A 239
| Known as: | A 239; THT 872 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 239". 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-a239 (accessed 25 Mar. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 95.11 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | MAV-β |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
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 | śā ta mwa¯ ¯nt swa se : mā ce smi śkaṃ ṣtā¯ ¯m kwre yu¯ ¯nt pra ṣtā [p]kaṃ ṣā¯ ¯nt mā kaṃ /// |
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| a2 | ṣtā¯ ¯m spa rksā mpa ltsa¯ ¯k tmā ksä rki a rnaṃ ma ska¯ ¯r u mpa rñe : kle śā ññä kka /// |
| a3 | s̝a mro skulu ne yo sā kro ne : 100 5 sne ka¯ ¯ś ske ypā pa ttāṃ ñka¯ ¯t ce [sa] /// |
| a4 | o [nt]aṃ mro saṃ śā¯ ¯nt ca mi¯ ¯k śpā lmeṃ śā kye ṣiṃ ri ṣa kyā pṣe¯ ¯s̝ na n·e [ño]¯ ¯m /// |
| a5 | tso – – – – l[ta] kyo tskā¯ ¯t ca mwa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ pa ttāṃ ñka¯ ¯t kule yaṃ pa l·· /// |
| a6 | ntu ṣw· [ta] – – – – – – – – – re yaṃ k· pre o /// |
| lf | 100 8 |
| b1 | ma me nā[¯] [¯k] – – – – – – – – – ·ṣū n· : ly·¯ ¯m plya [s]k· /// |
| b2 | l[tsa] – – – : 100 8 ma rka mpa lṣiṃ la cwä kna¯ ¯s̝ skā yśkaṃ ko ssi pa tt·· ka /// |
| b3 | yaṃ : go gā li¯ ¯k ño¯ ¯m ṣe¯ ¯s̝ ca mi¯ ¯k wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ la lntu ā ka ls̝a¯ ¯l /// |
| b4 | 100 9 mau dga lyā yaṃ nā pe śkaṃ pra¯ ¯m ñka¯ ¯t ma tta¯ ¯k ā lsā taṃ : ka [ṣ]·i /// |
| b5 | sa mnä rka ssi a ntu¯ ¯s̝ nwā¯ ¯t klā ma hā pa dū¯ ¯m : ā re sā syo pa ñka¯ ¯t [ṣ]i /// |
| b6 | ma lywā yo naṃ pa ttāṃ ñkte : kto ra¯ ¯s̝ cra ṅka¯ ¯s kucä¯ ¯s̝ ca ṣi bu ddhi śpa raṃ kā s·o /// |
Transcription
| lf | 100-8 |
| 104c | a1 śātäm ; want swase : |
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| 104d | mā cesmi śkaṃ ; ṣtām-kwreyunt ; praṣtā pkäṃṣānt ; mā käṃ(ṣānt) |
| 105a | /// 13σ a2 ṣtām {:} |
| 105b | spärksā-m pältsäk ; tmā-k särki ; arnaṃ mäskär ; umparñe : |
| 105c | kleśāññäk kä /// ; 10σ |
| 105d | 7σ a3 ṣ{†ä} ; mroskuluneyo ; sākrone : 100-5 |
| 106a | sne kaś ske ypā ; pättāṃñkät ; cesä /// 5σ |
| 106b | 9σ a4 ontaṃ ; mrosäṃśānt {:} |
| 106c | cami-k śpālmeṃ ; śākyeṣiṃ ; riṣakyāp ṣeṣ ; nan(d)e ñom |
| 106d | /// 14σ |
| 107a | a5 tso – – – ; (spa)ltäkyo ; tskāt cam waṣtäṣ ; pättāṃñkät {:} |
| 107b | kuleyaṃ päl·· /// 11σ |
| a6 | ntuṣ w· tä – – – – – – – – (ña)reyaṃ k(u)pre o(ntaṃ) /// |
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| b1 | m{†ä} menāk – – – – – – – – – ·ṣūn· : |
| 108c | ly(ä)m plyask· /// 12σ |
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| 108d | 10σ b2ltsä ; – – – : 100-8 |
| 109a | märkampalṣiṃ ; läc wäknäṣ ; skāy śkaṃ kossi ; pätt(āṃñ)kä /// |
| 109b | 11σ (nare)b3yaṃ : |
| 109c | gogālik ñom ; ṣeṣ cami-k ; waṣtäṣ lalntu ; ākälṣäl |
| 109d | /// 14σ b4100-9 |
| 110a | maudgalyāyaṃ;nā pe śkaṃ ; pram ñkät mättak ; ālsāt-äṃ : |
