A 263
| Known as: | A 263; THT 896 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 263". 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-a263 (accessed 13 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 94.07 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 3 and 4 |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-β |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | /// o ki kā tkeṃ yā· l· /// |
| a3 | /// ya śśä¯ ¯l re twe a ka[ṃ] /// |
| a4 | /// : lyä kne ṣiṃ tskā lṣo mpra ṣtaṃ /// |
| a5 | – – – śśi lā¯ ¯nt se tā kā lcā wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ l·ā saṃ sā ra /// |
| a6 | sra ri twu¯ ¯nt mai tre ya sa mi ti nā ṭkaṃ a ni ru ddha va dāṃ ño [mā] tri¯ ¯t ni [pā] /// |
| a7 | kro pa lmā ññe la me yaṃ ka kmu ā sā – l(·)o /// |
| a8 | [¯ñcä] tṣaṃ wa¯ ¯s ā ṣā ni¯ ¯k ·i /// |
| b1 | – ṣīṃ tsk«u»ā la ṣṣā la¯ ¯k św· /// |
| b2 | ptso¯ ¯k wa ka lpa rmā ñi pa¯ ¯s̝ • n[ā] /// |
| b3 | saṃ ā ṣā ni kpra ṣta cma lko śwā tsi nä¯ ¯m : ta myo tu pu rpā rma rwa[¯] [¯s] ā m[p]i /// |
| b4 | – – ne yā tma¯ ¯k ra ddhi yo e pre raṃ o rto ka [l]ka wkaṃ wä knā [pa] /// |
| b5 | /// n· ·ā pca ṣkā swo ne : ts̝a ṣlyu tā rśkā nä ṣyä rkya t[si] /// |
| b6 | /// || sa mnä ṣṣā i mnāṃ ñca mi ṣo mā[¯] [¯p] lyä /// |
| b7 | /// ¯k s̝pa tñe mi ntu y[o] /// |
| b8 | /// ni¯ ¯s o /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | /// oki kātkeṃ yā·l· /// |
| a3 | /// yaśśäl retwe akäṃ /// |
| a4 | /// : lyäk neṣiṃ tskāl ṣom praṣtaṃ /// |
| a5 | – – – śśi lānt se tākā lcā waṣtäṣ l(c)ā saṃsārä /// |
| a6 | s raritwunt maitreyasamiti nāṭkaṃ aniruddhavadāṃ ñomā trit nipā(t) (ār) /// |
| a7 | kropal māññe lameyaṃ kakmu āsā(na) l(m)o /// |
| a8 | ñc tṣaṃ was āṣānik ·i /// |
| b1 | – ṣīṃ tsk{†_}u{†ā}läṣṣ ālak św· /// |
| b2 | ptsok wakal parmā ñi paṣ • nā /// |
| b3 | säṃ āṣānik praṣtac mälko śwātsi n-äm : tämyo tu purpār mar was āmpi /// |
| b4 | – – neyā tm-äk räddhiyo epreraṃ orto kälk{†ä} wkäṃ wäknā pa /// |
| b5 | /// n··āp caṣ kāswone : tṣäṣ lyutār śkā näṣ yärk yatsi /// |
| b6 | /// ॥ säm näṣ ṣāimnāṃñ cami ṣomāp lyä /// |
| b7 | /// k ṣpät ñemintuyo /// |
| b8 | /// nis o /// |
Translation
| a2 | ... the ability of a householder |
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| a6 | ... in the Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka, the third section called Aniruddha-avadāna has come to an end |
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). | |
| Fragment of a manuscript which includes A 251 – A 294 (cf. Geng et al. 2004a: 64-65). |
Parallel texts
| MaitrHami 3, 14-15 and 4, 1; MaitrSiŋgim |
Philological commentary
| Sides should be swapped: a1 < > b1 | |
| This fragment contains the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka; Uy. parallels are MaitrHami 3, ca. 14a10-15a14 and 4, 1a1-ca. a12, and MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 92 and 99 (Tekin 1980: 221, 224-5). Lines a1-b(< a)6 contain the end of the third act (line b6 = colophon = MaitrHami 3, 15a13-a14); act IV begins in lines b7-8. See also Pinault 1999: 196-8. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 137; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 137
Translations
Carling 2000: a7 (87), b3 (291, 292); Kölver 1965: a6 (116); Thomas 1957: b3 (287)
Bibliography
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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. 2004a. “Neue Ergebnisse der Maitrisimit-Forschung (II): Struktur und Inhalt des 26. Kapitels.” Studies on the Inner Asian Languages 19: 29–94 + III. http://hdl.handle.net/11094/16566.
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Kölver, Bernhard. 1965. “Der Gebrauch der sekundären Kasus im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Frankfurt am Main.
Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1999. “Restitution du Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka en tokharien A: Bilan provisoire et recherches complémentaires sur l’acte XXVI.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 8: 189–240.
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