A 232
| Known as: | A 232; THT 865 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 232". 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-a232 (accessed 20 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 86.1 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | MAV-α |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | ryā ri : ta mṣu rma ṣi a rsa nta¯ ¯r pa ltsa¯ ¯k bu ddhi śpa rna¯ ¯cä ce¯ ¯m 50 7 ā lye knu saṃ lke śā we¯ ¯s bo dhi sa tvā¯ ¯s mā¯ ¯k wä knā : bu ddhi śpa /// |
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| a2 | tsa raṃ la¯ ¯p e smāṃ e¯ ¯l ku ppre ne : ta myo pa ltsa¯ ¯k ka rña nta¯ ¯r wa spe nuṃ tma¯ ¯k yā mi ma¯ ¯s : 50 8 pa ttā ñä kte e se¯ ¯ñcä e /// |
| a3 | /// ru sa – [l]· – ·ä· ·ā ts[t]so¯ ¯k ma ska ta¯ ¯r : ṣa ka tse kka¯ ¯ts sa mpa ltsa /// |
| a4 | /// ñi : tā m – pśa ñi ka lpnā tsi /// |
| a5 | /// |
| a6 | /// |
| a7 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// |
| b3 | /// |
| b4 | /// pa [l]tsa ka kra ñcä¯ ¯n nā ka s̝ta¯ ¯r /// |
| b5 | /// t· – [r]· – – – – ·ka¯ ¯s̝ ā kā la a pa rka rpe ri to¯ ¯nt ca¯ ¯m : 60 6 /// |
| b6 | cca mo ñcä ska tu s̝ta¯ ¯r mā ca [r]p· ca rka ṣṣi spa¯ ¯t : ta rśo nā syo kulyā mpe nu ka lpaṃ prā ka¯ ¯r tra ṅka s̝ta¯ ¯r : bu ddhi śpa rṣi ā kā¯ ¯l /// |
| b7 | nta mā ka rsnā ṣku sne wra so¯ ¯m : mnu pa ltska ṣṣā ta rska ma¯ ¯t pra ti ma ntu ko tnaṃ śkaṃ : wā wlu ne¯ ¯s̝ cmo lwā ṣi nā¯ ¯s la lypu ntu yo o /// |
Transcription
| 57c | a1ryāri : |
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| 57d | täm ṣurmaṣi ; arsantär ; pältsäk buddhiś;parnac cem 50-7 |
| 58a | ālyek nu saṃn1 ; lke śāwes ; bodhisatvās ; māk wäknā : |
| 58b | buddhiśpa /// 11σ |
| 58c | 5σ a2 tsaräṃ ; lap esmāṃ el ; kuppre ne : |
| 58d | tämyo pältsäkk ; arñantar ; was pe nuṃ tm-äk ; yāmimäs : 50-8 |
| 59a | pättāñäkte ; eseñc e(l) ; /// 7σ |
| 59b | 3σ a3/// ru ; sä – l· ; – ·ä·· ātstsok ; mäskatär : |
| 59c | ṣak atsekk ats ; säm pältsä(k) ; /// 7σ |
| a4 | /// ñi : |
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| 60x | tām (ka)pśañi ; kälpnātsi ; /// 7σ |
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| a5 | /// |
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| a6 | /// |
| a7 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// |
| b3 | /// |
| b4 | /// pältsäk{†ä} krañcän nākäṣtär /// |
| b5 | /// t· – r· – |
| 66d | – – – ·käṣ ; ākālä ; apärkär pe ; ritont cam : 60-6 |
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| 67a | /// 14σ |
| 67b | (pru)b6ccamoñcäs ; katuṣtär ; mācar p(ā)car ; käṣṣis pat : |
| 67c | tarśonāsyo ; kuly āmpe nu ; kälpaṃ prākär ; träṅkäṣtär : |
| 67d | buddhiśparṣi ; ākāl /// 8σ |
| 68a | 7σ b7 nt{†ä} ; mā kärsnāṣ kus ; ne wrasom : |
| 68b | mnu pältskaṣ ṣā;tar skamat ; pratimäntu ; kotnaṃ= śkaṃ : |
| 68c | wāwlu neṣ cmol;wāṣinās ; lalypuntuyo ; o /// 2σ |
Translation
| a1 | For that reason, they roused their mind toward buddhahood. Others see great Bodhisattvas in many ways. |
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| a2 | If... donate... the head and both hands (?), they will thus rouse their mind. May we too do this now! They donate to the Buddha... |
| a3 | Certainly, the thought... |
| a4 | To obtain the body... |
| b4 | ... reproaches the good mind... |
| b5 | ... the wish cherished for a long time... |
| b5+ | the beneficial ones he causes to be ashamed by tricks: mother, father, or the teachers ... |
| b6 | He adheres firmly to profit through the deceits of both women (?). the wish for Buddha-rank /// |
| b7 | Whichever being doesn't know..., it always breaks its decisions, soft with respect to his mind and sense. Covered by the deeds of earlier births... |
Other
| a1 | Deswegen rufen sie bei sich den Gedanken an die Buddhaschaft hervor. (Schmidt 1974: 334) |
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| b6 | ... hängt fest am Gewinn. (Schmidt 1974: 107) |
| b6 | Die Vorzüglich[st]en täuscht er mit Betrügereien, Mutter, Vater oder die Lehrer. (Schmidt 1974: 440) |
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. | |
| Lines a5-7 and b1-3 are lost. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | It is unclear what saṃis doing here. If it is indeed the demonstrative pronoun, it could possibly be compared to certain uses of sa in the vedic Brāhmaṇas, in which the masculine singular is used even though we would expect a different form: sa yadi sthāvarā āpo bhavanti - tāḥ(Śat. Br. 13, 8, 4, 6., quoted in Böhtlingk's dictionary s.v. sa-). |
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References
Miscellaneous
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 116-117; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 116, p. 117
Translations
Hackstein 1995: a1 (47); Schmidt 1974: a1 (334), b6 (107, 440), b6 (107), b6 (440); Thomas 1967c: b7 (176); Thomas 1986: a2 (134); Thomas 1995: a1 (65)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Personal annotated copy of Wilhelm Siegling. Scanned by Douglas Q. Adams with the technical assistance of Michael Tarabulski and Kevin Dobbins. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Thomas, Werner. 1967c. “Zu wortverbindendem toch. A śkaṃ/ B ṣpä.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung 81: 161–80.
Thomas, Werner. 1986. “Zur Stellung von toch. A nuṃ, B nano ‘wieder’ innerhalb des Satzes.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung 99: 117–46.
Thomas, Werner. 1995. Zur tocharischen Syntax. Adverbiales A māk, B māka “viel”. Vol. 2. SbWGF, XXXIII. Stuttgart: Steiner.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
