A 311
| Known as: | A 311; THT 945 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz. "A 311". 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-a311 (accessed 05 May 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 79.19 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Ṣaṭsūtra (Maitreya) |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | M20_22_10_15 |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | || su bhā dre naṃ || ma hā kā ru ṇyo ku sne ta mne ṣā sne ṣru mtu ṅki ññā pa ñcmo lwaṃ wra sa¯ ¯s : ca mkra¯ ¯nt ka ṣṣiṃ p[u¯] [¯k] knā na¯ ¯nt ynā ñmu ne /// |
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| a2 | lā la kkoṃ pe se ya śśä¯ ¯l ṣya¯ ¯k ṣa ṭsu tra po sta¯ ¯k pe ka ma¯ ¯t 1 ku sne wra so mca¯ ¯s̝ po sta¯ ¯k pe – – – – – ··e nāṃ ytā raṃ ym· /// |
| a3 | ¯s̝ : ta myo pe ka ma¯ ¯t śla wso ko ne yo : śmi ma¯ ¯s ṣa kka¯ ¯ts me tra¯ ¯k ptā ñktä¯ ¯cä ke tu ma – – [t]ā [mp]ra[¯] [¯]s̝[t] : 2 kā ru ·i[¯] [¯k] n· /// |
| a4 | [c]o kme nā kyo nkaṃ sa māṃ tñi kra¯ ¯nt śā snaṃ ka lpā ma¯ ¯t wa¯ ¯s o ñi cmo¯ ¯l : mka lto rā ṣṣa ci kra ñcsa¯ ¯cä kā tse ymāṃ : tñi kā [swo] /// |
| a5 | ā kṣi ññā ra¯ ¯m kra¯ ¯ñśä ptā ñkte ma rka mpa¯ ¯l pe klu ne ṣi pñi : pū¯ ¯k pñi ntwaṃ tpa rsu me rro ki koṃ ñkä tto ki lu kśa nu pū¯ ¯k kle śā śśi pra kte y[p]a¯ ¯nt /// |
| a6 | ·[¯s̝] t·· l··¯ ¯nt ka l[l]ā¯ ¯nt ne rvā na¯ ¯cä 4 ś(·)[¯] [¯]·[k] ś··ṃ ā ṣā ni[¯] [¯k] me [nā] /// |
| b1 | [t]w· [y]ntu [:] [k]ra nts· n· – kul· ñä śwā ts· y· kts· ntu [:] pu kka· l· /// |
| b2 | la¯ ¯s̝ ku sne pñi ntu ma rka mpa¯ ¯l pe klu ne ṣiṃ ca m[pa] ñña¯ ¯cä śä kṣä kpi ñcäṃ ca mpā ka¯ ¯cä mā ku mnä¯ ¯s̝ : ta nne wka nyo śā [waṃ] pñ· ntu ku sne [pi] [k]·· /// |
| b3 | wyā ra¯ ¯s wle ṣi tra : ku rsa rśā we¯ ¯s pu kñe mi ṣnä¯ ¯s śrā ddho ne yo sa swra so¯ ¯m mā ksa¯ ¯m pñi ntu tmā ṣi tra : wä tnu ptā ñä kt· [ma] /// |
| b4 | 7 kupre sa ñce yā mtra kuya lla śśi ta ppreṃ ma rka mpa lṣi pñi tso pa tṣäṃ we ñā¯ ¯r : ku sne – – – – – [ptā] ñä kta¯ ¯ñä – – v· /// |
| b5 | ¯k : pu kce¯ ¯m ptā ñkta¯ ¯ñä kra¯ ¯nt ma rka mpa¯ ¯l se myā mu ra ṣśa lpa ntra : 8 tu pe nu ne ṣā pu tti rṣi na – – – – – [pm]āṃ klo pa¯ – /// |
| b6 | śäṃ se wā¯ ¯s y[a]¯ ¯ts ts[p]a [ṅ]ka ssi wsā s̝ta [r]ysā raṃ ṣi – – : ā y·[ā] ka ssi a ·äṃ rwā tsi klo [pyo] kro [p]·e – rka mpa[¯] [¯l] [:] 9 kupre o /// |
Transcription
| a1 | ॥ subhādrenaṃ ॥ |
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| 1a | mahākāruṇyo ; kus ne täm neṣā ; sne ṣrum tuṅkiññā ; päñ cmolwaṃ wrasas : |
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| 1b | cam krant käṣṣiṃ ; puk knānänt ynāñ;mune /// 12σ |
| 1c | 10σ |
| 1d | a2 lāläkkoṃpe ; seyaśśäl ṣyak ; ṣaṭsuträ postäk ; pekamät 1 |
