A 246
| Known as: | A 246; THT 879 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 246". 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-a246 (accessed 04 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 101.11 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Buddhastotras: Mātṛceṭa's Varṇāhavarṇa |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | 554443 (4x) |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
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 | /// ¯k nā – [n]· ṣṣ· syā tlu ne yntu yo ṣo kyo – – – kā su wra¯ ¯m tñi mā na¯ ¯s̝ ku |
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| a2 | /// ta rko tñi ku [śa] lwra maṃ [ñā]¯ ¯s wi – sa mcu – – tu ṅkyo kā swo ne ṣi sā mu ddra 10 5 |
| a3 | /// wle sa¯ ¯nt ā – – [sa]¯ ¯nt yā ta ssi na¯ ¯s̝t lyu tā rme ma¯ ¯s̝ spa ltka sū : kra¯ ¯nt ma |
| a4 | /// ma tta¯ ¯k si ·ä¯ ¯s̝t [ā] lyke[¯] [¯s] wi nā sa mcu kra¯ ¯nt ka ṣṣiṃ : ca clu¯ ¯nt kā re yo ko s̝a ntāṃ |
| b1 | /// [tā] – mo – – – ra¯ ¯s̝ : śtwa r··[e] – ṣi naṃ tso pa tsaṃ ne wā ka tko¯ ¯nt cu na ṣpu tti śpa rṣiṃ ka rṇā |
| b2 | /// pu¯ ¯k kle śā ṣi näṃ wra ske wa wi ku ·sa knā¯ ¯t pa rrā skeṃ pla kṣi na¯ ¯s vai ne ṣiṃ śśi |
| b3 | /// ¯nt a nā sra¯ ¯p knāṃ mu ne e [ntsu] – wi nā – m·ä¯ ¯s̝ pukaṃ śpā lmeṃ cū ā rki śo ṣṣi |
| b4 | /// mpa rytā rwi ka¯ ¯s̝t ·lā tā rwra sa¯ ¯s ka ksu[¯] [¯nt] – – ṣi naṃ ka lyme yaṃ : re twe ysa lu |
Transcription
| 15c | a11σ /// k nā – 1σ n· 1σ ṣṣ· 1σ s ; yātluneyntuyo ; ṣokyo – – – 2σ ; kāsu wram tñi ; mā naṣ ku a2 4σ |
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| 15d | 2σ /// tärko tñi ; kuśal wramaṃ ñās ; wi(nā)sam cu ; – – tuṅkyo ; kāswoneṣi ; sāmuddrä 10-5 |
| 16a | a3 8σ /// wlesant ; ā – – sant ; yātässi naṣt ; lyutār memaṣ ; spaltkasū : |
| 16b | krant mä a4 10σ /// mättak ; si(n)äṣt ālykes ; wināsam cu ; krant käṣṣiṃ : |
| 16c | caclunt kāreyo ; koṣäntāṃ b1 10σ /// ; tā – mo – ; – – räṣ : |
| 16d | śtwar ··e – ṣinäṃ ; tsopatsäṃ newā ; kätkont cu näṣ ; puttiśparṣiṃ ; karṇā b2 5σ /// |
| 17a | puk kleśāṣinäṃ ; wraske wawiku ; (t)säknāt pärrās ; keṃ pläkṣinäs ; vaineṣiṃśśi b3 3σ |
| 17b | 2σ /// nt anāsrap ; knāṃmune entsu – 0σ ; winā(sa)m (n)äṣ ; pukaṃ śpālmeṃ cū ; ārkiśoṣṣi ; b4 3σ |
| 17c | 7σ /// (u)mpar ytār ; wikäṣt (k)lātār ; wrasas kaksunt ; (lame)ṣinäṃ ; kälymeyaṃ : |
| 17d | retwe ysalu |
Translation
| a1 | ... abilities... very... |
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| a1+ | ... what good thing do you not have?s |
| a2 | ... you have let go of desire for a good thing. I honor you with love, you ocean of virtue. |
| a3 | ... deeds... you are eager beyond measure to tame... |
| a3+ | ... you yourself satiate others... |
| a4 | I honor you, the good teacher. |
| b1 | ... the one killing with raised sword... |
| b1+ | ... I honor you, you having crossed the great stream of... four..., the... of Buddha-rank... |
| b2+ | Having made disappear every Kleśa-illness, you pull out the arrows that are wrong views... of those worthy to be converted. |
| b3 | ... having seized knowledge free from evil ... |
| b3+ | I honor you, the best of all... the world. |
| b4 | ... you make the evil way disappear. You will lead the beings into the direction of the extinguished place. ... attachment... fully... |
Other
| b4 | ... den schlechtesten Weg vermeidest du, [wenn] du die Wesen in die Richtung (des) erloschenen (Ortes) führst. (Schmidt 1974: 390) |
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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: 123; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 123
Translations
Carling 2000: b4 (108); Hackstein 1995: a2 (141), a4 (296f), b4 (134, 314); Schmidt 1974: b4 (390); Thomas 1954: a3 (738); Thomas 1957: a2 (283), b2 (280); Thomas 1958a: a3 (164), b3 (152); Thomas 1970: b2 (259), b3 (266); Thomas 1983: b4 (32); Thomas 1997: a4 (76)
Bibliography
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