A 78
| Known as: | A 78; THT 711 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 78". 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-a78 (accessed 02 Dec. 2023). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Šorčuq |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 101.03 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Ṣaḍdanta-Jātaka |
| Passage: | f |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | M25 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 55-88 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ka ṣnā ta – m· t· – tra ṅka¯ ¯t – – – – ·wra mma¯ ¯ts s̝a pna saṃ lkā tra mā mā n· ṣwra – – – – – – |
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| a2 | /// tā ke¯ ¯ñcä pka¯ ¯nt pka¯ ¯nt nu· kā – – – ṣya kpe nu sā mu draṃ to mwra maṃ pukā kne¯ ¯ñcä ś··[¯] [¯ñcä] |
| a3 | /// ·ṣ· s̝[p]aṃ lkā ltso pa· wä¯ ¯l caṃ [wra] ma nne – ṣi pra ṣtaṃ ā klye yā mu ca mṣo¯ ¯m lkā[¯] [¯l] – – – – – – – |
| a4 | /// tri cäṃ nu lkā¯ ¯l kucä ṣne pra· ki [n]· ñc· tā¯ ¯s̝ [:] ś[ta] rcäṃ lkā lpa lko¯ ¯nt ka klyu ṣ·¯ ¯nt – – – – – – – |
| a5 | /// klo¯ ¯nt : knā na¯ – s̝·· ·ā ñi [ma] [t]n· – rma ś· [p]ra k· l· ·ä śkaṃ kā kku ṣe tñi – – – – – – – – – |
| a6 | /// rtt· ki po ñcäṃ ·o to yo lā ntsā na ctra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ta mn· tā¯ ¯s̝ klyo miṃ la wa mś· – – – – – – – – – |
| b1 | /// – kro pu ra s̝tra ṅka ṣp· ccä mplu ma ṣku sne sa mlā ntsā nā s̝paṃ pa lko o – – – – – – – – – – – |
| b2 | /// ta mka klyu ṣu ra ṣm[ā] – – – rwa ñ·ā – ·tra [ṅk]i¯ ¯ñcä nā ta¯ ¯k to ṣwa saṃ śā – – – – – – – – – – |
| b3 | /// – klyu ṣu¯ ¯s̝ ṣe ma sta mne [wä] – o ṅka la m[na] ṣku [c]śkaṃ pa lko ṣtā ma[¯] [¯t] – – – – – – – – – |
| b4 | /// lme ā ṅka ra¯ ¯s klā ·ä rkā [su] ku [pre] [ne] – mā klā cä rs̝a pta ñcäṃ ko ta ryo pukā¯ ¯k [a] rña – – – – – – |
| b5 | /// || lā¯ ¯ts pa ltskā tmā o nta· – – – na ṣku sne ca¯ ¯m o ṅka la¯ ¯m sne ā [k]ṣi ñlu – – – – – |
| b6 | /// • tma¯ ¯s̝ lā[¯] [¯ts] ·o k· ā sśa – – – – [k]ā [kku] ra ṣk[u] sne ce smaṃ pa ñwä knā dha nu – – – – – |
Transcription
| a1 | /// käṣ nātä – m·t· – träṅkät – – – – · wramm ats ṣäpnasaṃ lkāträ mā mā n·ṣ wra – – – – – – |
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| a2 | /// tākeñc pkänt pkänt nu· kā – – – ṣyak penu sāmudraṃ tom wramäṃ pukāk neñc ś·· ñc |
| a3 | n1 |
| 1a | 4σ /// ·ṣ· 1σ ; ṣpäṃ lkāl tsopa(ts) wäl ; caṃ wraman ne ; – ṣi praṣtaṃ ; āklye yāmu ; cam ṣom lkāl |
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| 1b | – – – – – – – a414σ /// ; tricäṃ nu lkāl ; kucäṣ ne pra(s)ki ; n(e)ñc(i) tāṣ : |
| 1c | śtarcäṃ lkāl pälkont ; kaklyuṣ(u)nt – – – – – – – a516σ /// klont : |
| 1d | knāna(t) ṣ·· (n)āñi ; mät n(e) – rmaś· ; prak· l··ä śkaṃ ; kākku ṣet-ñi ; – – – – – – – – – a67σ /// |
| rtt (o)ki poñcäṃ (p)otoyo lāntsānac träṅkäṣ tämn(e) tāṣ klyomiṃ lawam ś· ·– – – – – – – – – | |
| b1 | /// (kā)kropuräṣ träṅkäṣ p(i)c cämplumäṣ kus ne säm lāntsānā ṣpäṃ pälko o – – – – – – – – – – – |
| b2 | /// täm kaklyuṣuräṣ mā – – (śa)rwañ (l)ā(ntac) träṅkiñc nātäk toṣ wasäṃ śā – – – – – – – – – – |
| b3 | /// (ka)klyuṣuṣ ṣemäs tämne wä – oṅkaläm naṣ kuc śkaṃ pälkoṣ tāmät – – – – – – – – – |
| b4 | /// (oṅkä)lme āṅkaräs klā(c)är kāsu kupre ne – mā klācär ṣäptäñcäṃ kotäryo pukāk arña – – – – – – |
| b5 | /// ॥ lāts pältskāt mā onta(ṃ) (säm) (śaru)naṣ kus ne cam oṅkaläm sne ākṣiñlu(ne) – – – – |
| b6 | n2 /// • tmäṣ lāts ·ok· ās śa – – – – kākkuräṣ kus ne cesmaṃ päñ wäknā dhanu – – – – – |
Translation
| a1 | ... she says: Oh lord, do not speak thus! One ... thing is just not seen in dreams. There is no thing ... |
