A 264
| Known as: | A 264; THT 897 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 264". 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-a264 (accessed 13 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 91.05 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 20-25 (Hell chapters)? |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-β |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Transliteration
| a1 | pśi ññā pā ka rma skaṃ t«r»a«ṃ»¯ ¯m cā kkri to mā ri śa kti ñtri ś· – [bhi] ṇḍi pā lyī kā re ñpa [tt]· /// |
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| a2 | sā nā ri kā ṅka ñwa śi rṣṣā¯ ¯ñä : yuka¯ ¯ñä o ṅka lmā ñw· klā ṅklye pā kra kśkaṃ puki sma ska /// |
| a3 | klo śnā wto ra¯ ¯s̝ tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ hi¯ ¯śtä tā ·i ṣ[ca] mi wa rpi śke yi¯ ¯s kuca nne tsa lpo ra¯ ¯s̝ māṃ [nt]l· /// |
| a4 | kā[¯] [¯s] ā rplā saṃ rau rā p·o lā rña re yntwaṃ ta m[na] ssi ṣu¯ ¯rm nāṃ ts[u] || /// |
| a5 | /// wra so m – ñji psa ṅghā tk· /// |
| b4 | /// ta myo ā ṣāṃ [ta] mwa rp[i] ś[ke] w· /// |
| b5 | klyu ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ ñä kc[i] wä¯ ¯l wlāṃ ñka¯ ¯t kā tkmā· nāṃ tsu ñä k[c]i[ṃ] k[r]o pa śś· /// |
| b6 | [k]ra va rtt[i] wä¯ ¯l s̝pa tñe mi ntwa śśä¯ ¯l – ·ts· se wā sa śśä¯ ¯l o ka ttmāṃ śtwa rwä¯ ¯lts ka lyme /// |
| b7 | pu ro hi tā sa śśä¯ ¯l sne yä¯ ¯rm ā lyke sna peṃ sa śśä – ye tu ñcä syu ka¯ ¯s o ṅka lm[ā] /// |
| b8 | [c]yä¯ ¯s̝ || u tta re naṃ || s̝pa¯ ¯t wsā ṣi na sṣu la sā ñä – – ṅkiṃ tsa knā ntraṃ : śtwa rpā śrā /// |
Transcription
| * | (ka)¬ |
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| a1 | pśiññā pākär mäskaṃträ{†ṃ}m cākkri tomāri śaktiñ triś· – bhiṇḍipālyī kāreñ patt· /// |
| a2 | sānārikāṅkañ waśirṣṣāñ : yukañ oṅkälmāñ w(u) klāṅklye pākr-äk śkaṃ pukis mäska(nträ) /// |
| a3 | klośnā wtoräṣ träṅkäṣ hiśt tā(k)iṣ cami warpiśkeyis kucan ne tsälporäṣ māṃntl· /// |
| a4 | n1 kās ār{p→ṣ}lāsaṃ raurāp (ṣ)olār ñareyntwaṃ tämnässi ṣurm nāṃtsu ॥ /// |
| a5 | /// wrasom (sa)ñjip saṅghāt k· /// |
| b4 | /// tämyo āṣāṃ täm warpiśke w· /// (ka)¬ |
| b5 | klyuṣuräṣ ñäkci wäl wlāṃñkät kātkmā(ṃ) nāṃtsu ñäkciṃ kropaśś(äl) /// (ca)¬ |
| b6 | kravartti wäl ṣpät ñemintwaśśäl (wäl)ts sewāsaśśäl okät-tmāṃ śtwar-wälts kälyme /// |
| b7 | purohitāsaśśäl sne yärm ālykes napeṃsaśśä(l) yetuñcäs yukas oṅkälmā(s) /// |
| b8 | c yäṣ ॥ uttarenaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | ṣpät wsāṣinäs ; ṣulasā ; ñä – – ṅkiṃ ; tsäknāntr-äṃ : |
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| 1b | śtwar pāśrā /// 11σ |
Translation
| a1 | ... become visible on the body for them: Discs, javelins, spears, tridents, arrows, swords, banners... |
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| a2 | ... rivers consisting of diamonds (?), horses, elephants [and] two kinds of riding [animals] are visible for everybody... |
| a3 | ... putting (his mouth towards?) the ears, he speaks: Fie be upon the garden having entered in which malice... |
| a4 | ... being a cause to be reborn in the hells down to the Raurava hell among the serpents... |
| a4+ | ... the being... the Sañjīva and Saṅghāta hells... |
| b4 | ... thus, the worthy... the garden... |
| b4+ | ... having heard (that), the divine king Indra, having become glad, together with the divine host... |
| b5+ | The Cakravartin-king, with seven jewels, a thousand sons, eighty four thousand... directions (?)... together with Purohitas and with numberless other people, adorned horses and elephants, ... goes... |
| b8 | In the Uttarena-tune: Through eight golden mountains, they pull... Four terraces... |
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). Lines a6-8 and b1-3 are lost. |
Philological commentary
| The fragment is not classified, but it is part of the Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka, most likely of the Hell chapters (20-25) (cf. Pinault 1999: 205). | |
| n1 | The reading ārplāsaṃ is a scribal error for ārṣlāsaṃ. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 137-138; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 137, p. 138
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (219, 223), a3 (202), a4 (333), b8 (100, 127); Knoll 1996: b4 (46); Kölver 1965: a1 (37); Thomas 1952: a2 (50)
Bibliography
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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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