A 58
| Known as: | A 58; THT 691 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling (text); Fanny Meunier (translation commentary); Michaël Peyrot (translation commentary). "A 58". 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-a58 (accessed 13 Oct. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling (text); Fanny Meunier (translation commentary); Michaël Peyrot (translation commentary) |
| Date of online publication: | 2014-05-29 |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 85.4 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Ṣaḍdanta-Jātaka |
| Passage: | e |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 43434 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 55-88 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 66 |
| Following fragment: | A 78 |
| 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
(continues from A 66)
| a1 | /// ·[lo] ṣo me śä psa śśä lri wo¯ ¯s̝• klyo ma¯ ¯s̝ : bhā drā naṃ tu¯ ¯ṅk• kā pñu ne [pā] ka |
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| a2 | /// pe nu lā ñcä sma śki tā śśi po tlu ne yntu ā su kka tko ra s̝pa ltsa ṅkā¯ ¯s̝• |
| a3 | /// – si ta ki ri naṃ || ke mo sa nne pyā ppyā syo kha dga vi ṣā ṇa ka lpe syä rka |
| a4 | /// ñi ta praṃ ṣu la¯ ¯s̝• : ke mo sa nne ṣa dda ndeṃ o ṅka lmā śśi lā¯ ¯nt• ri se |
| a5 | /// [k]ā lyo : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝• bhā drā¯ ¯yä no ṣpeṃ pri ya su nda ri śla wā rpa ṣlu ne o |
| a6 | /// sva rṇa pu ṣpe naṃ || ñä kta ññä kcyā swi mā ntwä¯ ¯s̝• li ta tsyo ki ṣki tā |
| b1 | /// a rse¯ ¯ñcä kra¯ ¯nt• pi kā ryo : la ṅkse¯ ¯ñcä hā ra swro kṣi na¯ ¯s• ske ne ñco |
| b2 | /// ltso pa tsaṃ ślo ko ya tsi : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝• bhā drā ā ri ñcṣi ā kā lpā kra śi |
| b3 | /// [ñ]cpe a śäṃ kra¯ ¯nt• wra maṃ swā raṃ ra ke klyo snse ñcpe klo śäṃ nā ñi : yā |
| b4 | /// [kaṃ] sra ṅkā¯ ¯s̝• : pa lkā mā rpe ā lye ksa¯ ¯cä pa śraṃ pla kyo tā rśoṃ yä¯ ¯rm yā |
| b5 | /// [l]ym· ne : 1 || ta mka klyu ṣu ra ṣmi tre tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝• wta ksa¯ ¯s• sva ya mpā rk[u]ya lte |
| b6 | /// ·[ā] ñcä śśi kure kā ri || ko kā li knaṃ || śtwa rñe mi ṣi ñi su me ri o ki l[k]ā |
(continues on A 78)
Transcription
(continues from A 66)
| a1 | n1n2 /// ·lo ṣome śäpsaśśäl riwoṣ klyomäṣ : bhādrānaṃ tuṅk kāpñune pākä¬ |
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| a2 | (r) (yāmuṣ) /// penu lāñcäs mäśkitāśśi potluneyntu āsuk kätkoräṣ pältsäṅkāṣ |
| a3 | n3n4n5 /// (॥) (a)sitakirinaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | ke mosanne ; pyāppyāsyo ; khadgaviṣā;ṇakalpes ; yärkaa4(nt)n5 (yāmwā) (:) |
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| 1b | 11σ /// ; (kapśa)ñi ; täpräṃ ṣuläṣ : |
| 1c | ke mosanne ; ṣaddandeṃ ; oṅkälmāśśi ; lānt rise ; a5n6 4σ |
| 1d | 14σ /// ; (ñi) (ā)kālyo : 1 ॥ |
| * | tmäṣ bhādrāy noṣpeṃ priyasundari śla wārpäṣlune o¬ |
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| a6 | (ki)n7n8 /// (॥) svarṇapuṣpenaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | ñäktañ ñäkcyās ; wimāntwäṣ ; litatsy oki ; ṣkitāb1(nträ) ; 4σ |
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| 1b | 12σ /// arseñc ; krant pikāryo : |
| 1c | läṅkseñc hāräs ; wrokṣinäs ; skeneñc ob2(ki) ; 7σ |
| 1d | 9σ /// (ākā)l ; tsopatsäṃ ; śl= oko yatsi : 1 ॥ |
| * | tmäṣ bhādrā āriñcṣi ākāl pākraśi |
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| b3 | n9 (ypamāṃ) /// |
| 1a | (lke)ñc pe aśäṃ ; krant wramäṃ ; swāräṃ rake ; klyosnseñc pe ; klośäṃ nāñi : |
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| 1b | yā b4n10 14σ /// käṃ sräṅkāṣ : |
| 1c | pälkāmār pe ; ālyeksac ; päśräṃ pläkyo ; tārśoṃ yärm ; yā b53σ |
| 1d | 17σ /// lym·ne : 1 ॥ |
| * | täm kaklyuṣuräṣ mitre träṅkäṣ wtäk säs svayampār kuyalte |
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| b6 | n11 /// (l)āñcäśśi kurekāri ॥ kokāliknaṃ ॥ |
| 1a | śtwar ñemiṣiñi ; sumeri oki ; lkā (nträ) |
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(continues on A 78)
Translation
(continues from A 66)
| a1 | ... some noble ones, mixed with ..., showing [their] love [and] affection for Bhadrā ... |
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| a2 | ... even so, (Bhadrā), having passed over the homages of the kings [and] princes, thinks: «... |
