A 242
| Known as: | A 242; THT 875 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Angelo Mascheroni (translation). "A 242". 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-a242 (accessed 16 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Angelo Mascheroni (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 69.33 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | MAV-β |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ma rya sṣā mnā¯ ¯ñ taṃ taṃ /// |
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| a2 | /// tti śpa raṃ śpā lmeṃ ka [l]· /// |
| a3 | /// [nta]ṃ : śo lṣi kā /// |
| a4 | /// ¯s̝t kra¯ ¯ñc na /// |
| a5 | /// ·ā¯ ¯ñ sne pa /// |
| a6 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// [p]ra [ṣ]t· śo la /// |
| b3 | /// ku sce smi ā /// |
| b4 | /// m· pe ka lytsi tsrū /// |
| b5 | /// [80] 8 ā tsa¯ ¯ts skwä /// |
| b6 | /// śśi ā su kka tkā lū ne /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// mar yas ṣāmnāñ taṃ taṃ /// |
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| a2 | /// (pu)ttiśparäṃ śpālmeṃ käl· /// |
| a3 | /// ntaṃ : śolṣi kā /// |
| a4 | /// ṣt krañc na /// |
| a5 | /// ·āñ sne pä /// |
| a6 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// praṣt· śola(śśäl)n1 /// |
| b3 | /// kus cesmi ā /// |
| b4 | /// m· pe kälytsi tsrū /// |
| b5 | /// 80-8n2 ātsäts skwä /// |
| b6 | /// śśi āsuk kätkālūne /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... "Oh monks, do not ... this ..." ... |
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| a2 | ... (obtain?) the excellent rank of Buddha ... |
| a3 | ... of life .... |
| a4 | ... good ... |
| a5 | ... without ... |
| a6 | ... |
| b1 | ... |
| b2 | ... with a life-time ... |
| b3 | ... "Who among them ...?" ... |
| b4 | ... and ... to stand a little (time?)... |
| b5 | ... 88 dense (?) ... |
| b6 | ... (they) move past ... |
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. |
Philological commentary
| Restoration proposed by Carling and Pinault 2023: 475, s.v. . | |
Restoration deemed uncertain already by Sieg and Siegling 1921: 121, who also propose 98. Considering e.g. A 347 a4, maybe 78? |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 121; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 121
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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.
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.
