A 289
| Known as: | A 289; THT 922 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner; Bernhard Koller. "A 289". 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-a289 (accessed 13 Oct. 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 92.45 |
| 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: | 4343 (4x); 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-β |
| Following fragment: | A 288 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// kraṃ ta mpe wā tsaṃ pa ltsa kyo pukaṃ – – – – [t]klu [ne] pu tti śpa· na¯ ¯cä ā kā¯ ¯l |
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| a2 | /// [sa] rki ñco pu tti śpa rṣi [ā] – ·m· [ma]¯ ¯rs śla¯ ¯k śkaṃ || a ptsa ra da rśaṃ || kā |
| a3 | /// ·o [ka]¯ ¯nt ka lpsaṃ ku sne mai tra mā ri sā¯ ¯t : ku sne mā ma¯ ¯rs pu tti śpa¯ ¯rnä |
| a4 | /// ·o mā wä lṣe ṣku cne ta¯ ¯m ra tna śi khi ño mā ñä kta śśi ptā ñka |
| a5 | /// ra¯ ¯s̝ : o ka tmāṃ pu klā pa rkraṃ śo laṃ wra sa śśi : suka ṣi |
| a6 | /// [¯]s̝[t] śtwa rā kma hā ka lpsaṃ mai tra plya ske yne śyā |
| a7 | /// a na pra ta rko ra¯ ¯s̝ • śtwa rka¯ ¯nt nmu kpa |
| a8 | /// ā[¯] [¯p] o ki po ñcäṃ ma dhya de śaṃ |
| b1 | /// ·ka· ka tmaṃ pe nu bā dha riṃ brā mnä |
| b2 | /// ā rki śo ṣṣaṃ pā ka rna slu ne ka klyu ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ |
| b3 | /// n· || kā swo ne yo mā sa syu lo keṃ p«ra» rskro ma |
| b4 | /// lpo [:] [sa] mta ṣtā pa¯ ¯rk ptā ññä kta cwa s̝ta s̝la nta¯ ¯s̝ pu rṇa |
| b5 | /// ra¯ ¯s̝ : ta myo tra ṅktra pa rwa tse mā ryu pra ṣṭaṃ se wä ltā¯ ¯s̝ |
| b6 | /// mku sne ca¯ ¯m klyo ma¯ ¯nt me tra kaṃ mā lkā¯ ¯s̝ • śā māṃ wa lu śkaṃ sa |
| b7 | /// [l]w· – ka rpa raṃ pā ka rn·ṃ [tsu] – – ·[n]e [t]a ṣtā pa¯ ¯rk klyo ma¯ ¯nt me tra kyā pwa s̝ta |
| b8 | /// yaṃ a bhi ṣe kṣi tso pa tsi o – – – – – c[i] pe nu o kā k·ä¯ ¯lts pu |
(continues on A 288)
Transcription
| a1 | /// (wāṣirṣiṃ) (prā)kräṃ tampewātsäṃ pältsäkyo pukaṃ (śpālmeṃ) (sne) (lo)tklune puttiśpa(r)nac ākāl |
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| a2 | /// särkiñco puttiśparṣi ā(kāl) m(ā) märs śla-k śkaṃ ॥ aptsaradarśaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | kā a313σ |
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| 1b | 14σ |
| 1c | /// (klopyo) (yutk)o ; känt kalpsaṃ ; kus ne maiträ ; mā risāt : |
| 1d | kus ne mā märs ; puttiśparn ; a4 7σ |
| * | /// (vāsave) (ñ)omā wäl ṣeṣ kuc ne täm ratnaśikhi ñomā ñäktaśśi ptāñkä¬ |
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| a5 | (t) |
| 1x | 11σ /// (vyākarit) (yāmu)räṣ : |
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| 1x | okä= tmāṃ puklā ; pärkräṃ śolaṃ ; wrasaśśi : |
| 1x | sukaṣi a6 10σ |
| * | /// (pra)ṣt śtwarāk mahākalpsaṃ maiträ plyaske{ṃ} yneś yā¬ |
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| a7 | (mtsāt) /// anaprä tärkoräṣ • śtwar känt nmuk pä¬ |
| a8 | (ñ) (pi) (bodhisatvañ) /// āp oki poñcäṃ madhyadeśaṃ |
| b1 | /// · kä(l)k{†ä} tmaṃ penu bādhariṃ brāmnä¬ |
| b2 | (ṣṣ) (aci) /// (ptāñkät) (käṣyāp) ārkiśoṣṣaṃ pākär naslune kaklyuṣuräṣ |
| b3 | n1 /// n· ॥ |
| 1a | kāswoneyo ; mā sasyu ; lo keṃ p{†r}ärsk{†r}o ; mäb4(skatär) |
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| 1b | 14σ |
| 1c | 7σ /// ; (se) (lāntune) ; (ñom) (kä)lpo : |
| 1d | säm täṣ tāpärk ; ptāññäktac ; waṣtäṣ länt{a→ä}ṣ ; purṇab5(ke) |
