A 49
| Known as: | A 49; THT 682 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn. "A 49". 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-a49 (accessed 24 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn |
| Date of online publication: | 2013-10-05 |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 68.01 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unknown Avadāna |
| Passage: | Dharmarājika deeds |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 43434 (4x); 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 1-54 |
| 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 | /// r(·) nāṃ tyo wra sa śś(·) (–) [s]s[ā] kro rñe ṣo¯ ¯m cmo l[ṣ]ya¯ ¯ts śā we mo [ki] /// |
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| a2 | /// yo ṣo¯ ¯m cmo lṣya¯ ¯ts ā kā¯ ¯l kaṃ se¯ ¯ñcä : sne yä¯ ¯rm ka lpsaṃ klo pa /// |
| a3 | /// ○ ¯r pñye lu ne yo : pñi ṣi wä¯ ¯l ca¯ ¯m wyā raṃ lmo ta myo wyā r[ṣ]i /// |
| a4 | /// ○ t[nu] ka na ṣke ño mā wä lṣe¯ ¯s̝ ptā ñä kte ma rka mpa laṃ śā /// |
| a5 | /// [p]u ṣya mi tre slā¯ ¯nt ka tyā mu¯ ¯nt wyā ra ssa ṅgrā [ma] /// |
| a6 | /// [rka] mpa lṣi nā[¯] [¯p] lā[¯] [¯nt] we /// |
| b1 | /// – wyā [rta] myo dha rma [rā] [ji]¯ ¯k tra ṅtra /// |
| b2 | /// [wä¯] [¯]rts pa raṃ : ka¯ ¯nt ku rsa rwā lo¯ ¯k tka na¯ ¯s̝ ta /// |
| b3 | /// ○ ll· k[i] ta pro ne yo wā ka ṣtra : tru ṅkaṃ pa rta rśa ri rntu ta myo dha /// |
| b4 | /// ○ ma rka mpa lṣi nā¯ ¯p śpe śu ylā¯ ¯nt yā mu¯ ¯nt wyā rpu¯ ¯k wyā(·) [sa] /// |
| b5 | /// ta mne¯ ¯k ca mma rka mpa lṣi nā¯ ¯p ka na ṣke slā¯ ¯nt yā mu¯ ¯nt wyā rpu¯ ¯k /// |
| b6 | /// [ñ](·)ä || ku pre pa tnu (–) (·)[e] [śa] ri ru ma¯ ¯s̝ wyā ri ne¯ ¯ñcä pu kce¯ ¯m dha rma /// |
Transcription
| lf | /// |
| 1a | a1n1 2σ /// r· nāṃtyo ; wrasaśś(i) ; (ñā)ssā =krorñe ; ṣom-cmolṣy ats ; śāwe moki |
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| 1b | /// a2n1 10σ /// °yo ; ṣom-cmolṣy ats ; ākāl käṃseñc : |
| 1c | sne yärm kalpsaṃ ; klopä(ntwäṣ) ; /// 7σ a3n1 /// °r ; pñy eluneyo : |
| 1d | pñiṣi wäl cam ; wyāraṃ lmo ; tämyo wyārṣi ; /// 7σ |
| a4 | /// (pa)t nu kanaṣke ñomā wäl ṣeṣ ptāñäkte märkampalaṃ śā° /// |
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| a5 | /// puṣyamitres lānt kat yāmunt wyāräs saṅgrāmä(s) /// |
| a6 | /// (mä)rkampalṣināp lānt we(wñu) /// |
| b1 | /// – wyār tämyo dharmarājik träṅträ /// |
| b2 | n2 |
| 1a | 11σ /// ; wärts paraṃ : |
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| 1b | känt kursärwā ; lok tkanäṣ ; tä(prone) /// 4σ |
| 1c | b3n2 4σ /// ; (ṣu)ll (o)ki ; täproneyo ; wākäṣträ : |
| 1d | truṅkaṃ pärtär ; śarirntu ; tämyo dha(rma,rājikṣi) |
| * | /// |
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| b4 | /// märkampalṣināp śpeśuy lānt yāmunt wyār puk wyā(r)sä(ṣ) /// |
| b5 | /// tämne-k cam märkampalṣināp kanaṣkes lānt yāmunt wyār puk (wyārsäṣ) /// |
| b6 | /// (träṅki)ñ(c){†ä} ॥ kupre pat nu (śāw)e śarirumäṣ wyāri neñc puk cem dharma(rājikṣiñi) /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... because of the greed of the living beings the poverty of a single birth indeed, the big, old [ones] ... ... they realize/fulfil the wish for one single birth indeed, because of the sufferings in innumerable Kalpas ... |
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| a3 | ... the merit arises through giving alms. A meritorious king has founded this [gift] for a cloister, therefore (the state) of the cloister ... |
| a4 | ... or when there was a king named Kaniṣka, ... in the Law ... |
| a5 | ... (Kaniṣka rebuilt?) cloister [and] monasteries having been destroyed by the king Puṣyamitra ... |
| a6 | ... (it has been) said by the Law abiding king [= Dharmarāja] ... |
| b1 | ... [the] cloister; therefore he is called Dharmarāja. ... |
| b2 | ... [the stūpa is] wide [and] straight. In height a hundred miles far from the earth ... |
| b3 | ... [the stūpa] differs [= is superior] in height like the (Sumeru) mountain. It contains relics in its shrine. Therefore it [belongs to] a Dha(rmarāja). ... |
| b4 | ... the cloister founded by the Law abiding king Śpeśu from all cloisters ... |
| b5 | ... thus indeed ... the cloister founded by the Law abiding king Kaniṣka (from) all (cloisters) ... |
| b6 | ... they (say): "Whenever there are (bi)g cloisters provided with relics, all these [belong to] Dharma(rāja) [kings] ... |
Other
| b3 | Im Inneren trägt er die Reliquien. (Schmidt 1974: 406) |
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| b3 | ... wie der ... -Berg unterscheidet er sich durch die Höhe. (Schmidt 1974: 113) |
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. | |
| Middle part of a leaf. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | The tune has 4x18 syllables (7/7/4). |
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| n2 | The tune has probably 4x14 syllables (7/7). |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 28; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 28
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (404), b3 (144); Carling et al. 2009: a5 (97); Hackstein 1995: b3 (129f); Knoll 1996: a1 (53), a2 (53); Kölver 1965: a5 (111), b3 (107); Schmidt 1974: b3 (113, 406), b3 (406), b3 (113); Thomas 1957: a3 (257), a4 (34); Thomas 1988: a3 (253); Thomas 1997: b6 (105)
Bibliography
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