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A 67

Known as:A 67; THT 700
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (collaborator). "A 67". 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-a67 (accessed 12 Dec. 2024).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (collaborator)

Provenience

Main find spot:Shorchuk
Specific find spot:Stadthöhle
Expedition code:T III Š 80.04
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TA
Script:late

Text contents

Title of the work:Ṣaḍdanta-Jātaka
Passage:i
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse
Meter:43434 (4x)

Object

Manuscript:A 55-88
Preceding fragment:A 79
Following fragment:A 77
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:6

Images

Images from titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de by courtesy of the Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS).

Transliteration

(continues from A 79)

a1/// tpa rpra mta¯ ¯r : 1 || wlā ñka ttraka ṣka lka mnä ṣca ma ckā tse ta mne ske yā ma¯ ¯m ma tne sa mwtā kne ṣiṃ
a2/// – ṅka ṣsa na kwa saṃ ā kā lṣe¯ ¯s̝ || tma¯ ¯s̝ wlā ñka¯ ¯t e pre raṃ na nku ra¯ ¯s̝ bo dhi sa tvā¯ ¯p a na pra
a3/// ·ś· nā ta¯ ¯k ṣo kyo nu mā ski yā mlaṃ wra myā ma¯ ¯s̝t ṣñi ka knu tā kte caṃ tñi sa ra spu skā¯ ¯s śwā¯ ¯l ā ṅka
a4/// ñco si ñlu ne || bo dhi sa ttu traka¯ ¯s̝ mā o ntaṃ tā ka ñi kuya lte ña re ṣi na śśi klo pa¯ ¯nt o pyā cka llā
a5/// ā kā¯ ¯l ā lu kā su yā mlu ne yä¯ ¯s̝ pka tnu pu tti śpa raṃ mā na s̝ma tnu na¯ ¯s̝ ṣñi klo pyo si ñä lṣe¯ ¯m || wlā
a6/// w[r]a mta myo ṣo mcaṃ pe rā kyā mlaṃ wra mwa saṃ lkā tsi ā yi¯ ¯t || o ṅka la mtraka¯ ¯s̝ pa lkā rñä kta śśi wä¯ ¯l
b1/// k· m· ra ke yo sa ra spu skā¯ ¯s ā ṅka ra¯ ¯s rsu nā māṃ ñi : ña re ṣiṃ śśi klo pa¯ ¯s̝ pka¯ ¯nt klo pyo pa ltsa¯ ¯k
b2/// [r]m· tsu ne yo kupre pa tṣa kka tska lpā ltā¯ ¯m pu tti śpa raṃ : s̝a kkā ṅka ri pu ksa lu ṣi tsrā kpā ka rtā ki ñi ne ṣiṃ sa
b3/// ra¯ ¯s̝ tma kca mi tre yo ma ñi skro rro ki s̝a¯ ¯k ā ṅka ri ṣi tsrā kpā ka rtā ka raṃ || ta mpa lko ra¯ ¯s̝ tka nā e
b4/// pa tskā cke kā ta¯ ¯k || tma¯ ¯s̝ wlā ñka¯ ¯t ṣa kka tse¯ ¯k ptā ñka tkā tka laṃ ca mkra ñcäṃ wra so ma¯ ¯nt ka rso ra¯ ¯s̝
b5/// na ctraka ṣkā su kā su kā swo ne yu¯ ¯m ta ryā kwe pi la kṣa nä syo ye tu¯ ¯nt wā mpu¯ ¯nt pu tti śpa
b6/// lkā mka lpo pu tti śpa rana ṣpe nu o pyā¯ ¯cä kli tā rta preṃ we wñu ra¯ ¯s̝ wlā ñka¯ ¯t tmā kna ka¯ ¯t ||

(continues on A 77)

Transcription

(continues from A 79)

a1/// tpär pramtär : 1 ॥ wlāñkät träṅkäṣ kalkam näṣ camac kātse tämne ske yāmam mät ne säm wtā-k neṣiṃ
a2/// (trä)ṅkäṣ sanäk wasäṃ ākāl ṣeṣtmäṣ wlāñkät epreraṃ nankuräṣ bodhisatvāp anaprä
a3/// ·ś· nātäk ṣokyo nu māski yāmläṃ wram yāmäṣt ṣñi kaknu tāk te caṃ tñi saräs puskās śwāl āṅka
a4/// ñco siñlunebodhisattu träṅkäṣ ontaṃ tāka-ñi kuyalte ñareṣinäśśi klopant opyāc källā¬
a5(mār) /// ākāl ālu kāsu yāmluneyäṣ pkät nu puttiśparäṃ naṣ mät nu näṣ ṣñi klopyo siñäl ṣemwlā
a6/// wram tämyo ṣom caṃ perāk yāmläṃ wram wasäṃ lkātsi āyitoṅkaläm träṅkäṣ pälkār ñäktaśśi wäl
b1n1
1a /// ; rakeyo ; saräs puskās ; āṅkaräs ; rsunāmāṃ ñi :
1bñareṣiṃśśi ; klopäṣ pkänt ; klopyo pältsäk ; b2
1c /// (kā)rm(e);tsuneyo ; kupre pat ṣakk ats ; kälpāl tām ; puttiśparäṃ :
1dṣäkk āṅkari ; puk salu ; ṣitsrāk pākär ; tāki ñi ; neṣiṃ b3n2 ///
*räṣ tm-äk cami treyo mañis krorr oki ṣäk āṅkari ṣitsrāk pākär tākar-äṃtäm pälkoräṣ tkanā e
b4/// (tso)pats kācke kātäktmäṣ wlāñkät ṣakk atsek ptāñkät kātkaläṃ cam krañcäṃ wrasomänt kärsoräṣ
b5/// nac träṅkäṣ kāsu kāsu kāswoneyum taryāk-we-pi lakṣanäsyo yetunt wāmpunt puttiśpa
b6/// lkām kälpo puttiśparäṃ näṣ penu opyāc klitār täpreṃ wewñuräṣ wlāñkät tmā-k nakät

