A 61
| Known as: | A 61; THT 694 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Michaël Peyrot; Michaël Peyrot. "A 61". 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-a61 (accessed 08 Dec. 2023). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Michaël Peyrot; Michaël Peyrot |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Šorčuq |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 85.7 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Avadāna |
| Passage: | Mṛgajātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | M25; M14 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 55-88 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ku lypa mtā ṣca mi ska ma tkā ruṃ kā pñe ya¯ ¯l• • pu kkā swo ne ntwā [śśi] – |
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| a2 | /// ṣu¯ ¯rm• nā ntsu || ba hu pra kā raṃ || kā ru ṇyo lyu tā rke ne pa ltsa¯ ¯k• |
| a3 | /// ¯r : ska¯ ¯m• ā lu kā swa¯ ¯cä spā rtwlu ne ya ta¯ ¯r• e¯ ¯l• kla ṣmu ne tsra ṣṣu |
| a4 | /// pra skya ra¯ ¯s̝• lwā śśi o kā kpā ca rro ki spa ntā lla na cma ska ta¯ ¯r• : |
| a5 | /// lkā ruṃ ska¯ ¯m• : 1 || ta mka klyu ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝• bra hma da tte wä¯ ¯l• we yeṃ |
| a6 | /// ne o te ta preṃ ma sra tsu ne yi swā kmtsu ne o te (– –) [wra] sa ś[śi] – |
| b1 | /// yā mlu ne yo wkaṃ pe sa ssaṃ sā rpu¯ ¯k• lo tksā a – – – lyä – |
| b2 | /// yā nu ñi sne nā ka mmo ki pa lka s̝pa lkā rcä mplu¯ ¯m• (–) śu ri ṣi nnaṃ : |
| b3 | /// ṅkā nä¯ ¯s̝• ts̝a ṣṣa ci mā śkaṃ wa¯ ¯rk ypa¯ ¯m• mā ko sa¯ ¯m• : mā pe nu śwā¯ ¯m• |
| b4 | /// tñi kra ntā pwa tku raṃ na¯ ¯s̝• klya ntā ki¯ ¯m• : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝ bo dhi sa ttu ā sā |
| b5 | /// mnä s̝wä rta¯ ¯cä s̝a ññā pra ska¯ ¯r• yleṃ cmo lsa¯ ¯m• ns̝a s̝pka¯ ¯nt• na slu ne • |
| b6 | /// ri ma rka mpa lā lā ntu ne wle ṣi tnä ṣpe nu yleṃ kro pa ckā tse [ka] [lko] [ra] |
Transcription
| a1 | /// kulypam tāṣ cami skamat kāruṃ kāpñe yal • puk kāswonentwāśśi – |
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| a2 | n1n2 /// ṣurm nāntsu ॥ bahuprakāraṃ ॥ |
| 1a | kāruṇyo lyutār ; kene pältsäk a3n2 16σ /// r : |
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| 1b | skam ālu kāswac ; spārtwlune yatär ; el kläṣmune ; tsraṣṣua4(neyo)n2 ; 7σ |
| 1c | /// 7σ prasky aräṣ ; lwāśśi okāk ; pācarr oki ; späntāll anac ; mäskatär : |
| 1d | a5n2 22σ /// l ; kāruṃ skam : 1 ॥ |
| täm kaklyuṣuräṣ brahmadatte wäl weyeṃ | |
| a6 | (nāntsu) /// ne ote täpreṃ mäsratsuneyis wākmtsune ote (täpreṃ) wrasaśśi – |
| b1 | /// yāmluneyo wkäṃ pe säs saṃsār puk lotksā a – – – lyä – |
| b2 | n3 /// yā nu ñi sne nākämm oki pälkäṣ pälkār cämplum (॥) śuriṣinnaṃ : |
| b3 | n4 |
| 1a | 14σ |
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| 1b | 2σ /// ṅkā näṣ ; tṣäṣṣ aci ; mā śkaṃ wark ypam ; mā kosam : |
| 1c | mā penu śwām ; b4n4 10σ |
| 1d | 4σ /// tñi krantāp ; watkuraṃ näṣ ; klyan= tākim : 1 ॥ |
| tmäṣ bodhisattu āsā- | |
| b5 | -(näṣ) (kātäk) /// (kalka)m näṣ wärtac ṣäññā praskär yleṃ cmol säm nṣäṣ pkänt naslune • |
| b6 | /// ri märkampalā lāntune wleṣit näṣ penu yleṃ kropac kātse kälkorä- |
| -(ṣ) |
Translation
| a1 | ... (the Bodhisattva says:) «If he wishes for (the Buddha rank?) then he should constantly love compassion. Of all virtues ... |
