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A 301

Known as:A 301; THT 934
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 301". 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-a301 (accessed 06 Jun. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)

Provenience

Main find spot:Shorchuk
Specific find spot:Stadthöhle
Expedition code:T III Š 68.15
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TA
Script:classical

Text contents

Title of the work:Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka
Passage:Act 12?
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Drama
Verse/Prose:prose; verse
Meter:4343 (4x); 43434 (4x); 543 (4x)

Object

Manuscript:M-γ
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:8

Transliteration

a1/// ṣa [s]ta prā śa ks̝a kpi pa rra kra se wä rtsā ñe mi [ṣ]i – pyā ka¯ ¯s̝ wle ṣā¯ ¯t || va na – – – || śtwa
a2/// tā pā tri śaṃ ku sne ṣe¯ ¯ñcä : lkā tsi wā kmtsaṃ kra¯ ¯nt wra maṃ pu ktā¯ ¯m pyā kṣaṃ – – – – [ṣ]tā ma ntu wi
a3/// rpi śke ñsu bhū mi ntu o rpa ṅki : ku cca tā ki kure kā ri ṣtā ṅki ṣ·i – ·[t]r· śā lyi : ca kra va
a4/// [o] [ṅ]ka lmā¯ ¯ñä ka yu rṣā¯ ¯ñä lā śi wā twa ñma hi rṣā¯ ¯ñä : 2 ko kā¯ ¯ñä ṣpā rā¯ ¯ñä yā mu
a5/// ly· ka – pyā kṣ[aṃ] – śśo ki : bo dhi sa tvā¯ ¯ñä e¯ ¯l e smāṃ mā ski yā mlaṃ wra¯ ¯m ypa
a6/// spa tnu sā mu draṃ nā gā¯ ¯ñä nā ga bha va ñi ·o – ··ā cca pi ka ru ti ñci ndā ma ṇi¯ ¯ñä
a7/// ¯t wsā ṣi nä sṣu la sā śtwa rpā srā – – – vṛ ks̝a ntu wi mā nä ntu koṃ ma
a8/// [ṣṭ]ā¯ ¯m pā ṇḍu ka mpa¯ ¯l pā r[e] – ndaṃ ci tra¯ ¯k pā ru [ṣa]¯ ¯k mi śra
b1/// || tma nä¯ ¯k s̝a ktmāṃ sa lu [rā] – ntā¯ ¯ñä tse pa ntā¯ ¯ñä wsā ṣi
b2/// cyä rmaṃ wa¯ ¯nt ·m· – tma kce¯ ¯m pyā – – – ntā¯ ¯ñä ra pe ypā¯ ¯r pa ñwä knā
b3/// ñä kta ñśe pa¯ ¯r a bhi nai ypā¯ ¯r || la kṣa ṇa – – || ra pe yä ntu pi sā ṣlaṃ ko ṣtlaṃ
b4/// [s]wā ra śśä¯ ¯l ri two sāṃ wa śeṃ śā ka¯ ¯nt : tā maṃ ka naṃ tsa rpe yo a bhi nai ypā rtse pa ntā¯
b5/// ryo le kpi kā¯ ¯r ypā¯ ¯r : 1 || pukaṃ e s̝a¯ ¯k śkaṃ tā¯ ¯m pyā kṣaṃ vi ṣṇu ma hi sva raṃ i ndre¯ ¯s
b6/// ·l· ññä ktā e s̝a¯ ¯k śkaṃ a ptsa raṃ tu ñe mi ṣi nā swä tsyā¯ ¯s spā· tw·¯ – (–) vi śva ka¯ ¯rm ñka¯ ¯t
b7/// [¯s̝] ma hā pra ṇā de slā¯ ¯nt klo ra ṣtra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || mai traṃ || pu rpā rtso pa¯ ¯ts wä ·ñ· – – pyā ka¯ ¯s̝
b8/// tyo tu e lpa¯ ¯s̝ pṣā ṣā rpā pṣu ne : pa kro pā – tu ma ryä knā ṣtā rma mro skā¯ ¯r – – – – ṣma hā