(continues on A 77)

Translation

(continues from A 79)

a1... we carry high. 1. Indra says: I will go close to him
a1+[and] I will do such effort, that he again, as before, (will be in possession of his tusks.)
a2(The god) says: this was precisely our wish.
a2+Thereupon Indra disappeared into the air space, [and,] (appearing) before the Bodhisattva, (he says:)
a3Oh lord of elephants, indeed a thing extremely hard to do you have done.
a3+Has there been, by any chance, satisfaction for you (in) this (pain of ripping out) your veins, sinews, [your] flesh [and your] tusks?
a4The Bodhisattva says:
a4+By no means has there been [satisfaction] for me, because I remember the pains of the hell inhabitants.
a5(it was my) wish (to do others good). For without doing good to others, there is no Buddha-hood. How then should I have gained satisfaction from [my] own pain?
a5+Indra (says:) ...
a6Unbelievable is this matter. Therefore you shall let us see one believable matter. The elephant says:
a6+See, oh king of gods! ...
b1... my sinews, veins [and] teeth, being ripped out, (my spirit and my) mind will not be satiated by pain except by the pain the hell-inhabitants have to endure.
b2If I (through precisely this) truth should certainly achieve the dignity of Buddha, [then] the six tusks should appear for me at once in full, just like before.
b3(Him having said this), immediately the six tusks, like a triple crescent of the moon, were visible to him in one row.
b3+When they saw this, on earth (and in the air space among humans and gods) great joy rose up.
b4+Thereupon Indra, having recognized the good creature as one certainly to arise as a Buddha, says ... to the Bodhisattva:
b5+Oh [you], who have every good quality, I see (you) as one adorned and decorated with the 32 marks, [as one] (certainly achieving) the dignity of Buddha.
b6When you have achieved the dignity of Buddha, may you remember me as well. Having spoken thus, Indra disappeared right there.

(continues on A 77)

Other

a1I will go to him and I will make effort so that again … [his] former … (Peyrot 2013b: 623)
a5How could I have had satisfaction from my own sorrow? (Peyrot 2013b: 274)
b1+Nor does life in the forest seem to me such a hardship, my lord. (Peyrot 2013b: 275)
b3+Als sie das sahen, erhob sich auf der Erde [und] (im Luftraum bei Göttern [und] Menschen) große Freude. (Schmidt 1974: 75)
b6Wenn du die Buddhawürde erlangt hast, mögest du dich auch meiner erinnern. (Schmidt 1974: 375)

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).
*This text continues from A 79 and continues on A 77.

Philological commentary

*The translation is largely based on Sieg 1952: 14-15, and Carling et al. 2009.
n1The gap at the beginning of this line must have contained the name of a tune of 4x18 syllables, rhythm 7/7/4.

Linguistic commentary

n2Couvreur 1954b: 259 suggests to translate treyo mañis krorr oki rather as “the crescent of the triple moon”.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 700; TITUS: THT 700

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 39-40; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 39, p. 40

Translations

Carling 2000: a2 (356); Hackstein 1995: a4 (295f), b6 (86); Knoll 1996: a1 (143), a3 (144), a6 (40); Kölver 1965: a2 (107), b3 (31); TEB II: a1 (27), b4 (28); Peyrot 2013b: a1 (623), a5 (274), b1 b2 (275); Schmidt 1974: b3 b4 (75), b6 (375); Sieg 1952: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (14-15); Thomas 1952: a5 (47), a6 (34), b2 (42), b4 (30); Thomas 1954: a6 (726); Thomas 1957: a3 a4 (186, 296), a4 (187), b3 b4 (88), b6 (88); Thomas 1958a: b5 b6 (156); Thomas 1968: b3 (206); Thomas 1969: b3 (247), b6 (237); Thomas 1970a: a5 (471); Thomas 1981: a6 (492), b6 (491); Thomas 1983: b6 (16); Thomas 1997: b2 (112), b4 (75)

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