| 2a | kus ne wrasom caṣ ; postäk pe – – ; – – – 3σ ··enāṃ ; ytāraṃ ym· /// 3σ |
| 2b | 22σ a3n1 ṣ |
| 2c | : tämyo pekamät ; śla wsokoneyo : |
| 2d | śmimäs ṣakk ats ; metrak ptāñkt{ä/a}c ; ketuma – ; – tām praṣt : 2 |
| 3a | kāru(ṇ)ik n· /// 17σ |
| 3b | 3σ (mā) ; a4 cok menākyo ; nkäṃsamāṃ tñi ; krant śāsnaṃ ; kälpāmät was ; oñi cmol : |
| 3c | mkältorāṣṣ aci ; krañcsac kātse ymāṃ : |
| 3d | tñi kāswo… /// 12σ |
| 4a | 5σ a5 ; ākṣiññār-äm krañś ; ptāñkte märkampal ; pekluneṣi pñi : |
| 4b | pūk pñintwaṃ tpär ; sumerr oki ; koṃ ñkätt oki ; lukśanu ; pūk kleśāśśi ; prakte ypant (:) |
| 4c | /// 10σ |
| 4d | 8σ a6 ṣ· ; t(sä)l(pṣa)nt källānt ; nervānac 4 |
| 5a | ś(la-)k ś(ka)ṃ āṣānik ; menā /// 13σ |
| 5b | 21σ b1 tw·yntu : |
| 5c | kränts(o)n(āñ) kul(ewā)ñ«†ä» ; śwāts(i) y(o)kts(i)ntu : |
| 5d | puk ka·l· /// 13σ |
| 6a | 20σ |
| 6b | 7σ b2 läṣ ; kus ne pñintu ; märkampal ; pekluneṣiṃ ; cam päññac «:» |
| 6c | śäkṣäkpiñcäṃ cam ; pākac mā kumnäṣ : |
| 6d | tanne wkänyo ; śāwaṃ pñ(i)ntu ; kus ne pik·· /// 4σ |
| 7a | 15σ b3 ; wyāräs wleṣiträ : |
| 7b | kursär śāwes ; puk ñemiṣnäs ; śrāddhoneyo ; sas wrasom ; māk säm pñintu ; tmāṣiträ : |
| 7c | wät nu ptāñäkt· ; mä /// 4σ |
| 7d | 15σ b4 7 |
| 8a | kupre sañce yāmträ ; kuyall aśśi täppreṃ ; märkampalṣi pñi ; tsopatṣäṃ weñār : |
| 8b | kus ne – – – – – ptāñäktañ – – v· /// |
| 8c | 10σ b5 k : |
| 8d | puk cem ptāñktañ ; krant märkampal ; sem yāmuräṣ ; śalpanträ : 8 |
| 9a | tu penu neṣā ; putti«ṣpa»rṣinä – 0σ ; – – – – pmāṃ ; klopa – /// 3σ |
| 9b | 18σ b6 śäṃ ; sewās yats «:» |
| 9c | tspäṅkässi wsāṣtär ; ysāräṃ ṣi – – : |
| 9d | āy (py)ākässi ; a(ś)äṃ rwātsi ; klopyo krop(t)e ; (mä)rkampal : 9 |
| kupre o(ntam) /// |
Translation
| a1 | In the Subhādrena-tune: The good teacher, who out of great compassion previously loved the beings in five births, the all knowing one... honor... |
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| a2 | We wrote a puṣṭaka of six Sūtras together with the son Lāläkkoṃ... Whichever being (reads) this Puṣṭaka... on the way... |
| a3 | Thus, we wrote it with gladness. May we really come to the Buddha Maitreya (in the city) Ketumatī then. Compassionate... |
| a3+ | through your good teaching, which is (not) going out (lit. disappearing) like a lamp, we have obtained human birth ... |
| a4 | Going towards the good from youth onward, your virtue... |
| a5 | the good ones have taught us: the merit of writing the Law of the Buddha Lord is among the merits deep like Sumeru, bright like the sun god, removing (?) all kleśas. |
| a6 | ... liberating... ... They brought to Nirvāṇa. And further, honorable... |
