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THT 21

Known as:THT 21; B 21
Cite this page as:Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 21". 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-tht21 (accessed 05 Dec. 2023).

Edition

Editor:Hannes A. Fellner

Provenience

Main find spot:Siŋgim
Expedition code:T III S 79.28, T III S 90.7
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Title of the work:Udānālaṅkāra
Passage:Book 9 (Karmavarga), strophes 50-63.
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Doctrine
Verse/Prose:verse
Meter:M12

Object

Manuscript:Udānālaṅkāra B
Following fragment:THT 22
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:8

Transliteration

a1/// kce pu dñä [k]te [:] y[o] l[o] me· ā ltsi śkre ntau [na] /// /// ¯t cw[i]¯ ¯k śa wā ñcai lñe
a2/// ·kṣā me kuce tne wno lmi ya ma nta¯ ¯r kre¯ ¯nt [yo] /// /// ai lñe śū waṃ cme la ne
a3/// ta¯ ¯r mā lle ko 50-1 na nwā lye¯ ¯k pre ke ka rtsai /// /// mñe [:] wa lo mā ga tṣe a
a4/// – laiṃ wā ṣmo ntse de va da tti ṣe rtwe ntsa – – /// /// prau tka pe le ne śwā tsi yo
a5/// s̝pa pai ne kṣu rso mpo staṃ tā rka tsi [:] /// /// ·[au] ṣa ce¯ ¯u wä ntre pra saṃ na
a6/// a jā ta śa truṃ śce¯ ¯u • tu ypa rwe śe mo mā ga ta ṣ·e /// /// 50 4 ta rya lkwa rwa śe¯ ¯m pra
a7/// re tke ṣā lla kau sa lṣe¯ ¯ts ra skr[e] krā sa tu pra /// /// s[t]i ṅke e ṅ[ta] rsū 50 5
a8/// [:] sū śe¯ ¯m lā nta – lā[¯] [¯nt] ka kā te wai pe /// /// yā meṃ spa
b1/// k·¯ ¯ś ya sa wa – – – [nta] : o r· cc[e] t[i] /// /// snai ke¯ ¯ś
b2/// – [7] lyu wa¯ ¯s̝ pa rkā saṃ wa lo śtwā ra ka lymi nt[s]a (–) /// /// [ma] ne ne kts[ai] tsñ· so stmeṃ
b3/// – ly[au] ce mpā lo ka lymi 50 8 pa dma ke sa rñe[¯] [¯m] /// /// [pra] saṃ na ke wa lo sū : po
b4/// ceṃ ywa rśkā ññeṃ : ā nte ne sta mṣlyi ku[s]e /// /// [tru] wa lo o lypo tse : ṣa mā
b5/// nta rwe tā ntse : pa kwā reṃ mpa nau¯ ¯s̝ /// /// ·s·¯ ¯k mai yyo kulā ta rme 60
b6/// – lā lo¯ ¯s̝ • yä kte ske yeṃ ka¯ ¯s̝p sa ñi klā [yaṃ] /// /// [tru] sū : re tke mpo ro cce va
b7/// [ke] mā ga ta ṣṣe l❠¯nt wra ntsai : w[i] tā rā lyau – /// /// mā ga tṣṣe : śā nmya ne
b8/// – – – dñä kte l[k]ā tsi pra saṃ na ke wa lo śe[¯] [¯m] [•] [ma] /// /// ñi po yśe ñcai sāṃ e mpe

(continues on THT 22)

