A 288
| Known as: | A 288; THT 921 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner; Bernhard Koller. "A 288". 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-a288 (accessed 11 Sep. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner; Bernhard Koller |
| Date of online publication: | 2016-09-23 |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 69.25 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 1 |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 554443 (4x); 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-β |
| Preceding fragment: | A 289 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Images
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Transliteration
(continues from A 289)
| a1 | klā k· sa /// /// tra kṣi nāṃ o pṣlyā plā cwe ñe¯ ¯ñcä kā vvi ntu yā me¯ ¯ñcä /// |
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| a2 | [¯]ñä • klyo ma[¯] [¯nt] /// /// [k]ly· ma¯ ¯nt me tra kaṃ o ña ntyo tri ñe mi ntwaṃ ka lyme yā spā rtwe /// |
| a3 | ¯p me tra kyā p[w]· /// /// ps· lā ntu ne ṣi a bhi ṣe¯ ¯k a rta ntra • ku spa tnu ta nā sa rki tu ·i /// |
| a4 | swe ñe¯ ¯ñcä klyo – – – – – – [k]ṣ· nā· plā¯ ¯cä me tra – – yä rka¯ ¯nt ā rta ntra pā la ntra a nu mo di tyā me¯ ¯ñcä pukā kṣa kka tsce /// |
| a5 | tpi ko ri¯ ¯s s̝a kka¯ ¯nt – – – – (–) ne ka tke¯ ¯ñcä kā tka – – – ā rki śo ṣṣaṃ pa ttā ñka¯ ¯t : śma ntra ce mwra sa¯ ¯ñä tā mpra ṣṭa śśä l·· /// |
| a6 | kyo na peṃ saṃ : ṣo me «me» tra ky· – klyo se¯ ¯ñcä ma rka mpa¯ ¯l tsa lpe¯ ¯ñcä klo pa – – yo mne¯ ¯ñcä pu tti śpa rna¯ ¯cä vyā ka ri¯ ¯t : ta myo me tra kyā pkā /// |
| a7 | ls[k]a su ntā¯ ¯p ska¯ ¯m ske na¯ ¯l : 1 || sā tā gi ri tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ kā su we ñā – – – ¯r ta myo ta ṣme tra kyā pwa sa m[p]ā tṣiṃ o pṣlya cpo ñcäṃ ā rki /// |
| a8 | – – ·e t· ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ce ṣṣo me ñä kta¯ ¯ñä e pre ra¯ ¯s̝ kā ka rpu ra¯ ¯s̝ da k·i – – – ¯cä yi¯ ¯ñcä ṣo me nu pā ṣā na kṣu la¯ ¯cä yi¯ ¯ñcä || sā tā /// |
| lf | 6 |
| b1 | – – – [s̝]· ṇḍi¯ ¯k ta lke • lo a rmāṃ lkā ta¯ ¯r kuya lte • ce¯ ¯s̝ y[ā] vśi – – – – ·n·¯ ¯·ñä ca ra ki pa ri vrā ja k· • nmu ks̝a kpi wä knā w· /// |
| b2 | lu ne yā kā tkmāṃ nāṃ tsu¯ ¯s̝ ṣñi ṣñi ka lyme yaṃ lo yi¯ ¯ñcä || hai ma va – – – [¯s̝] tā pa kṣa kka¯ ¯ts klyo mme tra¯ ¯k śu ddha vā ṣi na sñä kta /// |
| b3 | ptā ñkta cwa s̝ta s̝la nta ssi – kṣi nā pa thä ṣma dhya de śa¯ ¯cä śmä¯ ¯s̝ || pu rṇa – – ṅka ṣce ṣpe nu ñä kci ñi lā¯ ¯ñśä wa sā ksa rki lo ka kmu¯ ¯s̝ || /// |
| b4 | ¯l pā ṣā na kṣu laṃ – – – – kyā pmo saṃ ā rwa ry· – – tka mta mpyā ma¯ ¯s ta preṃ klyo mme tra¯ ¯k śma s̝ta preṃ pa rmā wa¯ ¯s [p]·ā /// |
| b5 | mtsā¯ ¯cä || hai ma – – – – – we ñā¯ ¯s̝t ṣu pi – – – rpo¯ ¯ñśä || pra ve śa kkā¯ ¯r || || sā snu tā pa¯ ¯rk plā¯ ¯cä da kṣi ṇā /// |
| b6 | rsnā lyi • tma /// /// wo pu nmo sāṃ ka pśi ñño bā dha ri bra hmaṃ • me tra kyā ptsa rā /// |
| b7 | mse ku cne /// /// ·i ku ro sāṃ ka pśi ñño pe nu tā pa¯ ¯rk o ṅkra ci wā kma tsaṃ /// |
| b8 | ṣā ṇḍi[¯] [¯k] /// /// [s̝ta] ṣla ntu ṣne¯ ¯ñcä brā mnā¯ ¯ñä ca ra ki na gni pa ri vr· /// |
Transcription
(continues from A 289)
| lf | 6 |
| a1 | klāk(ā) sä(rki) /// /// (me)trakṣināṃ opṣlyā plāc weñeñc kāvvintu yāmeñc /// |
