A 272
| Known as: | A 272; THT 905 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 272". 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-a272 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 99.4 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka? |
| Passage: | Act 15? |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | M14 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-β |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
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
| a3 | /// kmu¯ ¯nt pa lko ra¯ ¯s̝ – kts·· ts· – – – |
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| a4 | /// ky· • smi māṃ a kma lyo • śla tu ṅkpo to yo – |
| a5 | /// || pa rno re yi sā [ś]· tu pu kpa rno ñcä s[wra] – |
| a6 | /// ·o pu ṣca ṣsu pu ṣpi tsu bhū mi yaṃ : cu lo k[i]¯ ¯t |
| a7 | /// ssi : a ryu su ka tṣaṃ ka lpī tā¯ ¯r – (–) rna [p]e |
| a8 | /// wsā lu ye twe¯ ¯s śwā tsi ntu ā rwa – – – 2 : |
| b1 | /// [ñ]i¯ ¯s su k[ta] mnä ssi : ñe mi [ṣ]i – – – ·y· |
| b2 | /// ñpa rno ṣtā ṣtka nā mā ce ssi na – ·[l]u ne mā |
| b3 | /// wā – ku mā sma le ska¯ ¯m suka ti kā¯ ¯ñä : p· |
| b4 | /// ¯s̝ || ra ti sā ya· ṃ || ñä kcyā¯ ¯ñä suku ntu – |
| b5 | /// mrā caṃ suku ntu na pe[ṃ] śśi : ñä kcyā¯ ¯s su[ku] ntu – |
| b6 | /// lṣo¯ ¯m [ā] sā nā ·e ñcä – – – – – |
Transcription
| a3 | /// kmunt pälkoräṣ – kts··ts· – – – |
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| a4 | /// ky· • smimāṃ akmalyo • śla tuṅk potoyo – |
| a5 | /// ॥ parnoreyis āś· tu puk parnoñcäs wra – |
| a6 | /// ·opuṣ caṣ supuṣpit subhūmiyaṃ : cu lokit |
| a7 | /// ssi : aryu suk«†ä» tṣaṃ kälpītār – – r nape |
| a8 | /// wsālu yetwes śwātsintu ārwa – – – 2 : |
| b1 | /// ñis suk tämnässi : ñemiṣi – – – · y· |
| b2 | /// ñ parnoṣ tāṣ tkanā mā cessi na – ·lune mā |
| b3 | /// wā – ku mā smale skam sukatikāñ : p· |
| b4 | /// ṣ ॥ ratisāya(ka)ṃ ॥ |
| 1a | ñäkcyāñ sukuntu ; – b5 10σ |
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| 1b | 7σ /// ; mrācaṃ sukuntu ; napeṃśśi : |
| 1c | ñäkcyās sukuntu ; – b6 10σ |
| /// l ṣom āsānā·eñcä ·– – – – – |
Translation
| a3 | ... having seen him come... |
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| a4 | ... with smiling face, with love and respect... |
| a5 | ... of glory... you... all glorious beings... |
| a6+ | ... having entered the blooming garden (?), ... you as a guest... |
| a7 | ... may you obtain happiness there for long. |
| a7+ | ... man... |
| a8 | ... clothing, ornaments, food... ready... |
| b1+ | ... to generate bliss... bejewelled... |
| b2+ | ... glorious accross the earth... not their... |
| b3+ | ... never... lie... well-smelling ones... |
| b4 | In the ratisāyak*-tune: |
| b4+ | ... divine pleasures... |
| b5 | ... on the head... pleasures of men... |
| b5+ | ... divine pleasures... |
| b6 | ... on one seat... |
Other
| a7 | Ein langes Glück mögest du hier erlangen. (Schmidt 1974: 196) |
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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 a1-2 and b7-8 are lost. |
Philological commentary
| According to Thomas 1959: 171, this fragment contains the end of act 15 of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka. But see Pinault 1999: 202. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 142; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 142
Translations
Carling 2000: b5 (126); Schmidt 1974: a7 (196); Thomas 1954: a8 (759); Thomas 1967: a4 (271); Thomas 1970: a4 (279); Thomas 1972: a4 (431); Thomas 1976a: a4 (71); Thomas 1979d: a4 (153); Thomas 1991: a8 (10)
Bibliography
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