A 244
| Known as: | A 244; THT 877 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 244". 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-a244 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 90.2 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | M25 |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
Transliteration
| a1 | – – – – – – – ñcä śśi : klyo mna¯ ¯s̝t ta myo cwa¯ ¯·ä – – – [ts]· yi¯ ¯ñcä ā rṣu ṣñi wle¯ ¯s ā rki śo ṣṣi¯ |
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| a2 | – – – – – – sa¯ ¯m 10-1 mā ya laṃ wra [ma¯] [¯s̝] na ·ā ṣlu ne yntu ṣā ma ñiṃ śkaṃ wkaṃ kra¯ ¯nt ā ṣtraṃ yso |
| a3 | – – – – [a] [ra]¯ ¯s̝ : ma ṅka¯ ¯l yā mu tñi pa [lska] ṣi ñe mi lā le ku pu¯ ¯k o ma sku ne |
| a4 | – – – mcu yä rṣa ntāṃ : pu¯ ¯k ma rka mpa ltwā po ñcäṃ pa lskā ś·· – – [¯s̝t] ·p· lu¯ ¯nt kā kma rtu ne lyu tā rtā |
| b1 | – – pu kwra sa¯ ¯s : śtwa rā tsāṃ wa rtsyaṃ śi śkiṃ na weṃ nu¯ ¯s̝t – – – k··¯ ¯s̝t wi nā sa mnä¯ ¯s̝ o ñi cmo lṣiṃ |
| b2 | – – – – 2 k·a¯ ¯nt ra ke ṣi naṃ tso pa tsaṃ yo nyo kn· mu ne [ṣi] ka pśi ññi¯ ¯s ṣñi śä rsa¯ ¯s̝t ṣo |
| b3 | – – – – – – rkra¯ ¯nt ma rka mpa¯ ¯l swā – [p]t· – r· kā¯ ¯s̝t c[ā] saṃ pa ltska¯ ¯s̝ wi nā sa mcu pu |
| b4 | – – – – – – – ma rka mpa lṣi nāṃ tso ptsā msa ryāṃ – – – – – lyāṃ cwä¯ ¯s̝ ā lya knā tla ssi tā mtu ca |
Transcription
| 11c | a1– – – – – – – ñcäśśi : |
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| 11d | klyom naṣt tämyo cwa(c) ; – – – ts· yiñc ; ārṣu ṣñi wles ; ārkiśoṣṣi… a2 – 0σ ; – – – 4σ ; – – sam 10-1 |
| 12a | mā yaläṃ wramäṣ ; nä(rk)āṣluneyntu ; ṣāmañiṃ śkaṃ ; wkäṃ krant āṣträṃ ; yso a3 – – – ; – aräṣ : |
| 12b | maṅkal yāmu tñi ; pälskaṣi ñemi ; lāleku puk ; omäskune ; a4 (wināsa)m cu ; yärṣantāṃ : |
| 12c | puk märkampaltwā ; poñcäṃ pälskā ś·· ; – – 2σ ṣt (ś)p(ā)lunt ; kākmärtune ; lyutār tā b1 – – 1σ ; puk wrasas : |
| 12d | śtwarātsāṃ wartsyaṃ ; śiśkiṃ naweṃ nuṣt ; – – – 3σ k· 1σ ·ṣt ; wināsam näṣ ; oñi cmolṣiṃ b2 ; – – – (10-)2 |
| 13a | k(r)ant rakeṣinäṃ ; tsopatsäṃ yonyo ; kn(āṃ)muneṣi ; kapśiññis ṣñi ; śärsäṣt ṣob3(kyo) ; (ciñcrone) (:) |
| 13b | – r krant märkampal ; swā – 1σ pt· 1σ (mä)r(t)kāṣt ; cāsaṃ n1 pältskäṣ ; wināsam cu ; pu b4 – – – ; – – – (:) |
| märkampalṣināṃ tsoptsām säryāṃ – – – – – lyāṃ cwäṣ ālyaknā tlässi tām tu ca |
Translation
| a1 | You are noble. Thus, (beings?) go to you. |
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| a1+ | Having given up the own task... |
| a2+ | He completely evokes... abstentions from deeds that should not be done and the good, pure manner of the monk. |
| a3 | A blessing has been done by you. The jewel that is your mind has washed away all evil. |
| a4 | I honor you, the purger. |
| a4+ | ... you have established superior dominion over all laws [and] over all thought ... all beings. |
| b1 | You roar the lion's roar in the fourfold assembly. |
| b1+ | I honor... of human birth... |
| b2+ | You make known the exceeding loveliness of the body that is your knowledge through the great track of your good word. |
| b3 | ... good law... you shaved... from the mind cāsaṃ. |
| b3+ | I honor you, all... |
| b4 | You (can?) bear the great seed of the law, (unbearable?) by anyoneone other than you. |
Commentary
Remarks
| Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009. | |
| 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). |
Philological commentary
| For the correspondence with Skt. see Schmidt 1987: | |
| n1 | cāsaṃprobably has to be read as vāsaṃ "false notion", i.e. "you have shaved false notion from the mind". |
References
Online access
Miscellaneous
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 122; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 122
Translations
Hackstein 1995: a3 (122), a4 (317); TEB II: b4 (39); Peyrot 2012a: b2 (202); Thomas 1952: b4 (30); Thomas 1957: a2 a3 a4 (280); Thomas 1967c: a2 a3 (174); Thomas 1976: a4 (229); Thomas 1997: a4 (141)
Bibliography
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