A 55
| Known as: | A 55; THT 688 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Fanny Meunier; Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn; Michaël Peyrot. "A 55". 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-a55 (accessed 20 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Fanny Meunier; Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn; Michaël Peyrot |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 85.1 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Avadāna |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 43434 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 55-88 |
| 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 | /// [lo] ka¯ ¯cä lkā¯ ¯nt knā nmu ne • ä ñce sni ne ta nne wka nyo e ṅka lwi [ka] |
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| a2 | /// ·[m]· nnaṃ || sne wā sklu ne a śnu ma¯ ¯nt• pa lske swa ñi kā swe naṃ a |
| a3 | /// kpe sto naṃ ku¯ ¯s̝t• lu : tsru yä¯ ¯rm smi māṃ ku sne ce¯ ¯m tu ṅka ssu |
| a4 | /// ka ma ñtā pa¯ ¯rk lyu tā rpā¯ ¯k• śo rki a rse¯ ¯ñcä : 1 yre ki [ś]la tu¯ |
| a5 | /// [pa]¯ ¯rk kupā raṃ lo ta ñpā tru kaṃ pra ski a rse¯ ¯ñcä : ye tu ṣtsā ro¯ ¯[t]• |
| a6 | /// ·[ā] pa¯ ¯rk e ñca re a rse¯ ¯ñcä pa lske¯ ¯s• : tsi to ṣtu |
| b1 | /// ra sy[o] śa lca ntra le pśsā tā pa¯ ¯rk : tu ṅkyo tri ko¯ |
| b2 | /// [sa]¯ ¯m• sne se mwa ste ku¯ ¯s̝t lwā kā tā śśi yä rta¯ ¯r• : 3 sa r[i] |
| b3 | /// [m]· yo : tri kse¯ ¯ñcä ā kntsā¯ ¯ñä e ṅka lyo yi¯ ¯ñcä ytā ra¯ ¯s̝ pka¯ |
| b4 | /// ·[y]· ce¯ ¯m knā nmā na ṣmā oṃ sa ntra : kule ñci wa ṅke le kpi kā rta |
| b5 | /// [ś]tā lu ne kā ru ṇi kwra so¯ ¯m• tso pa tsaṃ a rka mnā ṣiṃ wä rtaṃ tso pa |
| b6 | /// ·[s]· ka rya tsu¯ ¯m• || tma¯ ¯s̝ o rto wa tu¯ ¯nt• cu ṣiṃ ṣi ta praṃ pyā kṣā o |
Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// lokac lkānt knānmune • äñcesnine tanne wkänyo eṅkäl wikä¬ |
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| a2 | (ṣ)n2 /// ·m·nnaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | sne wāsklune ; aśnumänt ; pälskes wañi ; kāswe n-äṃ ; a a3n3 3σ |
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| 1b | 13σ /// °k pes ; to n-äṃ kuṣt-lu : |
| 1c | tsru-yärm smimāṃ ; kus ne cem ; tuṅkassua4(ṣ)n4 8σ |
| 1d | 7σ /// ; kamañ tāpärk ; lyutār pāk ; śorki arseñc : 1 |
| 2a | yreki śla tua5(ṅk)n5n6 ; 14σ |
| 2b | 5σ /// (tā)pärk ; kupāraṃ lotañ ; pātrukaṃ ; praski arseñc : |
| 2c | yetuṣ tsārot ; a6n7 14σ |
| 2d | 9σ /// (t)āpärk ; eñcare ; arseñc pälskes : |
| 3a | tsitoṣ tub1(ṅkyo)n8 ; 14σ |
| 3b | 7σ /// ; (āṅka)räsyo ; śalcanträ ; lepśsā tāpärk : |
| 3c | tuṅkyo trikob2(ṣ)n9 ; 14σ |
| 3d | 6σ /// säm ; sne sem waste ; kuṣt-lwākā ; tā =śśi yärtär : 3 |
| 4a | sari b3n10 13σ /// (i)m(e)yo : |
| 4b | trikseñc ākntsāñ ; eṅkälyo ; yiñc ytāräṣ pkäb4(nt)n11 ; 7σ |
| 4c | 10σ /// ·y· cem ; knānmānäṣ ; mā oṃsanträ : |
| 4d | kuleñci waṅke ; lek pikār ; tä b5n12 10σ |
| * | /// (śla) (ka)ś tālune kāruṇik wrasom tsopatsäṃ arkämnāṣiṃ wärtaṃ tsopa¬ |
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| b6 | (ts)n13n14 /// ·s· käryatsum ॥ tmäṣ orto watunt cuṣiṃṣi täpräṃ pyākṣā o |
Translation
| a1 | ... wisdom looking at the Brahmaloka (?) ... Of whomever he drives away such passion ... |
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| a2 | ... in the ·m·nnaṃ [tune] || The pleasure of thinking with eyes, without shaking, is good for him ... |
| a3 | ... a kuṣt animal [predator] is placed [at] his feet. They who are smiling a little, full of love (for the beings) ... |
| a4 | ... the teeth right now exceedingly evoke panic (?). 1. yreki with love ... |
| a5 | ... now the deep holes in the skull evoke fear. Adorned [pl.] ... |
| a6 | ... now they evoke unpleasantness of thinking. (2.) Touched [pl.] by love ... |