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| a2 | ñ • klyomänt /// /// kly(o)mänt metrakäṃ oñantyo tri ñemintwaṃ kälymeyā spārtwe(ñc) /// |
| a3 | p meträkyāp w· /// /// (meträkyā)p s(e)-lāntuneṣi abhiṣek artanträ • kus pat nu tanā särki tu(ṣ)i(t-ñäkci) /// |
| a4 | s weñeñc klyo – – – (abhiṣe)kṣ(i)nā(ṃ) plāc meträ(kyāp) yärkant ārtanträ pālanträ anumodit yāmeñc pukā-k ṣakk ats ce(m) /// |
| 1a | (śäk) (ṣpä)a5t pi koris ; ṣäk känt (tmāṃ) (pe) ; (taṃ)ne kätkeñc ; kātka(ṣ) (metrak) ; ārkiśoṣṣaṃ ; pättāñkät : |
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| 1b | śmanträ cem wrasañ ; tām praṣṭaśśäl·· ; /// 8σ ; (krant) (pältsä)a6kyo ; napeṃsaṃ : |
| 1c | ṣome meträky(āp) ; klyoseñc märkampal ; tsälpeñc klopä(nt,wäṣ) yomneñc ; puttiśparnac ; vyākarit : |
| 1d | tämyo meträkyāp ; kā(swoneyäntu) /// 8σ ; (pä)a7lskasuntāp ; skam skenal : 1 ॥ |
| 1a | (nmuk) (ṣäk) (pi) (wäknā) ; (kus) (ne) (wa)ṣtäṣ ; lantuṣ neñc |
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| 1b | brāmnāñ caraki ; nagni pari;vr(ājaki) |
Translation
(continues from A 289)
| a1 | ... at the occasion of Maitreya's feast ... they will make a speech, they will compose poems [kāvya]. ... |
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| a2 | ... noble ... beginning with the noble Maitreya they will behave correctly, according to the three jewels. |
| a3 | ... of Maitreya ... they praise the consecration of Maitreya as successor [lit. son-king]. And, following that, which Tuṣita-(gods) ... |
| a4 | The noble (people) will say praises to the Maitreya as a consecration speech, they will approve they will praise, they will express approbation. Completely, certainly, ... |
| a4+ | (When 17.6 million years) pass and (he) (= Maitreya) arises as Buddha in the world, [then] the beings will come (together) with this time. ... |
| a5+ | (they will behave) with good thinking for the humans. |
| a6 | Some will hear Maitreya’s law, be redeemed from sorrow [and] reach the prophecy of Buddhahood. |
| a6+ | Therefore, effort should be made constantly by a conscious person (in order to pay homage to the virtues) of Maitreya. |
| a7 | || Sātāgiri says: "Well spoken, o brother! Therefore, here, for the feast of the ordination of Maitreya, (all sorts of gods) of the whole world (have gathered)." |
| a8 | Pūrṇaka says: "Some of these gods, having descended from heaven, go to Dakṣiṇāpatha, some go to the Pāṣānaka mountain." || Sātāgiri (says:) |
| b1 | (Now) the sarvapāṣaṇḍika-sacrifice of Bādhari the brahmin appears as completely finished. Here is why: |
| b1+ | These ... brahmins, carakas, mendicants, ninety six kinds (of ones having left from home,) delighted by the giving of alms, go away, each to their own country. || |
| b2 | Haimavati (says:) |
| b2+ | Now, surely, the noble Maitreya (instructed) by the Śuddhāvāsa-gods, (after having left the brāhmin Bādhari,) in order to leave from home for the Buddha he will come from Dakṣiṇāpatha to Madhyadeśa. || |
| b3 | Pūrṇake says: "These divine kings also have come from afar following us. || (Sātagiri says:) |
| b3+ | "Let us go, as the king Vaiśravana has ordered us to (go) readily to the Pāṣānaka mountain for the sake of the (noble) Maitreya. |
| b4 | Let us do that! The so noble Maitreya will come. |
