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Kz-110-ZS-R-03.05

Known as:Kz-110-ZS-R-03.05
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kz-110-ZS-R-03.05". 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-kz110zsr03_05 (accessed 05 Dec. 2024).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil
Collection:in situ

Language and Script

Language:TB

Object

Material: ink on wall
Form:Graffito

Transliteration

a1ta ne po yśi ka ṣī mu kti kai ś· ·ñ[ā] śka[ṃ] t[s]e [pe] lai kn[e] a ///

Transcription

a1tane poyśi käṣī muktikain1 ś(am)ñāśkaṃtse pelaikne a(ksaṣṣäṃ)

Translation

a1Here, Buddha the teacher proclaims the law to the girl Muktikā.

Other

a1在此, 佛陀对少女 Muktikā 说法。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 90-91)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*Schmidt points out that the motive of this graffito appears in the Adhikaraṇavastu of the Sarvāstivādins, as well as in Tocharian B manuscripts and the old turkic Maitrisimit.
n1Pinault 2000a: 163: mallikai

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 90-91; Schmidt 2010: Bild 43; 857; Schmidt 1999d: 75; Pinault 2000a: № 45

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (90-91)

Bibliography

Pinault 2000a

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 2000a. “Narration dramatisée et narration en peinture dans la région de Kucha.” In La Sérinde, terre d’échanges. Art, religion, commerce du Ier au Xe siècle. Actes du colloque international (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 13-15 février 1996), edited by Jean-Pierre Drège, 149–68. XIVes rencontres de l’Ecole du Louvre. Paris: La Documentation française.

Schmidt 1999d

Schmidt, Klaus T. 1999d. “Interdisciplinary research on Central Asia: The decipherment of the West Tocharian captions of a cycle of mural paintings of the life of the Buddha in Cave 110 in Qizil” 40 (1): 72–81.

Schmidt 2010

Schmidt, Klaus T. 2010. “Die Entzifferung der westtocharischen Überschriften zu einem Bilderzyklus des Buddhalebens in der ‘Treppenhöhle’ (Höhle 110) in Kizil.” In From Turfan to Ajanta, Reichert. Vol. 2. Wiesbaden.

Zhao and Rong 2020

Zhao, Li, and Xinjiang Rong, eds. 2020. Cave inscriptions in Ancient Kucha. Shanghai: Zhongxi Book Company.