A 297
| Known as: | A 297; THT 930 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 297". 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-a297 (accessed 21 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 79.18 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 14 and 15 |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-γ |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | ṣo me ā ka rlyā smāṃ ṣo me mnu lū ta smāṃ we yeṃ n· /// |
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| a2 | ts·· śśi sa mkā ru ṇi¯ ¯k wra so¯ ¯m wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ la ñclu ne y· /// |
| a3 | mne k· kma rti¯ ¯k yā ta lwā – smāṃ • [tri] – knā ñe mi ṣi nā /// |
| a4 | ¯cä • kuya lmā wa¯ ¯s ā rśo¯ ¯k ca mā sa rki wa s̝ta s̝la ntsa ma¯ ¯s śla¯ ¯k śkaṃ w· /// |
| a5 | sa mwä¯ ¯rt ka rsnā¯ ¯l tā ne sa mtā pa¯ ¯rk kā rū ṇi¯ ¯k wra so¯ ¯m • ma ska ta /// |
| a6 | sa rki wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ la ntse¯ ¯ñcä || tma¯ ¯s̝ bo dhi sa tvā – lwo¯ ¯nt ku ka[¯] [¯l] /// |
| a7 | ¯s ca kkra va rtti¯ ¯s lā ntka llā¯ ¯s̝ ce mpe nu bo dhi sa tvā¯ ¯p wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ la ñclu ne ka kl· /// |
| a8 | ska ntra lcä rpo¯ ¯ñśä – – [bh]· – – ·[¯p] – ca ndre¯ ¯s ra ri twu¯ ¯nt mai tre ya sa mi ti [n]· /// |
| lf | 100 50 2 |
| b1 | ¯cä ke tu ma ti r[i] – – ·k· – – – – – – su pu ṣpi¯ ¯t bo dhi vaṃ wä rtaṃ • nā [ga] pu[¯] [¯s̝](·) /// |
| b2 | me tra¯ ¯k bo dhi sa ttu wa śi rro ki prā kraṃ pra ti my[o] wa śi rṣiṃ ā sā nā lmo • pu kka lyme /// |
| b3 | ṣi wā wä skū • || mai traṃ || me¯ ¯s̝ tkaṃ śla ṣu la¯ ¯s ·l· [r]· swa ṣtu ṣtā ma /// |
| b4 | ṇḍā śśi wa¯ ¯k klyo s̝ta¯ ¯r : swā ñceṃ tsā ka s̝ta rtka nā kā śā wkaṃ wä knā : [1] /// |
| b5 | yne śyā mi mā¯ ¯r • || tma¯ ¯s̝ ā ṣā ni¯ ¯k me tra¯ ¯k pra ṅko y[o] ṣo ma ā l· /// |
| b6 | ¯t – – ntwä¯ ¯s̝ kle śā swi ka¯ ¯s̝ || – s̝a o ṣe ñi ne ṣi /// |
| b7 | rpu¯ ¯k ypi cpru tka¯ ¯s̝ : mā ka¯ ¯s̝ mska ta rnu na ksa¯ ¯s ·ä /// |
| b8 | ṅklu ne wraṃ o ki || ta nne wka nyo ā ṣā ni kme tra[¯] [¯k] /// |
Transcription
| lf | 100-50-2 |
| a1 | ṣome ākär lyāsmāṃ ṣome mnu lūtäsmāṃ weyeṃ n· /// |
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| a2 | ts··śśi säm kāruṇik wrasom waṣtäṣ läñcluney· /// |
| a3 | mne k(ā)kmärtik yātälwā – smāṃ • tri (wä)knā ñemiṣinā /// |
| a4 | c • kuyal mā was ārśo-k camā särki waṣtäṣ läntsamäs śla-k śkaṃ w· /// |
| a5 | säm wärt kärsnāl tā ne säm tāpärk kārūṇik wrasom • mäskatä /// |
| a6 | särki waṣtäṣ läntseñc ॥ tmäṣ bodhisatvā(ñ) lwont kukäl /// |
| a7 | s cakkravarttis lānt källāṣ cem penu bodhisatvāp waṣtäṣ läñclune kakl· /// |
| a8 | skanträ lcär poñś (॥) (vai)bh(āṣikyā)p (ārya)candres raritwunt maitreyasamiti n· /// |
| b1 | c ketumati ri – – ·k· – – – – – – supuṣpit bodhivaṃ wärtaṃ • nāgapuṣ(p) /// |
| b2 | metrak bodhisattu waśirr oki prākräṃ pratimyo waśirṣiṃ āsānā lmo • puk kälyme /// |
| b3 | n1n2n3 ṣi wāwäskū • ॥ maitraṃ ॥ |
| 1a | meṣ tkaṃ śla ṣulas ; (ś)l(a) r(i)s waṣtu ; ṣtāmä /// 1σ |
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| 1b | 12σ |
| 1c | 5σ (kumbhā)b4ṇḍāśśin3n3 ; wak klyoṣtär : |
| 1d | swāñceṃ tsākäṣtär ; tkan= ākāśā ; wkäṃ wäknā : 1 |
| * | /// |
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| b5 | yneś yāmimār • ॥ tmäṣ āṣānik metrak praṅkoyo ṣoma āl· /// |
| b6 | t – – ntwäṣ kleśās wikäṣ ॥ – ṣ{†ä} oṣeñi neṣi /// |
