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Kz-110-ZS-R-03.07

Known as:Kz-110-ZS-R-03.07
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kz-110-ZS-R-03.07". 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_07 (accessed 17 May 2025).

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 ṣṣ[ī] a ḍa va [k]eṃ [y]ā ta stra

Transcription

a1tane poyśi käṣṣī aḍavakeṃn1 yātästrä

Translation

a1Here, the Buddha tames Aḍavake.

Other

a1在此,佛陀调伏了阿腊婆。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 91)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1According to the editors, this is the name of a demon who also occurs in the Buddhacarita. In Sanskrit, the name is written as āṭavaka-, in the Sanskrit documents unearthed in Kizil however, the forms āḍavaka- and aḍavaka- are attested.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 91; Schmidt 2010: Bild 45; Pinault 2000a: № 47

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (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 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.