A 285
| Known as: | A 285; THT 918 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 285". 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-a285 (accessed 06 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 97.10 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 3? (Not yet identified) |
| 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
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Transliteration
| a3 | /// kā – ·m· s· wā [ñ]ś· w· /// |
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| a4 | /// nka ntra¯ ¯m tspo k· /// |
| a5 | /// s̝sa¯ ¯m pukaṃ pa rno pā plu ·ä /// |
| a6 | /// mpe le¯ ¯ñä s̝pa¯ ¯t w[ṣ]e¯ ¯s ā la mwä· k· /// |
| a7 | /// ce sa mśä kpu ·i ·ä ss· ki¯ – ā ñcä /// |
| a8 | /// ckā cri wi ki pu k·yi ñi wi ki pa ñ·· /// |
| b1 | /// ·ka¯ ¯nt [p]u śe nā [ṣ]iṃ – lā ma ska ta /// |
| b2 | /// ra śśi : ma rka [mpa] [l]· pi ssa ṅk·¯ ¯s /// |
| b3 | /// [km]u ra¯ ¯s̝ : 1 o ktmāṃ śtwa· w·¯ ¯lts wyā sy[ā]· ·ra /// |
| b4 | /// [n]ā spa ryā nā¯ ¯s ma rka /// |
| b5 | /// msaṃ wso ko ne yo /// |
| b6 | /// tha ·i ·i – t· ṅ·¯ – ä /// |
Transcription
| a3 | /// kā – ·m· s(e)wāñ ś·w· /// |
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| a4 | /// nkantr-äm tspok· /// |
| a5 | /// ṣ säm pukaṃ parno pāplu(ñc)ä /// |
| a6 | /// (e)mpeleñ ṣpät wṣes ālam wä·k· /// |
| a7 | /// cesäm śäk pu(kly)i ·äss·ki – āñcä /// |
| a8 | /// ckācri wiki puk(l)yiñi wiki päñ·· /// |
| b1 | /// ·känt pu śenāṣiṃ – lā mäskatä /// |
| b2 | /// räśśi : märkampal· pis saṅk·s /// |
| b3 | /// kmuräṣ : 1 oktmāṃ śtwa(r) w(ä)lts wyāsyā··rä /// |
| b4 | /// nās paryānās märka /// |
| b5 | /// m saṃ wsokoneyo /// |
| b6 | /// (anā)tha(p)i(ṇḍ)i(k) t(rä)ṅ(käṣ) ä /// |
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 a1-2 and b7-8 are lost. |
Parallel texts
| A 281 (completing) |
Philological commentary
| According to Pinault 1999: 205, the identification of this fragment as part of Act 3 (Laut 1986: 24+ n.1) is not certain at all, while that by Tekin 1980: 11, who claims it to be a parallel to MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 122, 123, must be entirely rejected. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 149; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 149
Translations
Carling 2000: a6 (303); Schmidt 1974: b5 (162, 223)
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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Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
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Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
