A 274
| Known as: | A 274; THT 907 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 274". 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-a274 (accessed 13 Jul. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 101.06 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 11 |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
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
| a1 | /// kta¯ ¯ñä ma hā bra mñä kta cco ki pu ro hi tā na cka kmu ra¯ ¯s̝ |
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| a2 | /// ·cu [pa] rka rwā kmtsaṃ ṣo tre yntu : me yā tkaṃ sva wra wro ki ci ñcraṃ śla pyā |
| a3 | /// ·m· bu ddha ra ke klyo s̝ta¯ ¯r ā tsa tsñ«ä» kta śśi : pā kṣi ñmā mka ṣ«ṣ»i ku |
| a4 | /// tsu pu ro hi ttra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ o te ta preṃ pra ṣtā śä mlu ne pa lma[¯] [¯s] klyo |
| a5 | /// rki ṣme¯ ¯ñcä || smi māṃ a kma lyo bra hmā yu pu ro hi¯ ¯t brā – |
| a6 | /// spa ñs̝a pna¯ ¯nt pa lkā¯ ¯t || pa ṇḍu rā /// |
| b3 | /// [h]·¯ ¯t ā mpi tsa raṃ ā kā śa cco rto /// |
| b4 | /// koṃ ñka tpa rka ta¯ ¯r || tma¯ ¯s̝ bra hmā yu pu ro hi¯ ¯t o ka ttmāṃ |
| b5 | /// rka ya¯ ¯s̝ mā kwä knā brā mnā śśi da kṣiṃ wa wu ra¯ ¯s̝ se ya ṣiṃ ā |
| b6 | /// || pa lkā¯ ¯cä klyo ma ṣme tra kṣiṃ pa raṃ ñka tsa stu ṣi tṣiṃ wṣe ññe |
| b7 | /// r[ka] lyme ntwā ṣwi nā se śla ā ñcā lyī : ya spe nu ca¯ ¯s̝ ykoṃ o |
| b8 | /// ā kā lṣe¯ ¯s̝ tma¯ ¯s̝ po¯ ¯ñśä || a ptsa ra da rśaṃ || wa su |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ktañ mahābram ñäktacc oki purohitānac kakmuräṣ |
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| a2 | /// ·cu parkar wākmtsaṃ ṣotreyntu : meyā tkaṃ svawrä wroki ciñcraṃ śla pyā |
| a3 | /// ·m· buddha rake klyoṣtär ātsäts ñäktaśśi : pākṣiñ{m→ñ}ām käṣṣi ku |
| a4 | /// tsu purohit träṅkäṣ ote täpreṃ praṣtā śämlune pälmäs klyo¬ |
| a5 | (mäṣ) /// (sä)rki ṣmeñc ॥ smimāṃ akmalyo brahmāyu purohit brā – |
| a6 | /// s päñ ṣäpnant pälkāt ॥ paṇḍurā /// |
| b3 | /// h·t āmpi tsaräṃ ākāśacc orto /// |
| b4 | /// koṃ-ñkät pärkatär ॥ tmäṣ brahmāyu purohit okät tmāṃ |
| b5 | /// rk{†ä} yaṣ māk wäknā brāmnāśśi dakṣiṃ wawuräṣ seyaṣiṃ ā |
| b6 | /// ॥ pälkāc klyomäṣ metrakṣiṃ paräṃ ñkät säs tuṣitṣiṃ wṣeññe |
| b7 | /// r kälymentwāṣ wināse śla āñcālyī : yas penu caṣ ykoṃ o |
| b8 | /// ākāl ṣeṣ tmäṣ poñś ॥ aptsaradarśaṃ ॥ wasu |
Translation
| a1+ | ... having come to the purohita like the... gods to Mahābrahman... |
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| a2 | ... the distinguished signs arose, The earth quaked. |
| a2+ | Lovely pearls rained down, with flowers... |
| a3 | ... the word namobuddhais heard, frequent, of the gods: |
| a3+ | "Instruct us, teacher, ..." |
| a4 | ... the purohita says: What a timely arrival! |
| a4+ | Sit, noble ones! |
| a5 | ... then they sit. |
| a5+ | ... with smiling face, Brahmāyu the purohita... |
| a6 | ... saw five dreams... |
| a6+ | ... Paṇḍura... both hands high into the sky... |
| b4 | ... the sun rises... |
| b4+ | Then, the Brahmāyu the purohita... 8(4)000... |
| b5 | ... honors... |
| b5+ | Having brought gift to the Brahmins in many ways, ... of the son... |
| b6 | Look, noble ones! |
| b6+ | The lord of the glory of friendship... the tuṣita-abode... |
| b7 | ... worship with hands in añjali-position... from (all) directions... |
| b7+ | You too... him by day and (night)... |
| b8 | ... had the wish (for Buddhahood). Then all: In the aptsaradarś*-tune: ... wearing... |
Other
| a2+ | Aufgegangen sind die ausgezeichneten Kennzeichen: Es bebte die Erde, es regneten Perlen zusammen mit lieblichen Blumen [bzw. liebliche Perlen zusammen mit Blumen] (Schmidt 1974: 121) |
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| a3 | ... das Wort "... m buddha" wird von(?) den Göttern ... gehört. (Schmidt 1974: 255) |
| b7 | (No matter how many gods) … from (all) directions revere (Brahmāvatī) with añjali-hands, you [pl.] too by day [and] (by night) … him … (Peyrot 2013b: 287) |
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. 2004a: 64-65). Lines a7-8 and b1-2 are lost. |
Parallel texts
| MaitrHami 11, 3-4 |
Philological commentary
| This fragment contains part of the eleventh act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka; an Uy. parallel is MaitrHami XI, ca. 3a10-ca. 4a2. Lines b3-5 here correspond to MaitrHami XI, 3b4-b17; lines b6-7 to MaitrHami XI, 3b17-b29. See also Pinault 1999: 199-200. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 143; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 143
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (231), a4 (286), a5 (404), b3 (140, 141); Peyrot 2013b: b7 (287); Schmidt 1974: a2 (121), a2 a3 (121), a3 (255); Thomas 1969: a2 (242), a2 (263), b6 (240); Thomas 1995: b5 (64)
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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