A 298
| Known as: | A 298; THT 931 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 298". 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-a298 (accessed 06 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 92.42 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka |
| Passage: | Act 21 and 22 |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | M-γ |
| Preceding fragment: | A 300 |
| 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
(continues from A 300)
| a1 | rma¯ ¯s̝ a ntu ṣwa lu ra ·ñ· /// |
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| a2 | pā¯ ¯k pā¯ ¯k ypā ra mta mṣu rma ṣ·· /// |
| a3 | pka ñcā ta mṣu rma ṣi : 1 nā kma[¯] [¯nt] ṣā mnā¯ ¯s a /// |
| a4 | tka nā : sa wra¯ ¯m sa lpmāṃ ye pe yntu kā re /// |
| a5 | śo lla ntṣā¯ ¯m : 2 || ku ppre o ntaṃ a ntu s̝wä lma /// |
| a6 | ñlu ne yi sli po¯ ¯nt o ko śkā wä rpnā mträ || de /// |
| a7 | ko yä s̝ka ntu pre pa nwo ra¯ ¯s̝ ṣñi t·· rsa lpmāṃ ye pe syo lā ta ṅ·ā /// |
| a8 | klo pña re ṣi : 1 || [t]·· – ·[ñ]· re – – – pe msa nä¯ ¯k ṣñi ma ṅka¯ ¯nt /// |
| lf | 2 100 10 8 |
| b1 | yi¯ ¯s wlye pa tsu ne – – – ka – – wso ko ne yā pra tti ka ña re /// |
| b2 | yā ā ṣā ni kāṃ me tra kna cwa s̝ta ṣla ntu ra¯ ¯s̝ puka¯ ¯s̝ pkā¯ ¯k kle śā [s]· /// |
| b3 | tra¯ ¯m ta nne wka nyo ā s̝ta ryā¯ ¯p ā yi scä m[pl]· /// |
| b4 | nā ṭkaṃ gṛ ha sta pra ji ta ni ra ya ni d· /// |
| b5 | ki sla ma syo wä nto ñcä¯ ¯s a rka ñcä sta rkru /// |
| b6 | nāṃ wa kyo tkaṃ ā kā śtsra smāṃ o ki e pre raṃ /// |
| b7 | ¯ñä suku ntu o kā¯ ¯k e ñca re o /// |
| b8 | pa ñcmaṃ || s̝ka śśäṃ ko n[y]o /// |
Transcription
(continues from A 300)
| lf | 2 100 10 8 |
| a1 | rmaṣ antuṣ walurä ·ñ· /// |
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| a2 | pāk pāk ypāräm täm ṣurmaṣ ·· /// |
| a3 | pkäñcā täm ṣurmaṣi : 1 nākmant ṣāmnās a /// |
| a4 | tkanā : sawr-äm sälpmāṃ yepeyntu kāre /// |
| a5 | śol läntṣā-m : 2 ॥ kuppre ontaṃ antuṣ wälmä(s) /// |
| a6 | ñluneyis lipont oko śkā wärpnāmträ ॥ de(vadattenaṃ) /// |
| a7 | koyäṣ käntu pre pänworäṣ ṣñi t··r sälpmāṃ yepesyo lātäṅ(k)ā /// |
| a8 | klop ñareṣi : 1 ॥ t·· – ·ñ· re – – – pem sanäk ṣñi maṅkant /// |
| b1 | yis wlyepatsune – – – kä – – wsokoneyā prattika-ñare(yntwaṃ) /// |
| b2 | yā āṣānikāṃ metraknac waṣtäṣ lanturäṣ pukäṣ pkā-k kleśās· /// |
| b3 | träm tanne wkänyo āṣtäryāp āyis cämpl· /// |
| b4 | nāṭkaṃ gṛhastaprajitanirayanid· /// (o)- |
| b5 | -ki slamasyo wäntoñcäs arkañcäs tärkru(nt) /// |
| b6 | nāṃ wakyo tkaṃ ākāś tsräsmāṃ oki epreraṃ /// |
| b7 | ñ sukuntu okāk eñcare o /// |
| b8 | pañcmaṃ ॥ ṣkäśśäṃ konyo /// |
Translation
(continues from A 300)
| a7 | having torn the tongue out from the mouth ... |
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| b5 | black clouds, surrounded by ... -like flames /// |
| b6 | ... tearing apart (lit. separating) earth [and] ether with [his] voice ... |
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). | |
| In his personal copy of Sieg and Siegling 1921: 159, Siegling identifies this fragment as immediately following A 300. |
Parallel texts
| MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 175, 68 |
Philological commentary
| This fragment contains the end of the twenty-first and the beginning of the twenty-second act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka. The colophon of act 21 is in line b4; lines b5-8 cover the beginning of act 22. Uy. parallels are MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 175v (Tekin 1980: 181) for act 21, and MaitrSiŋgim, Taf. 68r (Tekin 1980: 182) for act 22. See also Pinault 1999: 203-204. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 157-158; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 157, p. 158
Translations
Carling 2000: b8 (404); Hackstein 1997: a7 (43); Knoll 1996: b5 (109); Schmidt 1974: a7 (324 n.2); Thomas 1957: a2 (63), a5 (237); Thomas 1968: b6 (213); Thomas 1969: b6 (255)
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