A 92
| Known as: | A 92; THT 725 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 92". 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-a92 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 70.4 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Nanda-Carita I |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | M15 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 89-143 |
| 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 | /// ·ma¯ ¯nt : na ṣnu sa s· – – – – ·y· lm· kuya lm[ā] |
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| a2 | /// s·¯ ¯k tsro wä tko kā pñe – – kuya lmā śo lla nta¯ ¯s̝ : 5 |
| a3 | /// kuya lnu ta¯ ¯m śu rā myo sa l«[p]»a¯ ¯m tsa kna smā¯ ¯r : lā¯ ¯nt |
| a4 | /// ta preṃ lya lypu ñka¯ ¯t nṣā kā rmeṃ ta mpe pa lka ṣtā¯ ¯r : 6 |
| a5 | /// ca mśkaṃ lo ps[u] mā rñi kuya¯ ¯l lyka¯ ¯ly lyka¯ ¯lyä tu ṣtñi : mā |
| a6 | /// rṣa¯ ¯nt ṣe¯ ¯m kuya ltu na¯ ¯s̝ śa śrā¯ ¯s̝t kā pñe yä¯ ¯s̝ : 7 |
| b1 | /// tu eṃ tsu ṣe¯ ¯t su nda riṃ śna śśä¯ ¯l : kuya lta¯ ¯m sne ma¯ ¯ṅk |
| b2 | /// tyā sā lmo na¯ ¯s̝t : 8 ko kā¯ ¯ñä ṣpā rā¯ ¯ñä yā mu tsi¯ ¯ñä |
| b3 | /// tu ṣñi pra ti ma¯ ¯s̝ na¯ ¯s̝t : śo¯ ¯l pu kcmo lwaṃ ka lpā¯ ¯l |
| b4 | /// – pñe yä¯ ¯s̝ tsro na nde kuya lśo¯ ¯t : 9 || taṃ ne wka nyo sa¯ ¯m |
| b5 | /// ta ta mṣu¯ ¯nt e ṅka l·i [n]ā¯ ¯p po ri[¯] [¯s] [śra] lu ne ṣiṃ sla |
| b6 | /// [¯nt] ka rke sa¯ ¯cä p[y]ā – – – – – – l· ā ka¯ ¯cä s[u] |
Transcription
| 5a | a114σ /// ·mant : |
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| 5b | näṣ nu sas· ; – – – ; – 1σ ·y· 1σ l m· 1σ ; kuyal mā a2 3σ |
| 5c | 15σ |
| 5d | 3σ /// s· 1σ k ; tsro wätko ; kāpñe – – 1σ ; kuyal mā śol läntäṣ : 5 |
| 6a | a315σ |
| 6b | 4σ /// ; kuyal nu täm ; śurāmyo ; sälpäm tsäknäsmār : |
| 6c | lānt a4 14σ |
| 6d | 2σ /// täpreṃ ; lyalypu ñkät ; nṣā kārmeṃ ; tampe pälkäṣtār : 6 |
| 7a | a515σ |
| 7b | 4σ /// ; cam śkaṃ lo ; psumār-ñi ; kuyal lykäly lykäly tuṣt-ñi : |
| 7c | mā a614σ |
| 7d | 5σ /// rṣant ṣem ; kuyal tu näṣ ; śaśrāṣt kāpñeyäṣ : 7 |
| 8a | b115σ |
| 8b | 6σ /// tu ; eṃtsu ṣet ; sundariṃ śnaśśäl : |
| 8c | kuyal täm sne maṅk ; b2 11σ |
| 8d | 10σ /// (ā)tyāsā lmo naṣt : 8 |
| 9a | kokāñ ṣpārāñ ; yāmutsiñ ; b3 8σ |
| 9b | 9σ /// tu ; ṣñi pratimäṣ naṣt : |
| 9c | śol puk cmolwaṃ ; kälpāl b4 9σ |
| 9d | 7σ /// ; (kā)pñeyäṣ ; tsro nande kuyal śot : 9 ॥ |
| taṃne wkänyo säm | |
| b5 | /// tatämṣunt eṅkäl(ṣ)ināp poris śraluneṣiṃ sla |
| b6 | /// nt karkesac pyā – – – – – – l· ākac su |
Translation
| a1+ | I... why not... |
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| a2 | ... the beloved has been separated and ripped (from me)... Why does my life not leave (me)? |
| a3 | ... why am I burning and blazing by this sorrow? |
| a3+ | The king... |
| a4 | ... so much the god Karman shows his power to me... |
| a5 | ... take away the (life?) from me! Why do you burn me finer and finer? |
| a6 | ... I was... Why did you separate me from my beloved? 7. |
| b1 | ... you had taken... together with the wife Sundarī... |
| b1+ | Why... that... blameless... |
| b2 | /// you have taken a seat on the grasses. 8 |
| b3 | ... you are... from your own resolve... |
| b3+ | Life is obtainable in all births... |
| b4 | why do you live, oh Nanda, away from your beloved? 9. |
| b4+ | This way, he... |
| b5+ | ... of the fire of passion, created... the (flame) of separation... |
| b6 | ... onto the branches... to the end.... |
Other
| a4 | (Warum eben) zeigst du so sehr, o Gott Karman, [deine] Macht an mir [d.h. lässt du deine Macht an mir aus]? (Schmidt 1974: 460) |
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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). |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 53; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 53
Translations
Carling 2000: a4 (336), b2 (51, 144), b3 (243); Hackstein 1995: a5 (349); Kölver 1965: b2 (35), b4 (144); Schmidt 1974: a4 (141 n.1), a4 (460); Sieg and Siegling 1983: a4 (243), b2 (149); Thomas 1952: b3 (31); Thomas 1957: a6 (239), b1 (305), b2 (248); Thomas 1969: a4 (239); Thomas 1972: a3 (456); Thomas 1988: b2 (251)
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