A 70
| Known as: | A 70; THT 703 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 70". 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-a70 (accessed 14 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 79.08 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Viśvāntara-Jātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 554443 (4x); 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 | /// ṣñi śra lu ne mā ka śto ra¯ ¯s̝ ā ka rlyā smāṃ pa tsa ctra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ nā |
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| a2 | /// cne tu sa sa kwä rta cka lki¯ ¯t • ta myo ä ntāṃ ka lyme yaṃ ne tu ka |
| a3 | /// mā o ntaṃ ñu¯ ¯k cwā sa rki ymāṃ kā rā śaṃ ṣta re ka śwā lyi • mā pe nu |
| a4 | /// ·yn· || sne o ma ske na swra sa sto mwä rta¯ ¯nt mā ke kka tsaṃ |
| a5 | /// [v]ai tu ri ṣiṃ ta pa syo ki wā wlu¯ ¯nt ci ñcraṃ wsä ryā syo : ri |
| a6 | /// ·m· : se wā sa śśä lñu¯ ¯k cwa śśä lma ska māṃ mā yu tkā lyi ka¯ |
| b1 | /// sa śśä¯ ¯l wä rta cka lkā lu ne yā krā ṣi ññä¯ ¯l kuya lte ā |
| b2 | /// naṃ || pyā ppyā ṣi na spu skā syo ye tu nti nti mpa lkā tā |
| b3 | /// llā ntu nyo pyā¯ ¯cä : mka lto rñe ṣiṃ sā le yu¯ ¯nt ka rśka ntu |
| b4 | /// ·tu n[e] – ka rpa raṃ mā pa ltskā lna¯ ¯s̝t : 1 yu sā ryä [p]sa¯ ¯nt ṣme śä rme |
| b5 | /// ṣlu ne yntu pa lkā tā rkā ckya rs̝a ntā¯ ¯s : s̝a ññā rā rpu¯ ¯nt ta rpsaṃ wri |
| b6 | /// ywā rckā lmo o ki wi ñtā rṣa kka¯ ¯ts : 2 yā mu tstsi śśi ko kā śśi ko |
Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// ṣñi śralune mā kaś toräṣ ākär lyāsmāṃ patsac träṅkäṣ nā |
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| a2 | n2 /// c ne tu sasak wärtac kälkit • tämyo äntāṃ kälymeyaṃ ne tu ka |
| a3 | n3 /// mā ontaṃ ñuk cwā särki ymāṃ kārāśaṃ ṣtare kaś wālyi • mā penu |
| a4 | n4 /// ·yn· ॥ |
| 1a | sne omäskenäs ; wrasas tom wärtant ; mā ke-kk atsaṃ ; a5n5 11σ |
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| 1b | 10σ /// ; vaituriṣiṃ ; tapäsy oki ; wāwlunt ciñcraṃ ; wsäryāsyo : |
| 1c | ri a623σ /// ·m· 1σ : |
| 1d | sewāsaśśäl ñuk ; cwaśśäl mäskamāṃ ; mā yutkālyi ; kä° b1 10σ |
| * | /// (mā) (penu) (tu) (sewā)saśśäl wärtac kälkāluneyā krāṣiññäl kuyalte ā |
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| b2 | n6 /// naṃ ॥ |
| 1a | pyāppyāṣinäs ; puskāsyo ; yetun= tintim ; pälkātā ; b3n7 4σ |
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| 1b | 13σ /// (klā)l ; lāntuny opyāc : |
| 1c | mkältorñeṣiṃ ; sāleyunt ; kärśkäntu b4 8σ |
| 1d | 7σ /// ; (lān)tune(ṣiṃ) ; kär-paräṃ ; mā pältskāl naṣt : 1 |
| 2a | yusār yäpsant ; ṣme śärme ; b5n8 11σ |
| 2b | 8σ /// ṣluneyntu ; pälkātār ; kācky arṣäntās : |
| 2c | ṣäññā rārpunt ; tarpsaṃ wri ; b6n9 11σ |
| 2d | 9σ /// ywārckā ; lmo oki ; wiñtār ṣakk ats : 2 |
| * | yāmutstsiśśi kokāśśi ko |
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Translation
| a1 | ... not caring about their being separated, wiping away the tears, she says to her husband: |
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| a1+ | Oh lord, ... |
| a2 | ... (It would not be right) for you to go to the forest alone. |
| a2+ | Therefore, in whichever direction you will go (there I will go too). |
| a3 | ... in no way will I pay attention to the exertion in the forest, not even ... |
| a4 | ... || In the ?-tune:|| The forests [are] free from evil beings, |
| a4+ | not by anyone (are its creeks and rivers appreciated) ... |
| a5 | as if covered with a carpet of beryl, with lovely spaces of grass |
| a6+ | ... If I am together with the children [and] yourself, I will not be worried about... (?) |
| b2 | ... (even you) will not be annoyed by going to the forest (together with the sons), because ... ... || In the ?.-tune: || |
| b2+ | When you see the two, adorned with ribbons of flowers, ... [you] will (not) be able to remember [your] kingship. |
| b3+ | (When you see (?)) the two childish ones (playing) in the salty bushes... |
| b4 | ... you will not think of [your] (royal) dignity [and] status. 1. |
| b4+ | When you see the ever changing seasons (?), rains [and] heat (?) ... the ... which cause longing, (when you) ... in the rivulets of water dug by nature ... you will ... like being between ... certainly delight [in]. |
| b6 | 2. (The screeching (?)) of the flamingos, peacocks, koels (?) ... |
Other
| a3 | Not in any way will I care about the hardship in the wilds if I follow you. (Peyrot 2013b: 275) |
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| b2+ | If you see the two ornamented with flower strings … you cannot remember kinghood; (if you see) the two childish ones (playing) in the salty bushes … you cannot think about the royal rank and worth. (If you) … the [appropriate] season …, the good and the bad season … if you see the … that cause joys; the courses (?) of the water dug by nature … as if sitting among … you will certainly enjoy yourself. (cf 135a) (Peyrot 2013b: 644) |
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). |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1952: 43-44, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| The Tocharian version is remarkably close to the Sanskrit text in Āryaśūra's Jātakamālā (cf. Kern 1981: 51ff., esp. 57). | |
| n1 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, line 6. |
| n2 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, line 8-9. |
| n3 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, line 12. |
| n4 | The tune of unknown denomination has 4x25 syllables, rhythm5/5/8/7. |
| n5 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, lines 13 and 15. |
| n6 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, line 18. The tune mentioned at the beginning of this line has 4x18 syllables, rhythm 7/7/4. |
| n7 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, line 19. |
| n8 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, line 21. |
| n9 | Cf. Kern 1981: 57, line 21-25. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 41; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 41
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (107, 115), a3 (111), b5 (134); Kölver 1965: a2 (80), a5 (22); Peyrot 2013b: a3 (275), b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (644); Sieg 1952: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (43ff); Thomas 1952: a3 (41), a6 (41), b1 (41), b4 (41); Thomas 1983: a1 (19), a2 (23), a2 (40), a3 (20); Thomas 1989: a1 (18), a1 (33), a2 (19), a3 (19), a3 (33), a4 (19), a5 (19), a6 (19), b1 (19), b2 (20), b3 (20), b3 (25), b4 (20), b5 (21), b6 (21); Thomas 1991: b4 (32)
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