A 346
| Known as: | A 346; THT 980 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 346". 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-a346 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 81.2 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | M18 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 345-346 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 345 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
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 345)
| lf | 10 8 |
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| a1 | śke sa¯ ¯cä suku ntu wä rpnā tsi yä¯ ¯ñcä : ta mpa lko ra ṣwe yeṃ nāṃ tsu na nde tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ |
| a2 | o te ta preṃ pa ○ ñi tswā tsu ne • o te ta preṃ yā tlu ne tma¯ ¯s̝ tra¯ ¯ṅk • || bra |
| a3 | mnā ñcā naṃ || tmā ○ na ntu yo koṃ ñä kta¯ ¯ñä ka mpo tā ki¯ ¯ñcä tma ṣlyu tā rce¯ ¯s̝ |
| a4 | wa ñi tse tma ṣly· tā rce ṣlu kśa nu¯ ¯s̝ yā ta lwā tse : wsi mo ta rci rta¯ ¯r ā rkiṃ |
| b1 | wi ci ttra su¯ ¯k lkā tsi swā ñceṃ ce ssi : ku cca śśi caṃ ne¯ ¯s̝ cmo lw· [p]ñ· ntu – |
| b2 | mtsā¯ ¯nt ke śśi ○ sa¯ ¯s o ko na s̝a¯ ¯m : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝ wlāṃ ñkä¯ ¯t au ra bhri pu |
| b3 | rveṃ ñä kta¯ ¯cä ○ kā tse ka lko ra¯ ¯s̝ tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ yā ta lwā¯ ¯ts na¯ ¯s̝t [au] |
| b4 | ra bhri peṃ ma lka rteṃ ku cya sne¯ ¯s̝ cmo lwaṃ pñi ntu yā mtsā¯ ¯cä ke ta mpe yaṃ ne |
Transcription
(continues from A 345)
| lf | 10-8 |
| (warpi)- | |
| a1 | -śkesac sukuntu wärpnātsi yäñc : täm pälkoräṣ weyeṃ nāṃtsu nande träṅkäṣ |
| a2 | ote täpreṃ pañitswātsune • ote täpreṃ yātlune tmäṣ träṅk • ॥ bra- |
| a3 | -mnāñcānaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | tmānantuyo ; koṃ-ñäktañ ; kämpo tākiñc |
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| 1b | tmäṣ lyutār ceṣ ; a4 wañitse ; tmäṣ ly(u)tār ceṣ ; lukśanuṣ ; yātälwātse : |
| 1c | wsi motarci ; rtär ārkiṃ ; b1 wicitträ ; suk lkātsi ; swāñceṃ cessi : |
| 1d | kucc aśśi caṃ ; neṣ cmolw(aṃ) ; pñ(i)ntu (yā)b2mtsānt ; ke =śśi säs ; oko naṣ-äm : 1 ॥ |
| tmäṣ wlāṃñkät aurabhripu- | |
| b3 | -rveṃ ñäktac kātse kälkoräṣ träṅkäṣ yātälwāts naṣt au- |
| b4 | -rabhri peṃ mälkärteṃ kuc yas neṣ cmolwaṃ pñintu yāmtsāc ke tampeyaṃ ne |
Translation
(continues from A 345)
| a1 | Having seen this, Nanda, astonished, says: |
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| a2 | "What great magnificence! What great power!" Then he says: |
| a2+ | In the Bramnāñcāṃ-tune: |
| a3 | ... Even if suns by tens of thousands were forming a circle, those [gods] would be more brilliant. |
| a4 | Those [gods] would be more bright (and) powerful. |
| a4+ | Golden, green, red, white, colorful, a pleasure to behold is their ray. |
| b1+ | What meritorious deeds did they do in previous lives? |
| b2 | The reward for what (deed) of theirs is this? |
| b2+ | Then, Indra, having come close to Aurabhripūrva, says: |
| b3+ | "You are powerful, Aurabhri. |
| b4 | Say, my dear: What meritorious deeds have you done in previous lives, by the power of which... |
Other
| a3+ | Even if suns by tens of thousands were forming a circle, those [gods] are more brilliant. (cf 132a) (Peyrot 2013b: 271) |
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| b1+ | Welche Verdienste haben sich diese wohl (in) früheren Geburten erworben? Wofür ist ihnen wohl dieser Lohn? (Schmidt 1974: 436) |
| b3+ | Du bist machtvoll, Aurabhri, sprich, mein Lieber: Welche Verdienste habt ihr euch in früheren Geburten erworben, kraft derer ... (Schmidt 1974: 436) |
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. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 191; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 191
Translations
Carling 2000: b1 b2 (244), b2 b3 (353), b4 (244); Knoll 1996: a1 (28, 45), a3 (20, 7), a4 (43[f], 117), b1 (117); Kölver 1965: a3 (145), b2 (95); Meunier 2013: b1 b2 (176), b4 (176); Peyrot 2013b: a3 a4 (271); Schmidt 1974: b1 (436), b1 b2 (436), b3 b4 (436); Thomas 1954: a4 b1 (744); Thomas 1957: b1 b2 (238), b2 b3 b4 (238); Thomas 1958a: a3 a4 (143); Thomas 1969: a3 a4 (251); Thomas 1970a: a3 a4 (463); Thomas 1970b: a4 b1 (286)
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