A 249
| Known as: | A 249; THT 882 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn; Hannes A. Fellner; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 249". 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-a249 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn; Hannes A. Fellner; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 66.2 |
| 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: | M25 |
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 | [n]ā sa¯ ¯m : ne ñcpe nu koṃ ma¯ ¯ñä ñä kcyā¯ ¯ñä swā ñce nā¯ ¯ñä wā wlu nu sa¯ ¯s ā rki śo ṣi ā kntsu ne yo ptu kko rka¯ ¯m : tñi |
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| a2 | – pśi ñño nu tri wä ltseṃ lya lyku knā nmu ne yo pu¯ ¯k trai dhā tu¯ ¯k wi nā sa mcu lka śnāṃ tsu¯ ¯nt 20 |
| a3 | – – – – – ne knā nmu ne mā na ṣmā sa mka rsnā¯ ¯s̝ kā rya ppa rko ṣu¯ ¯rm o ka yaṃ |
| a4 | – – – – – – – – – ñä kta¯ ¯s na peṃ śśi pā ka rypa¯ ¯nt na¯ ¯s̝t wi nā sa mci pa rko nāṃ tsu¯ ¯nt wra sa |
| b1 | – – – – – – – – [k]·[o] tka syo tñi ka so¯ ¯nt ta myo pū¯ ¯k ka rsnā lwra¯ ¯m knā nmu ne yo lya lyku [c]i : |
| b2 | – – – – – lu kśo ne ypa¯ ¯nt na¯ ¯s̝t wi nā sa mci ā rki śo ṣṣa¯ ¯s kra¯ ¯nt knāṃ mu ne |
| b3 | – su¯ ¯nt cū 20 9 bra mñä ktä ṣṣa ci ñä kta ñwra si śśi ka ṣṣi ñpu kśkaṃ śai kṣya śai kṣi pa ñcā bhi |
| b4 | jñ· ñri ṣa ki : ce smi śkaṃ puki stu ka ṣṣi na¯ ¯s̝t nā ta¯ ¯k wi nā sa mci pu kka ṣṣi śśi ka ṣṣi wä [ṣp]ā ka ṣṣi[ṃ] |
Transcription
| 28b | a1nāsam : |
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| 28c | neñc penu koṃ mañ ; ñäkcyāñ swāñcenāñ ; wāwlu nu säs ; ārkiśoṣi ; ākntsuneyo ; ptukk orkäm : |
| 28d | tñi a2 (ka)pśiñño nu ; tri wältseṃ lyalyku ; knānmuneyo ; puk traidhātuk ; wināsam cu ; lkäś nāṃtsunt 20 a3 (8) |
| 29a | (wrasom) (nu) (ke)ne ; knānmune mā naṣ ; mā säm kärsnāṣ ; kāryap pärko ; ṣurm okayaṃ ; a4 – – – (:) |
| 29b | – – – – – ; ñäktas napeṃśśi ; pākär ypant naṣt ; wināsam-ci ; pärko nāṃtsunt ; wrasab1(śśi) (:) |
| 29c | – – – – – ; – k·otkasyo tñi ; käsont tämyo ; pūk kärsnāl wram ; knānmuneyo ; lyalyku ci : |
| 29d | b2 – – – – – ; lukśone ypant naṣt ; wināsam-ci ; ārkiśoṣṣ«a/i»s ; krant knāṃmune ; b3 (nāṃ)sunt cū 20-9 |
| 30a | bram ñäktäṣṣ aci ; ñäktañ wras«i/a»śśi ; käṣṣiñ puk śkaṃ ; śaikṣyaśaikṣi ; pañcābhib4jñ· ñ ; riṣaki : |
| 30b | cesmi śkaṃ pukis tu ; käṣṣi naṣt nātäk ; wināsam-ci ; puk käṣṣiśśi ; käṣṣi wäṣpā ; käṣṣiṃ |
Translation
| a1 | ... although there are sun, moon [and] divine rays, now this world, covered in ignorance, is only darkness. |
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| a1+ | And with your body and your wisdom you have illuminated the three thousand-fold traidhātuka completely, I venerate you being the light. |
| a3+ | A being who has no knowledge ... damage [and] advantage ... in cause and effect... |
| a4 | You make apparent... to gods and men... |
| a4+ | I honor you, who are the benefit of the beings. |
| b1 | ... known by you... ... therefore [is] every knowable thing illuminated by thee with knowledge ... |
| b2 | You make light... |
| b2+ | I honor you, you who is the good knowledge of the world. |
| b3+ | The gods starting from Brahman are the teachers of the beings, also the Riṣis... Śaikṣyaand Aśaikṣya(?)... |
| b4 | And you are the teacher of all of them, lord. I honor you certainly as the teacher, oh teacher of all teachers. |
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: 124; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 124
Translations
Adams 2012a: a1 a2 (28), b1 (28); Hackstein 1995: a1 a2 (125), b1 (125); TEB II: a1 (40); Meunier 2013: a4 (125, 131); Thomas 1952: b1 (27); Thomas 1957: a1 a2 (283), b1 (283); Thomas 1967c: b3 (178); Thomas 1969: a1 (245), b3 (237); Thomas 1969c: a1 (203)
Bibliography
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