| 2a | 14σ |
| 2b | 13σ /// räṣ : |
| 2c | tämyo träṅkträ ; pärwat se ; mā =ryu praṣṭaṃ ; se wäl tāṣ |
| 2d | b614σ |
| * | /// (wraso)m kus ne cam klyomänt metrakäṃ mā lkāṣ • śāmāṃ walu śkaṃ sä¬ | |
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| b7 | (m) /// (puk) (cmo)lw(äntwaṃ) kär-paräṃ pākär n(ā)ṃtsu (ats) (mäṃt) ne täṣ tāpärk klyomänt meträkyāp waṣtä¬ | |
| b8 | (ṣ) (läñclune) /// (se) (lāntune)yaṃ abhiṣekṣi tsopatsi o(pṣlyā) (tṣäṣṣ) (a)ci penu okāk (w)älts pu¬ | |
| * | (klākā) |
(continues on A 288)
Translation
| a1+ | With a mind strong as diamond and powerful, he made the most excellent wish for the irreversible Buddhahood. |
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| a2 | ... finally he did not forget the with for Buddhahood. And in addition || In the tune Apsaradarśana: || |
| a3 | ... who, being worried by the suffering, did not forsake friendship, who did not forget (the wish for) Buddhahood, (he received the name Maitreya. ||) |
| a4+ | ... At the time when there was a king named Vāsava, then the Buddha-god of gods Ratnaśikhin ... |
| a5 | ... having made a prophecy: When the live of beings will be eighty thousand years long, (in a world) of happiness ... |
| a6+ | ... in forty mahākalpas he made manifest the meditation of friendship. |
| a7 | ... after having emitted before ... |
| a7+ | The four hundred and ninety five (bodhisattvas would appeared later.) ... |
| a8+ | the water (of the Gāṅga river), as it were, in the whole Madhyadeśa. |
| b1 | ... there he went (to the Dakṣināpatha) |
| b1+ | and there also (he astonished many sages, starting) from Bādhari the brahmin. |
| b3 | ... having heard the appearance (of the Buddha-god, the teacher,) in the world (In the tune of ... ): || |
| b3+ | (He is) not satisfied with goodness, shying away from falsehood. |
| b4 | ... having the name of successor, he now leaves from home toward the Buddha-god, o Pūrṇaka. |
| b5 | ... Therefore, it is said: "The first son will, after a short time, be the successor of the king. |
| b6 | (He will be a very bad being), the one who does not see this noble Maitreya |
| b6+ | and this one, despite being alive, will be deemed dead. |
| b7 | ... in all (of his) births his dignity has become manifest ... |
| b7+ | ...now the leaving from home of the noble Maitreya ... |
| b8 | ... because of the great feast of consecration for successorship, from now for a thousand years |
(continues on A 288)
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
| MaitrHami 1, 5-6 |
Philological commentary
| This fragment contains part of the first act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka. An Uy. parallel is MaitrHami 1, 5a3-6a13. See also Pinault 1999: 193-194. |
Linguistic commentary
| n1 | The form prärskro does not make sense and has been corrected to the preterit participle . |
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References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 152; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 152
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 (315), a5 (308), a7 (405), a8 (251), b4 (234), b8 (345); Hackstein 1995: b3 (295); Kölver 1965: a7 (137); Thomas 1957: a3 (229); Thomas 1970: a3 (272); Thomas 1976a: b6 (78)
Bibliography
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