Transcription

50a /// ; (weña) (ślo)k ce ; pudñäkte :
50b yolome(ṃ) āltsiś ; krentauna ; (rittässiś) (:)
50c /// /// (yolo) (wa)t
50d cwik śawāñc= ailñe ; a2n2n3 /// (50)
51a (ce) (ślok) (a)kṣā-me ; kuce tne wnolmi ; yamantär
51b krent yo(laiṃ) (yāmor) ; ///
51c /// ; ailñe śūwaṃ ; cmelane
51d a3n4 /// …tär ; mā =lleko 50-1
52a nanw= ālyek preke ; kartsai
52b /// /// 11σ …mñe :
52c walo māgatṣe ; aa4(jātaśat,ru)n5 ///
52d (yo)laiṃ wāṣmontse ; devadatti ; ṣertwentsa (50-2)
53a /// 12σ /// (:)
53c prautka pelene ; śwātsi yoa5(ktsi)n6n7 ; /// (karsta) ṣpä paine ; kṣurs= ompostäṃ ; tārkatsi :
53d /// 12σ /// (50-3)
54a (kly)auṣa ceu wäntre ; prasaṃnaa6(ke)n8n9 ; (walo) (su) (:)
54b /// ajāta;śatruṃś ceu
54c tu yparwe śemo ; māgatäṣ(ṣ)e ; (walo) (su) (:)
54d /// 12σ /// 50-4
55a tarya lkwarwa śem ; praa7(saṃnake)n10n11 ; (walo) (su) (:)
55b (ajātaśatru) ; retke ṣālla ; kausalṣets
55c räskre krāsa tu ; pra(saṃnakeṃ) ; ///
55d /// ; (śrāva)sti ṅke ; eṅtär 50-5
56a a8n12 12σ /// :
56b śem lāntä(śco) ; lānt kakāte ; waipe(cceś)
56c 12σ ///
56d /// ; yāmeṃ spab1(ktāṃ)n13n14n15 ; /// (50-6)
57a (snai) k(e)ś ; yasa wa(sa) ; (ekñi)nta :
57b or(o)cce ti… ///
57c /// 10σ snai keś
57d b2n16 12σ /// (50-)7
58a lyuwa parkāsaṃ ; walo śtwāra ; kälymintsa (:)
58b /// 12σ ///
58c (kule)manene ; ktsaitsñ(e)s= ostmeṃ ; b3n17 ///
58d ; (ā)lyaucemp= ā;lokälymi 50-8
59a padmakesar ñem ; ///
59b /// ; prasaṃnake ; walo :
59c po b4n18n19 /// ceṃ ; ywarśkāññeṃ :
59d āntene stamṣlyi ; kuse /// (50-9)
60a /// (ajāta;śa)tru walo ; olypotse :
60b ṣamāb5(ni)n20n21 /// …ntär ; wetāntse :
60c pakwāreṃmpa nauṣ ; ///
60d /// ; (att)s(ai)k maiyyo ; kulātär-me 60
61a b6n22 /// ; (la)lāloṣ
61b yäkte-skeyeṃ ka ṣp ; sañi klāyaṃ ; ///
61c /// (ajāta,śa)tru :
61d retkemp= orocce ; {v/w}a ab7(lo)n23 /// (60-1)
62a (śem) (prasaṃna)ke ; māgatäṣṣe ; lānt wrantsai :
62b witār= ālyau(ce) ; ///
62c /// ; māgatṣṣe :
62d śānmya-ne b8n24 /// (60-2)
63a (pu)dñäkte lkātsi ; prasaṃnake ; walo śem •
63b mä… 11σ ///
63c /// ñi ; poyśeñcai sāṃ ; empe(le) (:)

(continues on THT 22)

Translation

a1 ... this (stro)phe the Buddha (spoke), to keep [the beings] from evil [and] (to tie) [them] (to) the virtues. [50b] ... ... or (evil),
a1+ of just this [he is] consuming the [inherited] part
a2 [50d] (This strophe) he proclaimed to them. What the beings will do here, good [and] evil deed ... the [inherited] part [of it] they will consume in the births.
a3 ... not another one. [51d] At again another time good ...
a3+ The king of Magadha, A(jātaśatru), ... through instigation [by his] bad friend Devadatta.
a4 [52d] ... he locked [him] into prison.
a4+ Food [and] drink
a5 ... and (cut) [his] feet (off) with a knife. After that (he ordered?) to release (him) ... (53d).
a5+ Of this matter Prasannake (the king) heard.
a6 ... to the Ajātaśatru. Thereupon the (king?) of Magadha ... [54d]
a6+ Three times Pra(sannaka) came
a7 ... (Ajātaśatru) threw the army of the Kausalas. This very much annoyed the Pra(sannaka) ... “he will, after all, take Śrāvastī”. [55d]
a8 ... This one came (to the) king and invited the king to [his] possessions ...
a8+ will do service ...
b1 [56d] ... (without) number he gave gold and (possessions), great ... ... without number
b2 ... [57d] And the king sent an explanation to the four regions of the world ...
b2+ ... when by age he (is prevented), from the house ...
b3 ... with one another, directed in a single direction. [58d] Padmakesara by name, (the military leader) ... the king Prasannaka.
b3+ All ... these as one in the middle.
b4 To the front [are] to be put those, that ... [59d] ... (Ajātaśa)tru, the king, very much.
b4+ Monks ... of the fight.
b5 With the bad ones first ... ... their power will recede completely. [60d]
b6 ... having exterted themselves with little effort the enemies will fall ... ... the (Ajātaśa)tru.
b6+ With a great army the king ...
b7 [61d] (Prasanna)ka (moved) against the king of Magadha. They fought each other ... (and taken captive, the king) of Magadha.
b7+ He bound him ....
b8 He bound him To see the Buddha, the king Prasannaka went ... (“Caught was?) by me, o Omniscient, the terrible enemy.