Transcription

a1/// ṣas täprā śäk-ṣäk-pi pärra-krase wärtsā ñemiṣi – pyākäṣ wleṣāt ॥ vana(praveśaṃ) ॥
1aśtwa a2 13σ
1b7σ /// ; tāpātriśaṃ ; kus ne ṣeñc :
1clkātsi wākmtsaṃ ; krant wramäṃ ; puk tām pyākṣaṃ ; – – – (:)
1dṣtāmäntu wi ; a3 10σ
2a4σ /// ; (wa)rpiśkeñ ; subhūmintu ; orpaṅki :
2bkuccatāki ; kurekāri ; ṣtāṅki ṣ·i – · 1σ ; tr(e)śālyi :
2ccakrava a411σ
2d1σ /// oṅkälmāñ ; kayurṣāñ ; lāśi wātwañ ; mahirṣāñ : 2
*kokāñ ṣpārāñ yāmu¬
a5¬(tsiñ) /// ly·ka – pyākṣaṃ – śś oki : bodhisatvāñ el esmāṃ māski yāmläṃ wram ypa
a6/// s pat nu sāmudraṃ nāgāñ nāgabhavañi·o – ··āccapi karutiñ cindāmaṇiñ
a7/// (ṣpä)t wsāṣinäs ṣulasā śtwar pāsrā – – – vṛkṣäntu wimānäntu koṃ ma¬
a8¬(ñ) /// ṣṭām pāṇḍukampal pāre(na)ndaṃ citrak pāruṣak miśra
b1/// ॥ tman-äk ṣäk tmāṃ salu rā – ntāñ tsepäntāñ wsāṣi
b2/// c yärmaṃ want ·m· – tm-äk cem pyā – – – ntāñ rape ypār päñ wäknā
b3/// ñäktañ śepär abhinai ypār ॥ lakṣaṇa – – ॥
1arapeyäntu ; pisāṣlaṃ ; koṣtlaṃ b4 9σ
1b8σ /// swāraśśäl ; ritwosāṃ ; waśeṃ śākant :
1ctāmaṃ kanaṃ ; tsar peyo ; abhinai ypār ; tsepäntāb5(ñ) ; 4σ
1d13σ /// ryo ; lek pikār ypār : 1
*॥ pukaṃ eṣäk śkaṃ tām pyākṣaṃ viṣṇu mahisvaräṃ indres
b6/// (w)l(ā)ññäktā eṣäk śkaṃ aptsaräṃtu ñemiṣinās wätsyās spā(r)tw(señc) viśvakarm ñkät
b7/// ṣ mahāpraṇādes lānt kloräṣ träṅkäṣ ॥ maitraṃ ॥
1apurpār tsopats wä · 0σ ; ñ· – – 2σ pyākäṣ ; b8 3σ
1b12σ
1c3σ /// tyo tu ; el paṣ p{ṣ→p}āṣār ; pāpṣune :
1dpäkropā(r) (pñiṃ)tu ; mar yäknāṣtār ; {m→p}ämroskār (:) (1) (॥)
*– ṣ mahā

Translation

a1... he made a pillar made of jewels, ... in hight, sixteen arrow shots in width.
a1In the Vanapraveśa-tune:
a1+Four...
a2... which were the thirty three gods, all things that are good to look at were on that pillar.
a2+Two trees...
a3... (on the pillar were visible) parks, beautiful places, market places, towers, houses with roof terraces, palaces... houses with three halls...
a4... (on the pillar were visible) elephants, bulls, steeds, mares, buffaloes...
a4+Ruddy geese, sparrows, parrots...
a5+... on the pillar (there were) lifelike ((yne)śś oki) Bhodisattvas giving gifts, doing deeds that are difficult to do...
a6+... further, Nāgas and Nāga-dwellings in the ocean, ... Garuḍas, Cintāmaṇi-jewels...
a7+Four terraces on seven mountains, ... trees, Vimānas, sun, moon...
b1+On it (were) a total of sixty thousand musicians and dancers, gold...
b2... just... the wind...
b2+(On the pillar), the (musicians?) made music in five ways: ...
b3The gods danced.
b3They acted.
b3In the Lakṣaṇa...-tune:
b3+Wind, percussion instruments...
b4... they were pulling out voices connected with tone.
b4+To this melody the dancers performed pantomime with [their] hands and feet...
b5... they were making gestures...
b5+And above all else on the pillar, Viṣnu... of lord Indra...
b6Above Indra, Apsaras are turning bejeweled parasols.
b6+The god Viśvakarman...
b7... having brought... to the king Mahāpraṇāda, he says:
b7In the Maitra-tune:
b7+Take, o great (king?), ... the pillar...
b8... you give the gift...
b8and keep the observance.
b8Gather merits.
b8Do not be negligent.
b8Feel aversion.

Other

b8Gib Gabe, bewahre sittliche Haltung, sammle (Verdienst)e, sei nicht nachlässig, entsage [der Welt]. (Schmidt 1974: 162)
b8Gib Gabe, bewahre sittliche Haltung, sammle (Verdienst)e, sei nicht nachlässig, wende dich von der Welt ab! (Schmidt 1974: 177)

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.

Philological commentary

*This fragment is not classified, but it is part of the Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka, possibly of Act XII (cf. Pinault 1999: 205).

References

Online access

IDP: THT 934, THT 934; TITUS: THT 934

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 160; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 160

Translations

Carling 2000: a2 (175), a5 (175), a7 (127, 404), b2 (175), b5 (175, 345), b6 (228, 335); Hackstein 1995: b4 (142); Knoll 1996: a2 (43), a5 (144); Kölver 1965: b4 (71, 89), b5 (131), b6 (66); Schmidt 1974: b8 (162, 177), b8 (162), b8 (177); Thomas 1952: b3 (34); Thomas 1954: a2 (740); Thomas 1957: a2 (77), b2 (56), b3 (56), b4 (56), b5 (56); Thomas 1958: b8 (295); Thomas 1970b: a2 (285); Thomas 1975: b8 (317); Thomas 1981: b8 (483); Thomas 1993: b4 (208); Thomas 1997: a2 (71)