A 252
| Known as: | A 252; THT 885 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 252". 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-a252 (accessed 03 Dec. 2023). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Šorčuq |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 92.41 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | M18 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-β’ |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | pra tha ma ma lto /// |
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| b1 | si ddha¯ ¯m ra ti su paṃ || mai tra ṣi nāṃ swā ñce nyo kā ruṃ ṣi naṃ e /// |
| b2 | naṃ tsa rślu ne wi kṣa¯ ¯nt kaṃ ṣa¯ ¯nt suka ṣi nā¯ ¯s ā kā la ntu : vai ne [ṣ]i /// |
| b3 | bhi dha rmaṃ ptā ñkte we wñu¯ ¯nt : yo mnā lu ne s̝a ññu ma¯ ¯nt o kta tsāṃ ytā /// |
| b4 | syo : yma tu¯ ¯nt mi ṣi sne lyu tā rwi nā sa mnä¯ ¯s̝ ślā /// |
| b5 | ¯t : se lā ntu ne a bhi ṣe kka lpā¯ ¯t ptā ñktä¯ ¯s̝ lmo tu ṣī /// |
| b6 | ¯cä śpā lyo ā ṣā ni kāṃ me tra kaṃ ptā ñka tna slaṃ : 3 ku lma s[s]o r·e¯ – ṣo kyā kā /// |
| b7 | pṣlya śśä¯ ¯l ṣya kku mnä ssi : ṣo kyo kā lna¯ ¯m ā rśi śśi kā su /// |
| b8 | kā¯ ¯l śrā ddhe śśi mā ti ri na s̝ma ntā tsi ka rsā ma ntā¯ ¯p : ta myo ·e |
Transcription
| a1 | prathama malto /// |
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| b1 | siddham ratisupaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | maiträṣināṃ ; swāñcenyo ; kāruṃṣinäṃ ; e /// 6σ |
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| 1b | 18σ |
| 1c | 3σ b2näṃ ; tsärślune ; wikṣant käṃṣant ; sukaṣinās ; ākāläntu : |
| 1d | vaineṣi /// 15σ |
| 2a | 11σ b3; bhidharmaṃ ; ptāñkte wewñunt : |
| 2b | yomnālune ; ṣäññumänt ; oktatsāṃ ytā(r) ; (wināsam) ; /// 4σ |
| 2c | 17σ b4syo : |
| 2d | ymatunt miṣi ; sne lyutār ; wināsam näṣ ; ślā /// 6σ |
| 3a | 18σ b5t : |
| 3b | se lāntune ; abhiṣek ; kälpāt ptāñktäṣ ; lmo tuṣī ; /// 4σ |
| 3c | 18σ |
| 3d | 5σ b6c śpālyo ; āṣānikāṃ ; metrakäṃ ; ptāñkät nasläṃ : 3 |
| 4a | kulmäss or(ś)e(s) 0σ ; ṣoky= ākā /// ; 11σ |
| 4b | 11σ b7; 1σ pṣlyaśśäl ; ṣyak kumnässi : |
| 4c | ṣoky= {o/ā}kāl näm ; ārśiśśi ; kāsu /// 9σ |
| 4d | 18σ |
| 5a | 3σ b8kāl ; śrāddheśśi ; mā tiri naṣ ; mäntātsi ; kärsāmäntāp : |
| 5b | tämyo (w)e |
Translation
| b3 | ... (I worship) the eightfold path |
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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. | |
| Fragment of a manuscript which includes A 251 - A 294 (cf. Geng et al. 2004b: 64-5). |
Parallel texts
| A 251, A 306 |
References
Online access
Miscellaneous
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 127-128; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 127, p. 128
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Geng, Shimin, Jens Peter Laut, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2004b. “Neue Ergebnisse der Maitrisimit-Forschung (II): Struktur und Inhalt des 26. Kapitels.” Studies on the Inner Asian Languages 19: 29–94 + III.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921a. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. 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.”
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