m nṣā tuka ryä¯ ¯t kuya lmā pra kte ka lpi t❠¯r : 1 || – [pr]· we wñu ra¯ ¯s̝ ra ska ryo pre yä¯ ¯s̝ : || tma¯ ¯s̝ ku m[s]e ///
b3/// śśi mā [ṇi] – – – ṅka ṣpra ca¯ ¯r pu rṇa – [dr]e : kuya lla śśi ta ṣwa svai śra vaṃ wä¯ ¯l ptā ñka tka ṣy❠¯p ///
b4/// śä rsa s·i – – || pu rṇa bha dre tra – – klyo ma¯ ¯nt me tra ky❠¯p ptā ñka tka ṣṣi na cwa s̝tala ///
b5/// ss[i] mā wo tka¯ ¯m || pu rṇa bha dre tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ śā we sñä ///
b6/// ¯m ñka¯ ¯t śkaṃ wlā ñka¯ ¯t śa śä¯ ¯rs • wlā ñka¯ ¯t śkaṃ vai ///
b7/// ne wä tkā[¯] [¯]l[ts] kra sa¯ ¯s̝ sma kṣa kka tsta mne ///

Transcription

a1 /// ·y· mu • śäk we pi pukäl sarvapāṣāṇḍik ñom(ā) ///
a2
1a /// (śäk) w(e) pi pkul ; wsā elant ; ārar-ñi puk ; niṣpalntu :
1b ni /// 13σ
1c a3/// 14σ
1d /// kucäṣ ; päñ känt tñ= āyim ; tināräs : 1 ॥
yutkont a ///
a4 /// r«†ä» upā – – – · ñ· tālontāp·· – l· tässi päñ känt tināräslok tkanäṣ ṣu ṣo ///
a5 /// ne tu – – – wtāk ṣakk ats dhaniprotkaṃ prutkāṣ-ñi • ॥ tärmmāṃ waśenyo bādhari träṅkäṣ ///
a6 /// śkaṃ smale träṅkäm säṃ okāk tinār śkaṃ naṣ-ñikuc śkaṃ päñ känt tāke-ñiräskrä arū nirdhane trä ///
a7 /// (ku)pre ne et-ñi kāsu śāwaṃ ākāläntu knāsam-ciku(pre) (ne) nu et-ñisamakkorrenaṃ
1a ṣpät koṃsaṃ ywārckā ; /// b112σ /// ñc wākaläṃ :
1b ṣäptäñcäṃ koṃ ; śla klop wraṣäl ; ṣpät pā(k) (ats) (la)p ; wākñam-ci ; okäm pätstsār ; sne kip mok :
1c śäk we ///
1d b2 /// ; ṣom nṣā tukär yät ; kuyal prakte ; kälpitār : 1 ॥
(tä)pr(eṃ) wewñuräṣ räskäryo pre yäṣ : ॥ tmäṣ kumse ///
b3 /// śśi māṇi – – (trä)ṅkäṣ pracar purṇa(bha)dre : kuyall aśśi täṣ was vaiśravaṃ wäl ptāñkät käṣyāp ///
b4 /// śärsäs(s)i – – ॥ purṇabhadre trä(ṅkāṣ) klyomänt meträkyāp ptāñkät käṣṣinac waṣtäṣ lä(ñclune) (pälkoräṣ) ///
b5 /// ssi wotkam ॥ purṇabhadre träṅkäṣ śāwes ñä ///
b6 /// m ñkät śkaṃ wlāñkät śaśärswlāñkät śkaṃ vai ///
b7 /// ne wätkālts krasaṣ smäk ṣakk ats tämne ///

Translation

a2 for twelve years I gave alms, all my possessions have come to an end
a6 ... I do not have even a single gold piece ...
a7 ... I will make your great wishes come true ...
b1 ... On the seventh day, with sorrow and pain, I will split your head into seven parts. Pay attention, you shameless old man! ...
b4 ... Purṇabhadre says: (having seen) that the noble Metrak will leave his home in order to go to the Buddha-god the teacher

