A 399
| Known as: | A 399; THT 1033; THT 1033a; THT 1033b |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 399". 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-a399 (accessed 06 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Sengim |
| Expedition code: | T II S 19.5 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 399-404 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·ma pra bhe bo dhi sa tt· – ·k· tā ñcāṃ pa /// |
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| a2 | /// ne lkā¯ ¯s̝ tā¯ ¯m kule kā ru ṇyo lā ta ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ pa śśäṃ • pa ltsa ṅkā si mā ski /// |
| a3 | /// me tra¯ ¯k tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ tā pra tā m[pa] lkā raṃ ne po kāṃ – śnä¯ ¯s̝ tso ptsāṃ /// |
| a4 | /// s̝s̝aṃ klyo mi ne pa śnä[¯] [¯s̝] – [św]ā¯ ¯s̝ || jva la pra bhe bo dhi sa ttu tra ṅka /// |
| a5 | /// || me tra¯ ¯k tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ta nne mo kka¯ ¯ts te mi ma śki ·e tā mkule yaṃ ka ryā lo tklu ne /// |
| a6 | /// wso ko ne ṣiṃ wä rks̝a lyo śkā śi nā ssi cä mpa¯ ¯s̝ tā pa rnu mā – lyi ku[ya] /// |
| a7 | /// pu¯ ¯k lyka[¯] [¯lyä] ā ne ñci • pa lkā rte [m]i /// |
| b1 | /// [¯m] ska¯ ¯m eṃ ts· – • wā kma¯ ¯ts ka ryā l· ·ku /// |
| b2 | /// nā ssi : 1 || ma ṇi jvā le bo dhi sa ttu tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ klyo¯ ¯m me tra – mā o[¯] [¯k] /// |
| b3 | /// śkā¯ ¯k [ś]k·¯ ¯k śwā¯ ¯l wrā ta ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ || me tra ktra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ṣo kyo prā ka¯ ¯r sā mma śki¯ ¯t /// |
| b4 | /// nä¯ ¯k pu tti śpa rṣi ā [k]· – – lska kupā¯ ¯r a ne yi s̝aṃ || tma ṣsā¯ ¯m pa t[m]· /// |
| b5 | /// pā ka rla ma raṃ • lā laṃ ṣkā[ṃ] sne na tyāṃ wa kyo tā – kule ya¯ ¯cä tra /// |
| b6 | /// ñi || tma¯ ¯s̝ pa dmā va ti ma śki¯ ¯t : śla ā ñcā lyi tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || pra śā nta /// |
| b7 | /// mṣu rma¯ ¯s̝ : kā rme ma rka – [¯l] ka rsā lune /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·maprabhe bodhisatt(u) (mäś)k(i)tāñcāṃ pä /// |
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| a2 | /// ne lkāṣ tām kule kāruṇyo lātäṅkāṣ päśśäṃ • pältsäṅkāsi māski /// |
| a3 | /// metrak träṅkäṣ tāprä tām pälkāräṃ nepokāṃ (pä)śnäṣ tsoptsāṃ /// |
| a4 | /// ṣṣäṃ klyomine päśnäṣ – śwāṣ ॥ jvalaprabhe bodhisattu träṅkä(ṣ) /// |
| a5 | /// ॥ metrak träṅkäṣ tanne mokk ats temi mäśki·e tām kuleyaṃ käryā lotklune /// |
| a6 | /// wsokoneṣiṃ wärkṣälyo śkā śināssi cämpäṣ tāpär nu mā – lyi kuya /// |
| a7 | /// puk lykäly āneñci • pälkār temi /// |
| b1 | /// m skam eṃts· – • wākmats käryā l··ku /// |
| b2 | /// nāssi : 1 ॥ maṇijvāle bodhisattu träṅkäṣ klyom metra(k) mā ok /// |
| b3 | /// śkā-k śk(ā-)k śwāl wrātäṅkāṣ ॥ metrak träṅkäṣ ṣokyo prākär sām mäśkit /// |
| b4 | /// näk puttiśparṣi āk· – – lska kupār ane yiṣ-äṃ ॥ tmäṣ sām patm· /// |
| b5 | /// pākär lamar-äṃ • lālaṃṣkāṃ sne natyāṃ wakyo tā(m) kuleyac trä /// |
| b6 | /// ñi ॥ tmäṣ padmāvati mäśkit : śla āñcālyi träṅkäṣ ॥ praśānta(hāraṃ) /// |
| b7 | /// m ṣurmaṣ : kārme märka(mpa)l kärsālune /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... the Bodhisattva ?-maprabhe (having seen?) the princess... |
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| a2 | ... sees the woman... cuts off the breasts out of compassion (?). ... difficult to imagine... |
| a3 | ... Maitreya says: Now look at her, beautiful, large from the breasts (?)... |
| a4 | ... eats from the breasts of the noble one [fem.]... The Bodhisattva Jvalaprabha says: |
| a5 | ... Maitreya says: Thus the elder... of the princess, compassion for the woman... |
| a6 | ... with the power of joy he can enter. Now... not... |
| a7 | ... all fine... carefully. Look, her... |
| b1 | ... always seize...(?) Distinguished... compassion... |
| b2 | The Bodhisattva Maṇijvala ssays: Noble Maitreya, ... not... |
| b3 | ... prepares the meat. Maitreya says: The princess, very firm... |
| b4 | ... the... of Buddhahood deeply goes inside him/her. Then, she, Padmāvatī,... |
| b5 | ... his/her... sit down (?) manifestly. With a tender, powerless voice, (they?) say to the woman: |
| b6 | Then the princess Padmāvatī says with hands in añjaliposition: |
| b7 | ... for (that) reasen, knowledge of the true law... |
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). |
Philological commentary
| n1 | For käryā lotkluneas "compassion", see Carling and Pinault 2023 s.v. kri. |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 1033a, THT 1033b; TITUS: THT 1033
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 222-223; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 222, p. 223
Translations
Carling 2000: a9 (247); Hackstein 1995: a6 (79); Knoll 1996: a2 (48), b4 (63, 142, 149), b5 (109); Krause 1952: a6 (121); Peyrot 2013: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 (175-177); Thomas 1997: a7 (113)
Bibliography
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Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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