A 72
| Known as: | A 72; THT 705 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz. "A 72". 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-a72 (accessed 05 May 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 69.11 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Avadāna, Nigrodhamiga-Jātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 55-88 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// s·[u] – [mā] – lyc[i] : kā ruṃ pyā – – – |
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| a2 | /// sne plā wla mtra wa stā lo ṣse ka s̝a¯ ¯m św[ā] l – – – |
| a3 | /// ·sk· ā rtskoṃ ko naṃ sa syä¯ ¯l ma tta kka tslā s·· śma¯ ¯s̝ |
| a4 | /// ·m· o ntaṃ sma le yā ma¯ ¯l || tma¯ ¯s̝ bra hma da tte [w]ä¯ |
| a5 | /// k[a] de va da tte na ṣṣa ci yleṃ kro¯ ¯p ca ma· [wra] [m]śä rsa smāṃ |
| a6 | /// ne yo ā la mwca ni sśo lta tka ssi pa skā yä¯ ¯s |
| b1 | /// [¯]k ṣñi ta mpe : ca mnu mo kcä ṣla ntu¯ ¯nt pa ryo tkaṃ ṣi ñi |
| b2 | /// [ś]wā ntā¯ ¯s : yleṃ kro ptā lo¯ ¯nt wa rpaṃ ta tmu¯ – śe ma llo |
| b3 | /// kā stsa knā ta¯ ¯r : ku cne wra so¯ ¯m lya lypu yā [mu] ta |
| b4 | /// k· ta mna ssi : ka kmu¯ ¯nt tsa raṃ bra hma da tte ·[lyu] krā tā |
| b5 | /// – syä lbra hma da tte slā¯ ¯nt kura ksa cku mṣā • tsru – – – |
| b6 | /// ṣ· ā¯ ¯m ṣñi yā śśi lā nta cka nwe nā – – – – |
Transcription
| a1 | /// s·u – mā – lyci : kāruṃ pyā – – – |
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| a2 | /// sne plā wlamträ was tāloṣ sekaṣ-äm śwāl – – – |
| a3 | /// ·sk· ārts koṃ konaṃ sas yäl mättakk ats lās(taṅk) śmäṣ |
| a4 | /// ·m(ā) ontaṃ smale yāmäl ॥ tmäṣ brahmadatte wä- |
| a5 | -(l) /// kä devadattenäṣṣ aci yleṃ krop cam-ä(k) wram śärsäsmāṃ |
| a6 | /// neyo ālam wcanis śol tätkässi päskāyäs |
| b1 | /// k ṣñi tampe : cam nu mokcäṣ lantunt päryo tkaṃṣiñi |
| b2 | /// śwāntās : yleṃ krop tālont warpaṃ tatmu(nt) śemäll o- |
| b3 | -(ki) /// kās tsäknātär : kuc ne wrasom lyalypu yāmu tä |
| b4 | /// k· tämnässi : kakmunt tsaraṃ brahmadatte(s) lyukrā tā |
| b5 | /// (sa)s yäl brahmadattes lānt kuraksac kumṣā • tsru – – – |
| b6 | /// ṣ· ām ṣñi yāśśi lāntac kanwenā – – – – |
Translation
| a1 | ... show mercy! |
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| a2 | ... if we miserable ones die through lawlessness, meat will overflow for you (?)... |
| a3 | every day, during the day, one gazelle will come, all by itself, to the executioner’s block |
| a4 | ... not to lie... |
| a4+ | Then, king Brahmadatta... |
| a5+ | ... starting from Devadatta... making known the matter of (?) the flock of gazelles... |
| a6+ | ... try to prolong eachother's life through... |
| b1+ | ... own power... through the fire having exited the thumb, the... of the earth... |
| b2+ | ... eating... the flock of gazelles, like small livestock raised in a miserable enclosure |
| b3 | ... pulls out the (sinews?)... |
| b3+ | Whatever deed a being has done... be born... |
| b4+ | Having come into the hands of Brahmadatta, in sequence... |
| b5 | a deer kept coming to the butchers of king Brahmadatta. ... |
| b5+ | A little... own... to the king... on the knees... |
Other
| a2 | … if we miserable ones die without exception than you will have meat in excess (?) (and it will go bad) (cf Peyrot forth.) (Peyrot 2013b: 638) |
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| a3 | … every single day a gazelle will come to the slaughtering block by itself (cf Peyrot forth.) (Peyrot 2013b: 625) |
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. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 42-43; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 42, p. 43
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 (297, 299), b3 (47), b6 (403); Hackstein 1995: b5 (306); Peyrot 2013: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (167-170); Peyrot 2013b: a2 (638), a3 (625); Thomas 1952: a4 (41); Thomas 1957: a5 (67), b3 (293); Thomas 1968: b2 (208); Thomas 1969: b1 (256); Thomas 1969c: b3 (205); Thomas 1983: b3 (19)
Bibliography
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