A 99
| Known as: | A 99; THT 732 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 99". 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-a99 (accessed 22 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 69.06 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Nanda-carita I |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Meter: | 543 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 89-143 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ka rwu pa [śu] – – – – kuya lta mtu kā pñe ñuka |
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| a2 | /// mma śki tpā [ṣ]ā[¯] [¯t] ri ṣa ku n· si sāṃ śä¯ ¯l : lāṃ śpe |
| a3 | /// ylā rnā ta¯ ¯k : 3 [po] sa cpā s·ā rci ri ṣa ku ne wä rta ntwaṃ : |
| a4 | /// ·sk· pā ṣe śäṃ ṣe mci : wa s̝ta¯ ¯s̝ la ltu ntā¯ ¯p ā kla ṣlyi |
| a5 | /// [n]e tu nuṃ nuṃ kā pñe ñuka¯ ¯cä cra ṅka¯ ¯s̝t : wä¯ ¯rt wṣe ññe tā |
| a6 | /// 5 || ta¯ ¯m ka k[lyu] ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ wtā ko¯ ¯t klo pyo pa pa lyku¯ |
| b1 | /// p[o] ñcä[ṃ] tu ṅky[o] yä kso ra¯ ¯s̝ ā kru¯ ¯nt lyā lyo ra¯ ¯s̝ |
| b2 | /// – rā¯ ¯k ya¯ ¯l ma ska ta¯ ¯r ta myo tu nā ñi ca¯ ¯s̝ kā rme |
| b3 | /// śo la¯ ¯s̝ pka¯ ¯nt ka pśa ñi o ki cwä¯ ¯s̝ pka¯ ¯nt mā ṣtmā lmā |
| b4 | /// ṣñi a kma lyo śriṃ ñka¯ ¯t po sa¯ ¯cä ṣtmo stā¯ ¯s̝ tu a¯ ¯ts |
| b5 | /// ta ṣpe nu gā rge ri ṣa kyā¯ ¯p śā straṃ we wñu ä ñcaṃ wra |
| b6 | /// • ku pre ne na n·e nā [ta¯] [¯k] pa ttā ñka¯ ¯t ka ṣṣi nā sa |
Transcription
| a1 | /// kar wu paśu – – – – kuyal täm tu kāpñe ñukä |
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| a2 |
| 3b | 1σ /// m mäśkit pāṣāt ; riṣakun(e) ; sisāṃśäl : |
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| 3c | lāṃś pe a3 10σ |
| 3d | 9σ /// ; ylār nātäk : 3 |
| 4a | posac pās(m)ār-ci ; riṣakune ; wärtäntwaṃ : |
| 4b | a412σ |
| 4c | 6σ /// (päl)sk(a-)pāṣe ; śäṃ ṣem-ci : |
| 4d | waṣtäṣ laltuntāp ; ākläṣlyi a5 4σ |
| 5a | 12σ |
| 5b | 3σ /// ne tu ; nuṃ nuṃ kāpñe ; ñukac craṅkäṣt : |
| 5c | wärt wṣeññe tā a6 8σ |
| 5d | 12σ /// 5 ॥ |
| * | täm kaklyuṣuräṣ wtākot klopyo papälyku° |
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| b1 | /// poñcäṃ tuṅkyo yäksoräṣ ākrunt lyālyoräṣ |
| b2 | /// (pe)rāk yal mäskatär tämyo tu nāñi caṣ kārme |
| b3 | /// śoläṣ pkänt kapśañi oki cwäṣ pkänt mā ṣtmāl mā |
| b4 | /// ṣñi akmalyo śriṃ ñkät posac ṣtmos tāṣ tu ats |
| b5 | /// täṣ penu gārge riṣakyāp śāstraṃ wewñu äñcaṃ wra |
| b6 | /// • kupre ne nan(d)e nātäk pättāñkät käṣṣinā sä |
Translation
| a1+ | Why do you, my beloved, (turn away from) me? |
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| a2 | ... the prince observed sagehood with Sītā... |
| a2+ | The kings... also... |
| a3 | ... decrepit lord... Next to you, I will observe sagehood in the woods. |
| a4 | ... I was your thoughtful (?) wife, the student of the one having left the house... |
| a5 | ... (as) you repeatedly told me, my beloved, the forest (will be our) abode... |
| a6+ | Having heard that, again burned by sorrow... having embraced (him) with all her love, having wiped away her tears... (she says) |
| b2 | ... is to be trusted. |
| b2+ | Therefore, you... me the truth! ... |
| b3+ | ... like the body without life ..., [so] I will not exist without you. |
| b4+ | ... if the goddess Śrī has stood next to (you) with her own face, you... |
| b5+ | It is also said in the teaching of the sage Gārga, which (thing)... |
| b6 | If lord Nanda... by Buddha the teacher... |
Other
| b3 | … like the body without life …, [so] I will not exist without you. (cf 41) (Peyrot 2013b: 275) |
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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
Miscellaneous
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 57; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 57
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 (360), b4 (329), b6 (403); Hackstein 1995: a6 (112); Knoll 1996: b2 (40); Kölver 1965: a2 (70), b4 (84); Peyrot 2013b: b3 (275); Thomas 1952: a4 (51), b3 (41); Thomas 1957: a5 (63); Thomas 1968: b3 (208); Thomas 1986: a5 (135)
Bibliography
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