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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
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. |
n1 | Ogihara 2020: 63-64: ai me¯ [¯L] (ta)[s]e ma¯ ¯R |
n2 | Zhao 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.