Other

a3 [I] do not [even] have five copper coins—how could I now give you five hundred gold pieces? (cf 45) (Peyrot 2013c: 231)
a5 If you do not give me (the money), the rich man will surely have me shut up in prison again! (cf 45) (Peyrot 2013c: 246)
a6 I do not have a single gold piece—how am I going to have five hundred? (Peyrot 2013c: 231)
a7 If, however, you do not give it to me, … (Peyrot 2013c: 247, 633)
a7 If you give me (the money), then [it is] good [and] I will fulfil your great wishes! (cf 283; see also 45) (Peyrot 2013c: 247, 633)
a7 Wenn du [sie] mir gibst, [ist es] gut, [und] ich werde dir [deine] großen Wünsche erfüllen; wenn du [sie] mir aber nicht gibst, [dann] ... (Schmidt 1974: 134)
b1 Within one week … of your mind … I will cause [lit. bring] your heart to break. On the seventh day, with sorrow and pain, I will split your head into seven parts. (cf 45, 47) (Peyrot 2013c: 634)
b7 Make effort so that Bādhari the Brahmin of Dakṣiṇāpatha will fully understand the rising of the Buddha, the teacher, and that he [Bādhari] indeed in this (way) … (so that) the (noble) Maitreya will immediately come to the Buddha, the teacher. (cf 51) (Peyrot 2013c: 652)

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 I.6-YQ I.7; MaitrHami 1, 12-13; MaitrSiŋgim

Philological commentary

This fragment contains part of the first act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka; the text here correlates with YQ I.6 a8 - YQ I.7 a7. Uy. parallels are MaitrHami 1, 12a (end)-13a30 and MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 117 (+10) v. 12f. (Tekin 1980: 47). See also Pinault 1999a: 193-4.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 848; TITUS: THT 848

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 104; Ji et al. 1998: 44; Ji et al. 1998: 50; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 104

Translations

Carling 2000: a1 (308), a2 (308), a5 (165), a7 (301, 348), b1 (296, 298), b4 (234); Hackstein 1995: a7 (130), b1 (129); Ji et al. 1998: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 (44), a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 (51f); Knoll 1996: a6 (144), b7 (145); Kölver 1965: a5 (20, 108); Müller and Sieg 1916: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7; Peyrot 2013c: a3 (231), a5 (246), a6 (231), a7 (247, 633), a7 (247, 633), b1 (634), b7 (652); Schmidt 1974: a7 (134); Thomas 1952: a2 (61); Thomas 1957: a2 (205, 210); Thomas 1967b: b2 (26); Thomas 1990: a2 (17), a3 (17), a4 (17), a5 (18), a5 (65), a6 (18), a6 (62), a7 (18), a7 (19), b1 (19), b2 (20), b2 (22), b2 (61), b2 (67), b3 (22), b4 (23), b7 (24), b7 (24); Thomas 1993: a5 (160)

Bibliography

Carling 2000

Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Hackstein 1995

Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Ji et al. 1998

Ji, Xianlin, Werner Winter, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 1998. Fragments of the Tocharian A Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka of the Xinjiang Museum, China. Transliterated, translated and annotated by Ji Xianlin in collaboration with Werner Winter, Georges-Jean Pinault. TLSM 113. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.

Knoll 1996

Knoll, Gabriele. 1996. “Die Verwendungsweisen der Adjektive im Tocharischen.” PhD thesis, Universität Frankfurt am Main.

Kölver 1965

Kölver, Bernhard. 1965. “Der Gebrauch der sekundären Kasus im Tocharischen.” PhD thesis, Universität Frankfurt am Main.

Müller and Sieg 1916

Müller, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, and Emil Sieg. 1916. “Maitrisimit und ‘Tocharisch’.” Sitzungsberichte der Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 395–417.

Peyrot 2013c

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013c. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

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Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1999a. “Restitution du Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka en tokharien A: Bilan provisoire et recherches complémentaires sur l’acte XXVI.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 8: 189–240.

Schmidt 1974

Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD thesis, Universität Göttingen.

Sieg and Siegling 1921a

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Tekin 1980

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Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”