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| a2 | ... (If) they should be, still (on earth) they will be seen [only] once; together, however, these things are [to be found] all in the ocean. (If) ... come (?) ... |
| a3 | ... the vision, oh great king. [He who] has educated himself in this matter in an earlier time, [he] (will ...) such a unique vision ... |
| a4 | ... the third vision, too, of which there will certainly be fear. [To?] him, who has seen the fourth vision, belongs ... |
| a5 | ... remembers. You know my dream, with it ... you have been called by me ... |
| a6 | ... (When he had heard this, the king) like a ruler with all friendliness says to the queen: Thus shall it be, oh noble one. I will send out (hunters) ... |
| b1 | ... After (the king) had gathered (the hunters), he says: Go then, skilled ones! The elephant, who has been seen by the queen in a dream, (does he exist or does he not (?)) ... |
| b2 | ... When they had heard this, the old hunters say (to the king): Oh lord, these (locks (?)) of our hair ... |
| b3 | ... ([but] never) we had heard: There is such an elephant. And how should we have seen [it]? ... |
| b4 | ... (If) you bring the tusks of the (ele)phant, [it is] well. If (, however,) you do not bring [them], I will arrange for the (killing) [of you] all to the seventh lineage ... |
| b5 | ... The queen thought: Never will there be (a hunter) who (finds (?)) the elephant without instruction ... |
| b6 | ... After the queen thereupon had called the old hunters (together, she speaks to the one), who among them (was versed (?) in) the fivefold art of archery ... |
Other
| a1 | Ein ... Ding wird eben in Träumen nicht gesehen. (Schmidt 1974: 232) |
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| a4 | … the third image, for which there will certainly be fear. (cf 10) (Peyrot 2013c: 629) |
| a6 | So it will be, o noble one. I will send (hunters). (cf 11) (Peyrot 2013c: 624) |
| b3 | How should we have seen [it]? (cf 11) (Peyrot 2013c: 631) |
| b4 | (If) you bring me the tusks of the elephant, [it is] good. (But) if you do not bring [them], I will cause [your] (death) [and that of your] relatives up to the seventh [degree]. (cf 11) (Peyrot 2013c: 638) |
| b4 | ... (wenn) ihr die Stoßzähne des Elefanten bringt, [ist es] gut. Wenn ihr [sie] (aber) nicht bringt, werde ich bis zum siebenten Geschlecht insgesamt [eure] (Tötung) veranlassen. (Schmidt 1974: 391) |
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). | |
| The text continues from A 58 and continues on A 75. |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1952: 10-11, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | This line appears to contain a tune of 4x25 syllables, rhythm 5/5/8/7. |
Linguistic commentary
| n2 | Sieg 1952: 11, fn.17 would supplement to dhanu(rwicaṃ) “Bogenkunde; art of archery”, while Couvreur 1954c: 260 strongly suggests a bahuvrīhi dhanu(rvedāñ) “skilled in archery” (Nom. Pl. Masc.), cf. A 331 b 8. |
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References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 46; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 46
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (132), a3 (289), b4 (27); Kölver 1965: b1 (52), b4 (24); Peyrot 2012b: a3 (203); Peyrot 2013c: a4 (629), a6 (624), b3 (631), b4 (638); Schmidt 1974: a1 (232), b4 (391); Sieg 1952: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (10-11); Thomas 1957: a5 (305), b1 (293), b3 (302); Thomas 1972b: a4 (450), a4 (457); Thomas 1981: b1 (490); Thomas 1997: a2 (95)
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