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Kz-213-ZS-L-09

Known as:Kz-213-ZS-L-09
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kz-213-ZS-L-09". 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-kz213zsl09 (accessed 08 Feb. 2025).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil
Collection:in situ

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:archaic
Script:archaic

Object

Material: engraving on wall
Form:Graffito

Transliteration

a1/// [ṣ]k[a] [ñ]e spo rti ma¯ ¯r a ka lka [ṣ]e spe rte ne : ma s̝pa p[ś]i ma¯ ¯r śle [ś]au¯ ¯l kre – ¯ts y[k]e nta no [l]k[a] tsi – – – – – ·le o ko śa mñe ca me¯ [¯l] – [c](·)e ma¯ ¯r [•] – ·[i] ·[e] [se] ·[e] – –

Transcription

a1n1 /// ṣkañe sportimar akalkaṣe spertene : ma ṣpä pśimarn2 śle śaul kre(nta)ts ykenta no lkatsi – – – – – (ś)le oko śamñe camel(ne) c(m)emar • – ·i ·e se ·e – –

Translation

a1... I would engage in behavior according to (?) the wish (for Buddhahood?)... Do not put... with life... to see the abodes of the good... If I am born in a fruitful human birth, ...

Other

a1/// ......出于意愿,我转到......。:是以为了目睹贤人们的地方,我不希望被人生所宰制 。[草泥层剥落范围约1个字符宽]:......,是以作为果报,我将(重)生于世间 。[•]...... (Zhao and Rong 2020: 154)
a1......我甘愿展转......。当我在人世不信善行......,于是得果报,......人...... (Ogihara 2020: 64)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*The transliteration has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 154.
*The transcription has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 154.
n1Ogihara 2020: 63-64: ai me¯ [¯L] (ta)[s]e ma¯ ¯R
n2Zhao and Rong analyse pśimar as a form of päk- "ripen; cook". However pśīmar is attested in IOL Toch 68 a4 which is usually analysed (e.g. by Adams 1999 and Malzahn 2010) as a form of stäm-. The precise meaning of the passage still remains obscure.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020

Translations

Ogihara 2020: a1 (64); Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (154)

Bibliography

Adams 1999

Adams, Douglas Q. 1999. A dictionary of Tocharian B. Leiden Studies in Indo-European 10. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

Malzahn 2010

Malzahn, Melanie. 2010. The Tocharian verbal system. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

Ogihara 2020

Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2020. “A magical practice to protect children from the demons in Kuchean Buddhism: Research on THT 3998 kept in the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Berlin.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 20: 163–89.

Zhao and Rong 2020

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