A 22
| Known as: | A 22; THT 655 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 22". 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-a22 (accessed 24 Apr. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 72.22 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Puṇyavantajātaka, Bṛhaddyutijātaka |
| Passage: | v |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 554443 (4x); 5555 (1x), 444343 (1x), 55 (1x), 4443 (1x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 1-54 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 21 |
| Following fragment: | A 23 |
| 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 21)
| a1 | – – – – – – – – ku nti stse – – – [t]s· ·s· ko ne yo ka kmu¯ ¯nt tma kca mi śā waṃ kā swo neṃ ntu a ra |
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| a2 | – – – – – – – – (–) tke o ki [ṣo] [m]· [śā] ra¯ ¯k śä¯ ¯m ta mnu ma¯ ¯nt wä knā || ṣe ra śi ni ṣkra mā ntaṃ || ci ndā ma – |
| a3 | – – – – – – – mi ṣi pra¯ ¯ṅk ñe mi ntu yo wā mpu o ki pa ñi tswā¯ ¯ts : pyā pyā syo ye tu ñä – |
| a4 | – – – – – – – co ka ntu yo wā mpu¯ ¯nt wsā ṣi ṣṭā mmo ki : ñä kci ñe mi ṣi pyā ka ṣṣo ki klyā[¯] [¯t] |
| a5 | – – – – – – – – (–) wā mpu o ktu¯ ¯k ye twe syo : pa ri we ṣyā mu koṃ ñka tto ki ka¯ ¯s̝ swā ñce nā syo wo |
| a6 | – – – – – – – – (–) kā ru ṇi¯ ¯k : 1 || ta mpa lko ra¯ ¯s̝ bṛ ha dyu ti mla mā nno ki su kyo a ñu mā s·i |
| b1 | – – – – – – – – – ku ssa sn[e] ā rki śo ṣyaṃ pa rno ka śo m· nā¯ ¯ñä wra maṃ ne¯ ¯ñcä pu kto¯ ¯m tā ṣka pśiṃ ññ· |
| b2 | – – – – – – – – – [kc]yāṃ tā pa kyaṃ maṃ tne a raṃ pā ta ntu pu¯ ¯k || su bhā dre naṃ || ptā ñkta ñne ṣi ñi pra tti ka |
| b3 | – – – – – – – ki lāṃ¯ ¯śä ca kra va rti¯ ¯ñä : sā mu dra lyä¯ ¯m tā ke ñi lāṃ¯ ¯śä śā wya su rā¯ ¯ñä |
| lf | 70 6 |
| b4 | – – – – – – – ṅka ññe mi ṣñi : tā rpā kpa raṃ ñka¯ ¯t ci ndā ma ṇi ntu wyā rsa ṅkrā mi dā na – |
| b5 | – – – – – – – – – lle smāṃ su me r·ä kci ṣu lñä kci ñi śtwa rlāṃ¯ ¯śä pa ri jā ttra ṣṭā¯ ¯m su dhā¯ ¯rm vai ja yaṃ – |
| b6 | – – – – – – – – – [c]iṃ ska ndhe – – – [hi] – – yu ka¯ ¯ñä kla ṅka¯ ¯ñä o ṅka lmā¯ ¯ñä : yā¯ ¯m du ṣi¯ ¯t o |
(continues on A 23)
Transcription
(continues from A 21)
| lf | (80-6) 70-6 |
| a1 | – – – – – – – – kuntistse – – – ts· (w)s(o)koneyo kakmunt tm-äk cami śāwaṃ kāswoneṃntu arä |
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| a2 | n1 – – – – – – – – – tke oki ṣom· śārak śäm täm nu mänt wäknā ॥ ṣeraśi-niṣkramāntaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | cindāma(ṇi) a3 – ; – – – – – ; (ñe)miṣi praṅk ; ñemintuyo ; wāmpu oki ; pañitswāts : |
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| 1b | pyāpyāsyo yetu ; ñä – a4 – – – ; – – – – ; cokäntuyo ; wāmpunt wsāṣi ; ṣṭāmm oki : |
| 1c | ñäkci ñemiṣi ; pyākäṣṣ oki klyāt ; a5 – – – – ; – – – – – 4σ ; wāmpu oktuk ; yetwesyo : |
| 1d | pariweṣ yāmu ; koṃ-ñkätt oki kaṣ ; swāñcenāsyo ; wo a6 – – – – 3σ ; – – – – – 4σ ; kāruṇik : 1 ॥ |
| * | täm pälkoräṣ bṛhadyuti mlamānn oki sukyo añumās(k)i |
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| b1 | (nāṃtsu) – – – – – – – kuss a{t}s ne ārkiśoṣyaṃ parno-kaśom(i)nāñ wramäṃ neñc puk tom tāṣ kapśiṃññ· |
| b2 | n2 – – – – – – – – – kcyāṃ tāpäkyaṃ mäṃt ne aräṃpātäntu puk ॥ subhādrenaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | ptāñktañ neṣiñi ; prattika b3 – – ; – – – – – 4σ ki ; lāṃś cakravartiñ : |
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| 1b | sāmudrä lyäm ; {t→n}ākeñi lāṃś ; śāwy asurāñ ; b4 – – – – 3σ ; – – – ṅkañ ; ñemi ṣñi : |
| 1c | tār pāk paräṃ ñkät ; cindāmaṇintu {:} |