| b7 | r puk ypic prutkäṣ : mākäṣ mskatär nuna-k sas ·ä /// |
| b8 | ṅklune wraṃ oki ॥ tanne wkänyo āṣānik metrak /// |
Translation
| a1 | .... some whiping away tears, some losing their mind, (having become) astonished... |
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| a2 | ... the compassionate being... by leaving home... |
| a3+ | ... powerful lord... three ways... bejewelled... |
| a4 | Why don't we leave home after him today? Additionally, ... |
| a5 | ... the forest is to be known where the compassionate being now is... |
| a6 | ... then they left home. Then the Bodhisattwas... the sent carriage... |
| a7 | ... brings... to the Cakravartin-king... They also (having heard about?) the leaving of home of the Bodhisattva... |
| a8 | Exeunt omnes. The Maitreyasamitināṭaka composed by the Vaibhāṣikya Āryacandra... |
| b1 | ... the city Ketumatī... in the blooming Bodhivana-forest, ... Nāgapuṣpa... |
| b2+ | The Bodhisattva Maitreya with resolve firm like diamond, sitting on a diamond throne... all directions... moved... |
| b3 | In the maitär*-tune: The earth shakes together with the mountains, with the cities, houses, trees... |
| b3+ | ... the voice of Kumbhāṇḍas is heard. |
| b4 | A ray of light shines on the earth and the sky in manifold ways. |
| b4+ | ... may I make manifest... |
| b5+ | Then the worthy Maitreya in an instant... one... makes the Kleśas disappear from... |
| b6 | ... by night... earlier... |
| b7 | ... fills up everything... From many again... becomes one... |
| b8 | ... like sticking in water... In this way, the worthy Maitreya... |
Other
| b4 | (Die Stimme) der Kumbhāṇḍas ... erschallt. (Schmidt 1974: 219) |
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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. |
Parallel texts
| MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 146-148 |
Philological commentary
| This fragment contains the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka; the colophon of act 14 is contained in line a8, line b1-8 already cover the beginning of act 15. An Uy. parallel is MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 146 v.6-147 r.28 (act 14, Tekin 1980: 115-6) to Taf. 148 (act 15, Tekin 1980: 117), where the colophon is in Taf. 147 r.21-28 (Tekin 1980: 116). See also Pinault 1999: 201-202. | |
| n1 | The restoration (ś)l(a) (ri)s is based on Siegling's personal copy of Sieg and Siegling 1921 157. The collocation ris waṣtu also occurs in A 254 a3 (as pointed out by Anna Kuritsyna via Ilya Itkin, 18 November 2015). |
| n2 | The restoration (kumbhā)ṇḍāśśi (cf. Müller and Sieg 1916: 406) is based on the Uy. parallel of the sentence. |
| n3 | /// (kumbhā)ṇḍāśśi wak klyoṣtär :corresponds to .../l'r kwympṅty l'r nynk (')wyn l(')ry yštylwr(Tekin 1980: 117) |
References
Miscellaneous
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 157; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 157
Translations
Carling 2000: a6 (404), b1 (113), b4 (139, 141, 159); Müller and Sieg 1916: b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7; Schmidt 1974: b4 (219); Thomas 1957: a8 (214); Thomas 1969: b3 (262); Thomas 1979d: a4 (168); Thomas 1986: b7 (138); Thomas 1990: b7 (44); Thomas 1991: b2 (21); Thomas 1997: b7 (113)
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