| b1 | Beautiful women, food, drink, all... |
| b2 | ... whatever (other) virtues (there are), compared to the virtue of writing the law, they do not even reach a sixteenth of that. Thus, which great virtues... |
| b3 | If it erected monasteries, one mile large and built by jewels completely ... a solitary being could generate many merits through faith. Second... Buddha... |
| b4 | whether he will question why they have said [that] the merit of the law is so great? ... |
| b5 | All the Buddhas, having made the good law their refuge, become liberated. ... gathering the sambhāras for the Buddha-worth ... |
| b6 | ... through suffering like the crushing of bones and tearing out of eyes you have collected the Law ... |
Other
| a3 | Darum haben wir desgleichen mit Freude geschrieben [in dem Wunsche]: "Möchten wir [doch] gewiss zu der Zeit zu Maitreya, dem Buddha, (in die Stadt) Ketuma(tī) kommen!" (Schmidt 1974: 449, 456) |
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| b3 | ... dürfte Klöster errichten, [eine] Meile groß [und] ganz aus Juwel[en] errichtet. (Schmidt 1974: 502) |
| b3 | Durch Gläubigsein dürfte sich ein Wesen viele Verdienste erzeugen. (Schmidt 1974: 421) |
| b4 | Whether he will question why they have called the merit of the law so great? (cf 239; 343) (Peyrot 2013b: 282) |
| b4 | Ob er Zweifel hegen wird? (Schmidt 1974: 343) |
| b5 | Ihre Zuflucht zum guten Gesetz genommen habend, werden alle die[se] Buddhas erlöst. (Schmidt 1974: 116) |
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). |
Parallel texts
| A 303 |
Philological commentary
| n1 | According to Sieg and Siegling 1921: 166 fn. 4 ptāñktäc is scribal error for ptāñktac. |
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References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 166-167; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 166, p. 167
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (244), a2 (95), a3 (234, 284), a6 (249), b5 (404); Hackstein 1995: b6 (78); Knoll 1996: a5 (7), b3 (132); Kölver 1965: a1 (43), a4 (14), a5 (117); Peyrot 2013b: b4 (282); Schmidt 1974: a3 (449, 456f), a3 (449, 456), b3 (502), b3 (421), b4 (343), b5 (116), b7 (421); Thomas 1954: b1 (758); Thomas 1957: a1 (77), a2 (151), a3 (151), a4 (152), a5 (152), a6 (152), b4 (239), b5 (152), b6 (152), b6 (234); Thomas 1958a: a5 (147); Thomas 1967: a3 (271); Thomas 1969: a5 (249), b5 (236); Thomas 1970: a5 (275), a6 (268); Thomas 1976a: a3 (72); Thomas 1979d: a6 (168); Thomas 1983: a3 (30); Thomas 1995: b3 (58), b3 (67); Thomas 1997: a1 (80), b2 (71)
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