A 277
| Known as: | A 277; THT 910 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 277". 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-a277 (accessed 22 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 64.01 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Not yet identified |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 43434 (4x) |
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 | /// kā pñu /// |
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| a2 | /// sn· ñā tse [p]a(·) ka – – ·ra – – – – nā ñwra – [p]· nu – |
| a3 | /// [¯]r[m] || ā lu ṣñi kā mlu ne y· – – ce¯ ¯m lyu tā [rme] |
| a4 | /// pa ltsa¯ ¯k mā kā ta ṅkā s̝ta mne¯ ¯k tā mpra ṣtaṃ ce smi |
| a5 | /// slu ne yä ṣprā ka rpra ska ta¯ ¯r ta mne kce mtā mpra ṣtaṃ ā |
| a6 | /// [mp]ā sa ntra • wi re yā¯ ¯p ñä kci yā¯ ¯s kule wā spa lkā |
| a7 | /// ka mā kā ta – – s̝a ku cpra ks̝a lna peṃ saṃ • mā ce – |
| a8 | /// la pa śä – – – ñcä mṣi klo pā ṣli [s]·o – – |
| b1 | /// || sn· tā – – – pa ltsa kyo kā [rm]· ka· ś· – – |
| b2 | /// ska ta rm • – – pa¯ ¯ts tu ṅkyo plā ryā sa rki [ñc]o ā |
| b3 | /// lu o lru nyā kā ckya rsa ntra : ska ma¯ ¯t ā lu [sa] |
| b4 | /// [l]· mwca śśä¯ ¯l plā nti¯ ¯ñcä ka śa¯ ¯l : ta nne ce smi ska¯ ¯m ā |
| b5 | /// ska ma tkā rme ra ke tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä || wso mi nāṃ ā rs̝la ṣṣo [ki] |
| b6 | /// [a] rs̝a ntāṃ tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä nmi tsa rki [ñ]·o ·e [s]m· tsa rwe ñlu – |
| b7 | /// tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä mā [p]e – – [ma] ·ā – – ¯ñcä ku ·o ·e [a] – |
| b8 | /// ¯ñcä – – – – – – – – yo [wi] – – – – – |
Transcription
| a1 | /// kāpñu /// |
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| a2 | /// sn(e-)ñātse pä·kä – – ·rä – – – – nāñ wra – p· nu – |
| a3 | /// rm ॥ ālu ṣñi kāmluney· – – cem lyutār me |
| a4 | /// pältsäk mā kātäṅkāṣ tämne-k tām praṣtaṃ cesmi |
| a5 | /// sluneyäṣ prākär praskatär tämne-k cem tām praṣtaṃ ā |
| a6 | /// m pāsanträ • wire yāp ñäkciyās kulewās pälkā |
| a7 | ///n1 k{†ä} mā kātä(ṅkā)ṣ{†ä} kuc prakṣäl napeṃsaṃ • mā ce – |
| a8 | /// lapaśä – – – ñcämṣi klopāṣlis (m)o(saṃ) |
| b1 | /// ॥ sn(e) tā – – – pältsäkyo kārm· ka·ś· – – |
| b2 | /// skatärm • – – pats tuṅkyo plāryā särkiñco ā |
| b3 |
| 1a | 9σ /// (ā)lu ; olrunyā ; kācky arsanträ : |
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| 1b | skamat ālu ; sa b4 13σ |
| 1c | 12σ /// l·m wcaśśäl ; plāntiñc kaśal : |
| 1d | tanne cesmi ; skam ā b5 12σ |
| * | /// skamat kārme rake träṅkiñc ॥ wsomināṃ ārṣläṣṣ oki |
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| b6 | /// arṣäntāṃ träṅkiñc nmit särkiñ(c)o (c)esm(i) tsär weñlu – |
| b7 | /// träṅkiñc mā pe – – mä·ā – – ñc ku·o·e a – |
| b8 | /// ñc – – – – – – – – yo wi – – – – – |
Translation
| a2 | ... without danger... |
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| a3+ | ... by his own bringing... of someone else... they... beyond measure... |
| a4 | Thought does not arise. |
| a4+ | In this way at that time, their... |
| a5 | ... firmly fears being... |
| a5+ | In this way, at that time they... |
| a6 | ... guard... |
| a6+ | the young ones saw the divine women submitted |
| a7 | ... does not arise (among gods), let alone among men. |
| a7+ | ... not this... head... for the sake of making suffer (?)... |
| b1+ | ... without... with the mind... truth... |
| b2+ | ... the husband with love and reverence... finally... |
| b3 | by solidarity with others do they evoke joy ... |
| b3+ | ... always... of another... |
| b4 | ... if they rejoiced with eachother, their... would always... |
| b5 | ... they always tell the truth. |
| b5+ | ... like from a poisonous snake... |
| b6 | ... they say... evoking... sign... |
| b6+ | Finally, their harsh... said... |
| b7 | They say: |
| b7+ | Not... |
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: 64-5). |
Parallel texts
| YQ N.5; A 262 |
Philological commentary
| With A 262 corresponds to YQ N.5 (cf. Ji et al. 1998: 210-211 and Pinault 1999: 205). | |
| n1 | Cf. Carling and Pinault 2023 s.v. yāp. |
References
Miscellaneous
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 145; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 145
Translations
Carling 2000: a7 (229); Thomas 1952: a8 (53)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Ji, Xianlin, Werner Winter, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 1998. Fragments of the Tocharian A Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka of the Xinjiang Museum, China. Transliterated, translated and annotated by Ji Xianlin in collaboration with Werner Winter, Georges-Jean Pinault. TLSM 113. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
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.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
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Thomas, Werner. 1952. Die tocharischen Verbaladjektive auf -l. Deutsche Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Institut für Orientforschung 9. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
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