A 276
| Known as: | A 276; THT 909 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 276". 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-a276 (accessed 25 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 92.37, T III Š 92.40 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 16 |
| 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 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ṣme /// |
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| a2 | /// ·t· sl·¯ ¯ts ·ul·· c· – m· ya śo va /// |
| a3 | /// ·ta s̝la¯ ¯cä • ta mka klyu ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ [pä] lt[sa] ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ nā ñi pe /// |
| a4 | /// ¯m • || tma¯ ¯s̝ ya śo va ti kule ñci ñe m· o – t·āṃ – – ¯lts ca· r· – ·tt· – – – – – |
| a5 | /// kke naṃ || ka rso rtā s̝a¯ ¯m klyo mi nā¯ ¯ñä me tra¯ ¯k ka ·[p]·¯ ¯t pu tti śpa¯ ¯rṇä śa ṅkhe – – – – |
| a6 | /// [nt]s·¯ ¯m s[n]e wa ṣta¯ ¯cä : ma ntne kā su ka [rs]· cä rta mne pyā ma sya spe nū : 1 || lā ntsa¯ ¯ñä ·ra – |
| a7 | /// peṃ – [ṅ]ky[o] wo rpu¯ ¯s [ś]r· ñka tto ki o – ttmāṃ śtwa rwä¯ ¯lts lā ntssa śśä llā ñci wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ kā ka |
| a8 | /// ma ṅka la ntu wä· n· – – ·ä¯ ¯s̝ la ntu – o kā¯ ¯k [s]u – ·p· ti |
| b1 | /// : śa ṅkhe ca kra va rtti ri [s]ā – – ·ñ· m· ntu la – ·ta¯ ¯s̝ ptā ñkta – – ñcä¯ |
| b2 | /// o ka ttmāṃ śtwa rwä¯ ¯lts ā kla ṣlye – ··ä¯ ¯l ñ· mi ṣi nā swa ṣtu ra ryū ra¯ ¯s̝ sne yä¯ ¯rm |
| b3 | /// su pu ṣp[i] taṃ ka kmu ptā ñka tka ṣyā pmrā¯ ¯cä śpā lyo peṃ wa wi nṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ ślā kla ṣlye¯ ¯s kā – – |
| b4 | /// rā nti śpa raṃ ka lpnā ta rśi kṣā kā me sa[ṃ] pukaṃ śpā lmeṃ [ma] [s]ka ta¯ ¯r • || he tu pha laṃ – – – |
| b5 | /// e la¯ ¯nt e se¯ ¯ñcä kā cke yo ā – ls·· ra· t· – – ka rsne¯ ¯ñcä [a¯] [¯rthä] – – – – |
| b6 | /// ¯ñcä mo śyo yp·¯ ¯ñcä pri sse¯ ¯ñcä pi ki¯ ¯ñcä yä rsa ntra /// |
| b7 | /// ·ä rs(·)e [t]o riṃ sā ·ä – e – ¯ñcä ā ma tke [ā] /// |
| b8 | /// ntra /// |
Transcription
| lf | 100-70 |
| a1 | /// ṣme /// |
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| a2 | /// ·t·s l·ts (k)ul(eñ)c(i) (ñe)m(i) yaśova /// |
| a3 | /// (waṣ)täṣ läc • täm kaklyuṣuräṣ pältsäṅkāṣ nāñi pe /// |
| a4 | /// m • ॥ tmäṣ yaśovati kuleñci ñem(i) o(kä)t (tm)āṃ (śtwar) (wä)lts ca(k)r(avar)tt(i) – – – – – |
| a5 | /// kkenaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | kärsor tāṣ-äm ; klyomināñ ; metrak kä(l)p(ā)t ; puttiśparṇ {:} |
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| 1b | śaṅkhe – – ; – – a6 10σ |
| 1c | 11σ /// nts·m ; sne waṣtac : |
| 1d | mänt ne kāsu ; kärs(ā)cär ; tämne pyāmäs ; yas penū : 1 ॥ |
| * | lāntsañ ·rä ·– |
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| a7 | /// peṃ – ṅkyo worpus śr(i)-ñkätt oki o(kä)t tmāṃ śtwar wälts lāntssaśśäl lāñci waṣtäṣ kākä |
| a8 | /// maṅkaläntu wä(rp)n(āmāṃ) (riy)äṣ lantu(ṣ) okāk su(puṣ)p(i)ti¬ |
| b1 | (s) (yokmaṃ) /// : śaṅkhe cakravartti risā – – ·ñ(e)m(i)ntu lä – ·täṣ ptāñkta – – ñcä° |
| b2 | /// okät tmāṃ śtwar wälts ākläṣlye(saśś)äl ñ(e)miṣinās waṣtu raryūräṣ sne yärm |
