A 81
| Known as: | A 81; THT 714 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 81". 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-a81 (accessed 04 Dec. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 98.4 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Mūghapakkha-Jātaka |
| Passage: | g |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 444 (4x); 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 55-88 |
| Preceding fragment: | A 74 |
| Following fragment: | A 64 |
| 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
(continues from A 74)
| a1 | /// ryu pra ṣṭaṃ ṣa kka¯ ¯ts śla wa saṃ se wā[¯] [¯s] ṣ·ā /// |
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| a2 | /// ·[pa] ñka¯ ¯nt ā mā śā śśi se wā¯ ¯ñä bo dhi sa [tv]· /// |
| a3 | /// ta cka kmu ra s̝tra ṅka s̝ta rko rtā śśi ma śki¯ ¯t pla [c]w· /// |
| a4 | /// ¯m yo mnā tṣa kka tse¯ ¯k ñi ca mwā ka¯ ¯m lkā tsi [ṣe¯] [¯s̝] /// |
| a5 | /// – ndā lā sā ko ssi ā kmāṃ ri yaṃ ymāṃ pukaṃ ne¯ ¯s̝ ra ke we ñā¯ ¯[s̝]t /// |
| a6 | /// rma ṣtu tā¯ ¯m plā cwe ñā¯ ¯s̝t : ku cne klyo ṣā r[wra] sa ñpu¯ ¯k tṣaṃ /// |
| b1 | /// [ne] yo ā rki śo ṣṣi¯ ¯s : 1 || ta mka klyu ṣū ra¯ ¯s̝ – – sa ttu ka [s̝]·· /// |
| b2 | /// – – sa tveṃ tsra ṣṣu ne yo spā nte i ndri syo ā ñcā lyi tsa raṃ nyo lā /// |
| b3 | /// ko s̝a ntā śśi tsa raṃ to ra ṣko ssi wo tka¯ ¯s̝t ri na swra sa /// |
| b4 | /// lā¯ ¯nt : lā¯ ¯nt se mā ype ma ska ta¯ ¯r ype se [mā] /// |
| b5 | /// kñi wla lu ne pa rkñä mmā tā¯ ¯k tā ṣri yaṃ : 1 pa /// |
| b6 | /// [ta] myo spā rtwā ka ka rku ko s̝a ntā sa [ct]· ·[w]· /// |
(continues on A 64)
Transcription
(continues from A 74)
| a1 | /// (a)ryu praṣṭaṃ ṣakk ats śla wasäṃ sewās ṣ· ā /// |
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| a2 | /// ·päñ känt āmāśāśśi sewāñ bodhisatv· /// |
| a3 | /// tac kakmuräṣ träṅkäṣ tärkor tāś-śi mäśkit pläc w· /// |
| a4 | /// m yomnāt ṣakk atsek ñi cam wākäm lkātsi ṣeṣ /// |
| a5 | /// (ca)ndālāsā kossi ākmāṃ riyaṃ ymāṃ pukaṃ neṣ rake weñāṣt /// |
| a6 | n1 |
| 1a | 4σ /// ; (kuc) (ṣu)rmaṣ tu ; tām plāc weñāṣt : |
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| 1b | kuc ne klyoṣār ; wrasañ puk tṣaṃ ; /// 4σ |
| 1c | 12σ |
| 1d | b1 6σ /// neyo ; ārkiśoṣṣis : 1 ॥ |
| * | täm kaklyuṣūräṣ (bodhi)sattu kaṣ·· ··/// |
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| b2 | /// (bodhi)satveṃ tsraṣṣuneyo spānte indrisyo āñcālyi tsaräṃnyo lā /// |
| b3 | /// koṣäntāśśi tsaraṃ toräṣ kossi wotkaṣt rinäs wrasa /// |
| b4 | n2 |
| 1a | 13σ /// lānt : |
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| 1b | lānt se mā ype ; mäskatär ; ype se mā /// 4σ |
| 1c | 14σ |
| 1d | b5 3σ /// k ñi ; wlalune ; pärkñäm mā tāk ; tāṣ riyaṃ : 1 |
| * | pä /// |
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| b6 | /// tämyo spārtwā kakärku k oṣäntāsac t· ·w· /// |
(continues on A 64)
Translation
(continues from A 74)
| a1 | ... In a short time certainly (he will (?) ...) together with our sons ... |
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| a2 | ... (Thereupon) the 500 sons of the ministers (were ready (?) to go into the forest (?) together with) the Bodhisattva ... |
| a3 | ... having come to the prince, he says: You shall have permission, oh prince. Leave (the house!) ... |
| a4 | ... This you will certainly achieve. I did (not) have (the possibility), the distinctiveness, to see ... |
| a5+ | ... When you, led to death by the Caṇḍālas, went into the city, first of all you spoke the word[s] ... |
| a6 | ... for (what) reason have you spoken this talk, which all beings here have heard? ... |
| b1 | ... through the ... (?) of the world. 1. When he had heard this, the Bodhisattva (, surrounded with rays) a fathom [broad] (, says:) ... |
| b2 | ... with the energy of a Bodhisattva, with a cheerful mind, with hands folded, to the king: |
| b3+ | ... when you gave me into the hands of the executioners [and] ordered them to kill, (I saw (?) the people of the city) ... |
| b4 | ... of/to the king. The land is under the protection of the king. The land under the protection ... |
| b5 | ... was there no one in this town, who asked: [Is] my death justified? 1. |
| b5+ | See, (oh lord) ... |
| b6 | ... thereby I have found myself tied and (delivered) to the executioners ... |
(continues on A 64)
Other
| a3 | You will have permission, prince. Leave the house! (Peyrot 2013b: 226) |
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| a4 | You will attain it for sure. (cf 23) (Peyrot 2013b: 625) |
| b4 | Das Land befindet sich unter dem Schutz des Königs. (Schmidt 1974: 109) |
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. | |
| This text continues from A 74 and continues on A 64. |
Philological commentary
| The translation is largely based on Sieg 1952: 23-24, and Carling et al. 2009. | |
| n1 | This line seems to be in a tune of 4x12 syllables, rhythm 4/4/4. |
| n2 | This line is in a tune of 4x14 syllables, rhythm 7/7. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 48; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 48
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (288), a5 (161, 34), b3 (207), b4 (241), b5 (159, 164); Kölver 1965: b2 (16), b3 (105), b4 (37); Peyrot 2013b: a3 (226), a4 (625); Schmidt 1974: b4 (109); Sieg 1952: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (23); Thomas 1957: a5 (187), a6 (224, 240), b5 (188), b6 (188); Thomas 1979d: a1 (151); Thomas 1983: b3 (33); Thomas 1997: a6 (130)
Bibliography
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