A 245
| Known as: | A 245; THT 878 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 245". 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-a245 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 98.5 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Buddhastotras: Mātrceta s Varṇāhavarṇa |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [lpa] ntāṃ wi nā sa mcu ·ā ra – – – ·k· |
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| a2 | /// [e] rkā¯ ¯t ka – sa lu l· – – – |
| a3 | /// [p]· [tti] śpa r[ṣ]i – jā nai 10 3 a śu¯ ¯p wra |
| a4 | /// ṣ [:] l[y]ā¯ ¯k a s[a]¯ ¯m kā rme yme |
| b1 | /// [n]e – ¯s y[s]o [m]o ṣā ñä ntwaṃ o pa śśi |
| b2 | /// [ā] lu kā swaṃ na¯ ¯s̝t sne |
| b3 | /// sa lpe – so[¯] [¯m] ·ñi – s[n]· – [m]··[ṃ] |
| b4 | /// ne rvā na¯ ¯cä ytā rna¯ ¯s̝t [wi] [nā] sa m[c]· |
Transcription
| a1 | /// lpantāṃ wināsam cu ·āra – – – ·k· |
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| a2 | /// erkāt ka – salu l· – – – |
| a3 | /// p(u)ttiśparṣi (ā)jānai 10-3 aśup wra- |
| a4 | -(m) /// ṣ : lyāk asam kārme yme |
| b1 | /// ne – s ysomo ṣāñäntwaṃ opäśśi |
| b2 | /// ālu kāswaṃ naṣt sne |
| b3 | /// sälpe (wra)som ·ñi – sn· – m··ṃ |
| b4 | /// nervānac ytār naṣt wināsam c· |
Translation
| a4 | /// the smooth, unequalled, true way |
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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. |
Parallel texts
| Mātṛceṭa's Varṇāhavarṇa II. |
Philological commentary
| For the correspondence with Skt. see Schmidt 1987: |
References
Miscellaneous
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 122; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 122
Bibliography
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.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1987. “Zu einer metrischen Übersetzung von Mātṛceṭas Buddhastotra Varṇārhavarṇa in tocharischer Sprache.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 1: 152–68.
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.
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