W 15
| Known as: | W 15; Or 6402A 1.3 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "W 15". 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-or6402a13 (accessed 16 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
| Collection: | British Library (London) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project and the British Library.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | /// |
| a3 | – – – śa ○ ta pu[¯] [¯]·[p] • ca ndāṃ ma dhu – – – – – – – |
| a4 | – rga su [p]· ○ su ra sa • śi ri ṣa • ko ro śā – – – k· • t· |
| a5 | – ¯rm• sa tke nta e pe pu ṣne e pe ro hi ni [ke] [nta] sa tke nta wa ltsa [na] |
| a6 | – – – – – [ta] ṣṣa lle • se wi [sa] ma nta [po] wi [sa] ma nta – ·e – – |
| b1 | – ra ka – – – [ṇi] [•] [a] – mā rga [•] a śva k· – – – – la pā tra • – |
| b2 | – – tke nta wa sto to¯ ¯t ta ka ru ma lkwe rsa – kī ye ya ma – |
| b3 | – [sā] ṣpa kī ○ ye ya ma s̝a lya sā ṣpa kī – – nä [r]sa – – |
| b4 | – mā la pa ○ – • ma ṇi [ṣa] • pra pu ṇḍa [ri] – – – – – – |
| b5 | – – – ṣṣe ·e /// || /// |
| b6 | /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | /// |
| a3 | – – – śatapu(ṣ)p • candāṃ madhu – – – – – (apa)¬ |
| a4 | (mā)rga sup· surasä • śiriṣa • korośā(na) – – k· • t· |
| a5 | n1 (yä)rm satkenta epe puṣne epe rohinikenta satkenta waltsana¬ |
| a6 | (lyana)n2 – – – taṣṣalle • se wisa mantä po wisa mantä – ·e – – |
| b1 | n3 – ra ka – – – ṇi • a(pa)mārga • aśvak(ānt) (•) (tama)lapāträ • – |
| b2 | – (saṃ)tkenta wasto tot takaru malkwersa (ṣpa)kīye yama(ṣä)¬ |
| b3 | (lya) – sā ṣpakīye yamaṣälya sā ṣpakī(ye) – nä rsa – – |
| b4 | n4 (ta)mālapa(trä) • maṇiṣa • prapuṇḍari(k) – – – – – |
| b5 | – – – ṣṣe ·e /// ॥ /// |
| b6 | /// |
Translation
| a3 | aneth, santal, réglisse ... Achy- |
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| a4 | -rantes aspera, ..., myrrhe, Acacia lebbek, bézoard ... |
| a5 | ... remèdes aussi en cas de puṣpa, aussi en cas de tuméfaction à la base de la langue; (sont) les remèdes à combiner |
| a6 | ... à appliquer, ce ... tous ... |
| b1 | ... hellébore noir, Achyrantes aspera, Withania somnifera, patchouli, ... |
| b2 | ... remèdes ... autant de Tabernaemontana coronaria, sont à transformer en emplâtre |
| b3 | sont à transformer en cet emplâtre. Cet emplâtre ... |
| b4 | patchouli, Arum campanulatum, racine de lotus blanc, ... |
| b5 | ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| Comments from Filliozat 1948: b3: [to] is uncertain Exhaustive Note (p. 83 transl.): [a5]: puṣpa: an ulcerous disease of the eye [probably of the conjunctiva or the pupils]. Cf. Śārṅgadhārasaṃhitā, Utt.. XIII, 84: la puṣpavarti “poultice against puṣpa”, where is said māṃsavṛddhihṛt “which destroys growths of the flesh”. This interpretation seems to be confirmed by the fact that the same remedies are prescribed here against this disease and against inflammatory [or neoplasmic?] swelling at the root of the tongue. The dictionaries, sinse Wilson, translate puṣpa as “blindness/leucoma”, but the leucomas are less susceptibel than an inflammatory swelling to be influenced by medical treatment. | |
| n1 | The "ṣa" in puṣne seems to be a "pa". However, a similar phenomenon occurs in the reading of piṣ/pitaka- W 19 b2, W 36 a4. |
| n2 | Filliozat and Broomhead wi[su]mantä doesn't seem to be correct. In the first wisa mantä, the "sa" seems to have something below it, while the second obviously doesn't have anything. I assume that the sa in the first wisa mantä just has ink splotches below it. |
| n3 | The Filliozat/Broomhead reading katu(karo)[hiṇi] is impossible, since "tu" is not written like here. It has to be ka or nu. Also, the first akṣara looks more like ra than ka. |
| n4 | Filliozat/Broomhead mahiṣa is impossible. The i-diacritic of the alleged "hi" is attached on the top right, like is characteristic for ṇa. This never occurs on ha. Also, it is not entirely clear that the last akṣara in maṇiṣa should be read as ṣa. |
References
Online access
Edition
Filliozat 1948: 70, 83; Broomhead 1962: 17
Translations
Thomas 1952: a5 a6 (23)
Bibliography
Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.
Filliozat, Jean. 1948. Fragments de textes koutchéens de médecine et de magie. Texte, parallèles sanskrits et tibétains, traduction et glossaire. Paris: Librairie d’Amérique et d’Orient Adrien-Maisonneuve.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Thomas, Werner. 1952. Die tocharischen Verbaladjektive auf -l. Deutsche Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Institut für Orientforschung 9. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