| 1d | wyār saṅkrāmi ; dāna – b5 – – 2σ ; – – – – – – 4σ ; – ll esmāṃ {:} {1} |
| 2a | sumer (ñ)äkci ṣul ; ñäkciñi śtwar lāṃś ; parijātträ ṣṭām ; sudhārm vaijayaṃ(t) b6 (:) |
| 2b | – – – – – 4σ ; – – – ciṃ ; skandhe – – ; (ma)hi(rṣāñ) ; yukañ klaṅkañ ; oṅkälmāñ : |
| 2c | yām duṣit o |
(continues on A 23)
Translation
(continues from A 21)
| a1 | (the) god (of gods, he saw Bṛhaddyuti), the potter, having come with great joy, |
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| a1+ | and immediately in order to evoke his great merits he stood there dressed with an upper garment like (a ... tree with a) liana. |
| a2 | But how so? || In the Ṣ.-tune: || |
| a2+ | (Adorned with) the Cintāmaṇi... |
| a3 | like an island of jewels decorated with jewels, magnificent, adorned with flowers, |
| a3+ | heavenly... |
| a4 | like a golden tree adorned with lamps, ... like a divine pillar [made] of jewels he stood there. |
| a5 | adorned (with the 32 marks) [and] with the 80 ornaments. |
| a5+ | Like the sun, having produced a halo, surrounded by rays which are a fathom wide... |
| a6 | the compassionate one. |
| a6+ | Having seen that, Bṛhaddyuti (was) as if crushed by happiness and with wonder. (He thought to himself): |
| b1+ | “As many things to be regarded as splendid as there are in the world, as many are (seen alive) on this body ... as in a heavenly mirror all forms. |
| b2 | || In the S.-tune: || |
| b2+ | Former Buddhas and Pratyeka(buddhas, great) wise ones [and] Cakravartin-kings, ocean [and] sea, Nāga-kings, great Asuras, ... jeweled islands, ..., Cintāmaṇis, monasteries and residences of the communities, Dāna(śālas) [“halls of alms”] ... giving a gift. |
| b5+ | The mountain of gods, Sumeru, the heavenly four kings [the guardians of the world], the Pārijāta-tree, Sudharmā [and] Vaijayanta [“Palaces of the gods”], ... Skandha, (Viṣṇu) [and] Maheśvara; horses, carts [and] elephants, the Yāma-, Tuṣita-, |
(continues on A 23)
Other
| b2+ | Frühere Buddhas [und] Pratyeka(buddhas, große Wei)se [und] Cakravartin-Könige, Ozean [und] See, Nāga-Könige, große Asuras ... (Viṣṇu [und] Mah)eśvara; Rosse, Fahrzeuge [und] Elefanten, die Yāma-, die Tuṣita- bis hin[auf] zur Śuddhāvāsa[-Götterwelt], [alle] glänzenden Dinge werden leibhaftig an diesem (buddhaschaftlichen) Körper gesehen. (Schmidt 1974: 231) |
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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. | |
| The leaf number on the margin has been lost, but a number 76 (sic!) 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 86. 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: 26-27, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | The tune has 4x25 syllables, rhythm 5/5/8/7. |
| n2 | The tune has the following metre: a:20, b:22, c:10, d:15 syllables, rhythm a: 5/5/5/5, b: 8/7/7, c: 5/5, d: 8/7. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 17-18; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 17, p. 18
Translations
Carling 2000: b6 A 23 a1 (333), b6 A 23 a1 (221); Ogihara 2010: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (171-172); Peyrot 2013b: a6 (788); Schmidt 1974: b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 A 23 a1 (23lf), b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 A 23 a1 (231); Sieg 1944: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (26); Thomas 1952: a1 a2 (52); Thomas 1957: a4 (19); Thomas 1968: a3 (208), a4 (204), a5 (208), b1 b2 (228); Thomas 1969: a5 (249); Thomas 1997: b1 b2 (104), b1 b2 (71), b2 (102), b2 (134)
Bibliography
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