| b1 | ... they are now devoured by the lepś [animals] with [their] fangs. Confused [pl.] by love ... |
| b2 | ... he [is] without refuge [and] protection. Where is he dragged by the kuṣt animals [predator]s? 3. [Their] venes ... |
| b3 | ... with consciousness. The fools are confused by passion [and] go away from the path ... |
| b4 | ... the knowing ones do not begin ... Female chat [and] gesticulation ... |
| b5 | ... with consideration the compassionate being in the large cemetery forest ... large ... |
| b6 | ... wishing to ... || Thereupon, on a high cuṣiṃ pole placed upright ... |
Other
| a5 | ... jetzt rufen die tiefen Löcher in dem [Toten]schädel Furcht hervor. (Schmidt 1974: 330) |
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| b2 | ... (ist?) er ohne Schutz [und] Zuflucht. Wohin wohl wird er von den kuṣt-Raubtieren gezerrt? (Schmidt 1974: 255) |
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
| n1 | äñcesnine: gen.pl.m. of äntsanne 'whoever' (Carling et al. 2009: 60b; Siegling personal copy of Sieg and Siegling 1921). |
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| n2 | /// ·m·nnaṃ: the name of a tune with the metre 4 x 18 (7+7+4). It contains 4 strophes and continues until the beginning of line b5. The strophe does not end after the strophe number "1" in a4, because (pace Sieg and Siegling 1921: 32) no double daṇḍa "||" follows. |
| n3 | 16 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (3 of pāda 1a and 13 of pāda 1b). |
| n4 | 15 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (8 of pāda 1c and 7 of pāda 1d). |
| n5 | 20 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (14 of pāda 2a and 6 of pāda 2b). |
| n6 | tsārot: the meaning of this word is unknown. It may be an adverb in view of the apparent suffix -ot (cf. wtākot 'for the second time' next to wtā, wtāk). |
| n7 | 25 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (14 of pāda 2c and 9 of pāda 2d). Instead of pälskes : one would have expected pälskes : 2. |
| n8 | 24 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (15 of pāda 3a and 9 of pāda 3b). |
| n9 | 24 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (14 of pāda 3c and 10 of pāda 3d). |
| n10 | 14 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (all of pāda 4a). |
| n11 | 16 syllables missing at the beginning of the line (7 of pāda 4b and 9 of pāda 4c). |
| n12 | The last 10 syllables of the last pāda (4d) and the beginning of the prose passage (probably the number 4, a double daṇḍa and approximately 8 more syllables) are missing at the beginning of the line. |
| n13 | käryatsum: probably an infinitive was preceding, i.e. ... (t)s(i) käryatsum. |
| n14 | cuṣiṃṣi: the word division is uncertain (Carling 2000: 174 rather reads cu ṣiṃṣi and translates "Dann dich aufrecht aufgestellt, wie an einem hohen *ṣiṃ-Pfosten ..."). For the possible word cuṣiṃ, here as a ṣi-adjective, cf. THT 1514 a3. It may be a borrowing from Skt. cūṣiṇī, name "of a female attendant of Durgā" (Monier-Williams 1899: 401b). |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 32; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 32
Translations
Carling 2000: b5 (112), b6 (174, 175); Hackstein 1995: a5 (47); Knoll 1996: a2 (81), b5 (125); Schmidt 1974: a5 (330), b2 (255); Thomas 1957: a3 (249)
Bibliography
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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.
Knoll, Gabriele. 1996. “Die Verwendungsweisen der Adjektive im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Frankfurt am Main.
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Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
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Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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