| a3 | ... (||) In the [tune] Asitakirinaṃ || For whose sake (I have) with flowers (paid) homage to the Khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpa; |
| a4 | ... (for whose sake I threw ... my body) from the high mountain; for whose sake I have abandoned Ṣaḍdanta, the king of elephants ...; |
| a5 | ... by (my) wish. 1.» Turning to (?) Bhadrā, Priyasundarī (says) thereupon with incitement, as it were ...: «... |
| a6 | ... (||) in the [tune] svarṇapuṣpenaṃ || As if gods are continually (?) falling down from [their] divine palaces ... |
| b1 | ... they cause by [their] good gesture[s]. Strings of pearls they let hang down, they try, as it were, ... |
| b2 | ... to make [their] great (wish) successful. 1.» Thereupon Bhadrā, revealing [her] heart’s wish |
| b3 | «... [my] eyes also (see) the good things, my ears also hear the sweet word. |
| b4 | ... prepares ... [But] I will have a look on the others too [and] (I will) with a sharp view ... deception ... measure ... |
| b5 | ... 1.» When he had heard this, Mitra said: «This svayaṃvara [is] decided, because ... |
| b6 | ... the palaces of the kings. || in the [tune] kokāliknaṃ || Like Sumerus [made] from the four jewels they appear. |
(continues on A 78)
Other
| a6+ | Die Götter scheinen(?) gleichsam von den himmlischen Palästen herabzufallen. (Schmidt 1974: 117) |
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| b4 | I will have a look on the others too and (I will) with a clear view take (my) measure against deception. (cf 1012) (Peyrot 2013b: 623) |
| b4+ | Aber ich muss auch auf die anderen sehen, [und] (ich muss) mit scharfem blick die Überlegung zu (meiner) Maßgabe (machen). (Schmidt 1974: 189) |
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. | |
| The text continues from A 66 and continues on A 78. |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1952: 9-10, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | This line appears to be in verse. However, Sieg's suggestion (Sieg 1952: 9) that the metre is 4x14 syllables does not fit śäpsaśśäl riwoṣ klyomäṣ, which should have been 4 + 3. |
| n2 | śäpsaśśäl riwoṣ: Without doubt to be corrected into triwoṣ, cf. A 436 b3 śäpsaśśäl triwoṣ. The meaning of śäpsaśśäl is not clear. It appears to be a com.pl., possibly of a word śäp, and it may designate a certain type of person. |
| n3 | (a)sitakirinaṃ: Name of a tune with 4x18 syllables (7 + 7 + 4). |
| n4 | khadgaviṣāṇakalpes: A reference to the Pratyekabuddha, according to Sieg 1952: 9 (cf. A 18 b2). |
| n5 | yärka(nt yāmwā): Restoration after Sieg 1952: 9. This lacuna is 15 syllables long (2 syllables of pāda 1a and 13 of 1b). |
| n6 | noṣpeṃ: Very probably a postposition governing the genitive, cf. also A 118 a5 temik noṣpeṃ. Sieg 1952: 9 suggests "zur Herzensäußerung" (Couvreur 1954b: 261 compares Skt. udāna-), but perhaps a spatial function like '(turned) towards' (as in the translation) is more likely. |
| n7 | svarṇapuṣpenaṃ: Name of a tune with 4x18 syllables (7 + 7 + 4). |
| n8 | ṣkitā(nträ): An unclear hapax, which Sieg 1952: 9 hesitantly translates as "scheinen". Since we also find oki 'as, as if' in the same clause, it might rather be an aspectual verb that expresses progressivity, for instance. |
| n9 | This line seems to start a tune of 4x18 syllables (7 + 7 + 4). |
| n10 | : Sieg 1952: 10 restores päśräṃ pläkyo tārśoṃ yärm yā(mmār nāñi :) and translates "[und] (ich muß) mit scharfem Blick die Überlegung zu (meiner) Maßgabe (machen)." We doubt that yärm yām- can be interpreted this way and tārśoṃ "Überlegung", 'consideration' seems to be too far from the text. |
| n11 | kokāliknaṃ: Name of a tune with 20/22/10/15 syllables (5 + 5 + 5 + 5 / 8 + 7 + 7 / 5 + 5 / 8 + 7). |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 33; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 33
Translations
Knoll 1996: b1 (81, 97); Kölver 1965: a1 (72), a4 (135), a6 (139), b1 (26), b4 (89); Peyrot 2013b: b4 (623); Schmidt 1974: a6 (117), a6 b1 (117), b4 b5 (189); Sieg 1952: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (9-10); Thomas 1954: b1 b2 (718); Thomas 1957: a3 (230), a4 (230), b5 (215); Thomas 1970: b3 (273); Thomas 1972: a2 (459), b3 (457)
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