| b3 | /// supuṣpitaṃ kakmu ptāñkät käṣyāp mrāc śpālyo peṃ wawinṣuräṣ śl= ākläṣlyes kā – – |
| b4 | /// (ā)rāntiśparäṃ kälpnātär śikṣākāmesaṃ pukaṃ śpālmeṃ mäskatär • ॥ hetuphalaṃ – – – |
| b5 | /// elant eseñc kāckeyo ā – ls··rä·t· – – kärsneñc arth – – – – |
| b6 | /// ñc mośyo yp(e)ñc prisseñc pikiñc yärsanträ /// |
| b7 | /// ·ärs·e toriṃ sā·ä – e – ñc āmät ke ā /// |
| b8 | /// nträ /// |
Translation
| a1+ | ... the jewel of a woman Yaśovatī... |
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| a3 | ... left home. Having heard that, she thinks: |
| a3+ | My... |
| a4 | Then Yaśovatī, the jewel of a woman, ... 84 000 Cakravartin-kings... |
| a5 | In the (Jina)kkena-tune: "May you know, noble ladies: Maitreya has obtained Buddhahood. |
| a5+ | Śaṅkhe... |
| a6 | ... into homelessness... However you know (it to be) good, in this way you too act! |
| a6+ | The queens... |
| a7 | ... surrounded by... like the goddess Śrī, she (left) the royal palace with 84 000 queens... |
| a8+ | ... enjoying blessings, having left the city, up to the gate of Supuṣpita... |
| b1 | ... the Cakravartin-king left... jewels... Buddha... |
| b2 | ... having left the bejewelled mansions together with 84 000 students, without measure... |
| b3 | ... having come to Supuṣpita, worshipping the feet of Buddha the teacher with the crown of his head, with the students... |
| b4 | He obtains arhanthood. He is the best among students. In the Hetuphala-tune: |
| b5 | ... they give gifts. ... with joy... they know the meaning... |
| b6 | ... they make with clay, they sprinkle, they paint, they wash... |
| b7+ | ... as a reward... |
Other
| a4+ | Welche in des Buddha (Śākyamu)ni Lehre Si(ttlichkeit bewahren), Gaben geben, mit Freude (das Wissen) lernen, den Sinn verstehen, ... auf den Wegen den Boden fegen, ... (Schmidt 1974: 359, 413) |
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| a6 | Wie ihr es für euch gut befindet, so tuet auch ihr! (Schmidt 1974: 420-1) |
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). |
Parallel texts
| A 266 (completing); MaitrHami 16, 13-15; MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 161, 162, 51 |
Philological commentary
| This fragment, which complements A 266, contains part of the sixteenth act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka. Uy. parallels are MaitrHami 16, 13b20-15a2, and MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 161, 162, 51 (Tekin 1980: 139-143). Immediately follows A 286+A 260. See also Pinault 1999: 202-203. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 139, 144, 144; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 139, p. 144, p. 144
Translations
Carling 2000: a4 a5 (154), a6 (341); Kölver 1965: a7 (70); Müller and Sieg 1916: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8; Schmidt 1974: a4 a5 (359), a4 a5 (359, 413), a5 a6 (413), a6 (420f), a6 (420-1); Thomas 1957: a1 a2 (192), b2 b3 (191, 281), b5 b6 (191); Thomas 1958a: a4 (152); Thomas 1968: a6 (224); Thomas 1983: b6 (38); Thomas 1988: b3 b4 (255)
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