| b4+ | Let us truly do just so much through our wish of seeing Buddha the teacher. |
| b5 | Haimavati (says:) ("Well) spoken. Let us go away!" All left. || The interlude has come to an end || |
| b5+ | Now this dialog should be understood (as taking place in) Dakṣiṇāpatha (in the house of Bādhari the brahmin.) |
| b6 | Thereupon, they come: [Bādhari,] surrounded (by his five hundred brahmin youths, with the noble Maitreya in the lead). With a bent body, Bādhari the brahmin, after having (touched) the hand of Maitreya, (he says:) |
| b6+ | O noble Maitreya, I am full of joy), o son, by the fact that (together with a glorious being) ... (being one hundred and twenty years old,) even with a worn body now, with a wish to obtain the excellent immortality, the realm of Brahmā, I have performed the saravāṣāṇḍika sacrifice. |
| b8 | Behold, son! || In the tune Etu: || These ninety six who have left from home, Brahmins, Carakas, Nagnas [and] Parivrājakas |
Other
| a1+ | they will recite [lit. say] Maitreya’s ordination speech, they will compose [lit. make] kāvyas … noble … they will turn (?) noble Maitreya from the beginning in the direction of the three jewels … of Maitreya … they praise [his] royal ordination; or who accordingly [lit. thereupon] … they will say … with … speech and reverence they will praise and honour Maitreya; they will certainly express [lit. do] their approval all together. (Peyrot 2013b: 627) |
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| a5 | (When 17.6 million years) pass and (he) (= Maitreya) arises as Buddha on the earth, [then] the beings will come (together) with this time. (cf 476) (Peyrot 2013b: 637) |
| a5 | (Wenn 176 Millionen Jahre) vergangen sind [wtl. vergehen], wird er [scil. Maitreya] sich in der Welt als Buddha erheben, [und] die Wesen werden mit dieser Zeit (zusammen)kommen. (Schmidt 1974: 476) |
| a6 | Some will hear Maitreya’s law, be redeemed from sorrow [and] reach the prophecy of the Buddha rank. (Peyrot 2013b: 227) |
| b3 | In order to leave his home for the Buddha he will come from Dakṣiṇāpatha to Madhyadeśa. (cf 23) (Peyrot 2013b: 626) |
| b4 | The so noble Maitreya will come. (23) (Peyrot 2013b: 628) |
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). | |
| #ERROR#ref starts to match this fragment at b1. |
Parallel texts
| MaitrHami 1, 6-8; #ERROR#ref |
Philological commentary
| This fragment contains part of the first act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka; the verso side correlates to #ERROR#ref: a1-b4. An Uy. parallel is MaitrHami 1, 6a15 - 7b5. See also Pinault 1999: 193-194. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 151; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 151
Translations
Carling 2000: a6 (403), a8 (128, 129), b2 (107), b2 b3 (252, 260), b3 (341); Hackstein 1995: b6 (69); Knoll 1996: a7 (141); Kölver 1965: a6 (91), a8 (134), b2 (81, 99); Meunier 2013: a4 (158); Peyrot 2013a: b6 (246); Peyrot 2013b: a1 a2 a3 a4 (627), a5 (637), a6 (227), b3 (626), b4 (628); Schmidt 1974: a5 (475 n.1), a5 (476); Thomas 1957: a7 (200), b3 (279), b4 (188), b5 (200, 210, 214), b8 (249); Thomas 1960a: b2 (201); Thomas 1972: a4 (455); Thomas 1981: b4 b5 (490); Thomas 1990: b1 (16)
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