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| a2 | ... has become the cause.» || bahuprakāraṃ || «Whose thought more through compassion ... |
| a3 | ... his behaviour is always directed towards the well-being of others; through the gift, tolerance and energy ... |
| a4 | ... even among the animals he does (not) cause fear; like a father he is to be trusted. |
| a5 | ... always compassion. 1.» Having heard this, king Brahmadatta was amazed ... |
| a6 | ... (and he says:) «O what an excellence of modesty! O (what) ... for the beings ... |
| b1 | ... through this action. However this saṃsāra is in all manners ... |
| b2 | ... (this gazelle) looks flawless to me. Look at the mighty one!» (||) śuriṣinnaṃ (||) |
| b3 | ... «From now I will not go hunting and I will not kill anymore; I will even no longer eat (meat) ... |
| b4 | ... may I be standing under command of you, the good one. 1.» Thereupon the Bodhisattva (rose) from [his] throne ... |
| b5 | ... (and says:) «... I will go into the forest. By nature the gazelle birth is horrible; it is an existence that cannot be compared to me.» |
| b6 | ... may you carry out [your] royal [task] according to the law, also when I have [again] approached the gazelle flock ... |
Other
| a1 | … if he wishes for (the Buddha rank?) then he should constantly love compassion. (cf Peyrot forth.) (Peyrot 2013c: 647) |
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| a3 | Er richtet sein Verhalten stets zum Wohl anderer ein. (Schmidt 1974: 343) |
| b3 | From now I will not go hunting and I will not kill anymore; I will even no longer eat (meat) … (cf Peyrot forth.) (Peyrot 2013c: 624) |
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. |
Parallel texts
| Hahn and Klaus 1983; Huber 1908: 411-416; Cowell 1895: 39-41 |
Philological commentary
| n1 | bahuprakāraṃ: tune with the metre 4 x 25 (5 ¦ 5 ¦ 8 ¦ 7). |
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| n2 | The first metrical passage, running from a2 to a5, has one strophe in the metre 4 x 25 (5 ¦ 5 ¦ 8 ¦ 7): kāruṇyo lyutār ¦ kene pältsäk [a3] /// r : [1a] (16 syllables missing at the end) skam ālu kāswac ¦ spārtwlune yatär ¦ el kläṣmune tsraṣṣu(neyo) ¦ [a4] [1b] (7 more syllables missing at the end) /// prasky aräṣ ¦ lwāśśi okāk pācarr oki ¦ späntāll anac mäskatär : [1c] (7 syllables missing at the beginning) [a5] /// l kāruṃ skam : 1 (22 syllables missing at the beginning) |
| n3 | śuriṣinnaṃ: tune with the metre 4 x 14 (7 ¦ 7). |
| n4 | The second metrical passage, running from b3 to b4, has one strophe in the metre 4 x 14 (7 ¦ 7; pāda 1a is lost entirely): /// ṅkā näṣ tṣäṣṣ aci ¦ mā śkaṃ wark ypam mā kosam : [1b] (2 syllables missing at the beginning) mā penu śwām b4 [1c] (10 syllables missing at the end) /// tñi krantāp ¦ watkuraṃ näṣ klyan‹t› tākim : 1 (4 syllables missing at the beginning) |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 35; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 35
Translations
Carling 2000: a4 (358), b5 (115), b6 (353); Couvreur 1956: b4 (70); Hackstein 1995: a4 (47); Knoll 1996: a1 (41), a5 (45); Kölver 1965: a4 (90), b6 (95); Peyrot 2013a: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (170-171); Peyrot 2013c: a1 (647), b3 (624); Schmidt 1974: a3 (343); Thomas 1952: a1 (20), a4 (30); Thomas 1983a: b5 (39), b6 (39)
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