| 110b | käṣ(ṣ)i /// 12σ |
| 110c | 3σ b5 säm ; närkässi ; antuṣ nwāt klā ; mahāpadūm : |
| 110d | āresāsyo ; pä{ttāṃ}ñkät ; ṣi /// 6σ |
| 111a | 7σ b6 ; malywā yonaṃ ; pättāṃñkte : |
| 111b | ktoräṣ craṅkäs ; kucäṣ caṣi ; buddhiśparäṃ ; kās(w)o(ne) /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... wind and rain. and for them the canes did not ripen at the [right] time they were not brought about. |
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| a1+ | ... tree... |
| a2 | They lost their minds. Thereafter, they became bad in appearance. The Kleśas... |
| a3 | ... blissfulness through aversion... The Buddha would make effort without number... them... |
| a4 | ... they would feel aversion... This excellent sage of the Śākyas had (a brother) named Nanda. |
| a5 | ... with the Buddha pulled him out of his home. ... woman... |
| a6 | (after)wards (he) l(e)d... in hell... if... |
| b1 | ... similar... ... meditated... |
| b2 | He strayed from the lawful way and attempted to kill the Buddha... |
| b2+ | ... in hell.. |
| b3 | He had a student named Gogālik, a wandering monk. |
| b4 | ... the god Brahman himself kept him away from (?) Maudgalyāyana... The teacher... |
| b5 | ... he then intended to keep away... He fell into the Mahāpadma-hell. The Buddha... by plowmen... |
| b6 | ... was crushing in the footprint of the Buddha... Having sowed... he said: Why... his Buddhahood... virtue... |
Other
| a1 | Und nicht wurden ihnen die Baumfrüchte zur [rechten] Zeit reif [und] kamen nicht zustande. (Schmidt 1974: 129, 135) |
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| a3+ | Zahllos machte der Buddha Anstrengung, die[se] Wesen zur Entsagung zu bringen, in langer Zeit (in) [jedem] einzelnen (Augenblick). [Aber] sie entsagten eben (nicht). (Schmidt 1974: 161-2) |
| a5 | Mit großer Mühe [und] Anstrengung zog ihn der Buddha aus dem Hause. [Da] er [sein] Denken an eine Frau gehängt [hatte], duldete er [es nämlich] nicht, zu entsagen. (Schmidt 1974: 470) |
| a6 | Alsdann führte er [scil. der Buddha] (ihn zu den Göttern). [Aber erst] als er ihn von da in die Hölle führte, entsagte er. (Schmidt 1974: 386) |
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
| A 222 |
References
Online access
Miscellaneous
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 120; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 120
Translations
Hackstein 1995: a1 (88f), a5 (141), b4 (214); Schmidt 1974: a1 (129), a1 (135), a1 (129, 135), a3 a4 (161f), a3 a4 (161-2), a5 (470), a6 (386), b1 (404 n.6), b4 (500 n.5), b5 (500 n.7); Thomas 1954: b2 (719); Thomas 1957: a3 a4 (14, 62), a4 (34), a4 a5 a6 (104), a6 (14, 234), b1 (205), b1 b2 b3 (104), b3 (34), b4 b5 (105 and n.2); Thomas 1969: b4 (237); Thomas 1972: a5 (461); Thomas 1993: a5 (209)
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