(continues on THT 22)

Other

a2 Was die Wesen hier tun, gute [und] bö(se Tat), ... das [Erb]teil [davon] werden sie in den Geburten verzehren. (Schmidt 1974: 443)
a7 ... (Ajātaśatru) warf das Heer der Kausalas. Sehr verdross das den Par(sannaka). (Schmidt 1974: 166)
a8 Er kam (zum) König [und] bot dem König [seinen] Besitz an. (Schmidt 1974: 382)

Commentary

Parallel texts

Uv 9.8

Philological commentary

Includes strophes 50 – 63 of the Karmavarga (IX) in a 4x12 syllable-metre (rhythm = 5/4/3). Between the two fragments on average 12-16 syllables are missing, while the top of the leaf, containing about 6-10 syllables is lost entirely.
n1 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51 fn. 1.
n5 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51 fn. 6.
n7 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51 fn. 8.
n9 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51 fn. 11.
n11 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51 fn. 13 and Sieg and Siegling 1983: 179.
n14 The reading orocce ti might be read as orocce to according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51 fn. 18.
n15 Emendations according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51 fn. 16 and 17.
n17 Addition according to Sieg and Siegling 1949: II, 35 fn. 10.
n19 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 52 fn. 3.
n21 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 52 fn. 5.
n22 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 52 fn. 7.
n23 Addition according to Sieg and Siegling 1949: II, 35.
n24 Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 52 fn. 11.

Remarks

The original manuscript is missing, but consisted of two non-continuous fragments, one being a piece from the centre of the leaf, beginning at the schnurloch, the other a remnant of the leaf's right side.

Linguistic commentary

n2 For śawāñc= ailñe and ailñe śūwaṃ rendering Skt. dāyāda- "eating/consuming heritage" > "suffering the bad consequences of bad deeds", see Hackstein 2015a.
n3 tne for tane.
n4 alleko for allek; māgatṣe for māgatäṣṣe.
n6 tārkatsi for tarkatsi; ceu for cau; wäntre for wäntare.
n8 lkwarwa for lykwarwa.
n10 kausalṣets for kausalṣents; eṅtär for eṅktär.
n12 lāntäśco for lāntäśc.
n13 ekñinta for ekaññiññenta.
n16 ktsaitsñesa for ktsaitstsäññesa.
n18 stamṣlyi for stamäṣṣälyi; olypotse for olyapotstse.
n20 māgatṣṣe for māgatäṣṣe.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 21; TITUS: THT 21

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1949: I, 36-37; Sieg and Siegling 1983: 51-52 notes 178-179; Hackstein et al. 2015: 63-81; Tamai 2011b: 97-98

Translations

Carling 2000: a2 (244), a4 (165), a8 (235), b2 (106), b4 (88); Hackstein 1995: a1 (214), a6 (305), a7 (223), b6 (221); Hackstein et al. 2015: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 (63-81); Krause 1952: a7 (29); Schmidt 1974: a2 (443), a7 (166), a8 (382); Sieg and Siegling 1949: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 (II, 34-35); Sieg and Siegling 1983: a8 (179); Thomas 1954a: a1 (751), b8 (715); Thomas 1957: a4 (114), a5 (114), a6 (60, 114, 192), a7 (114), a8 (114), b1 (194), b2 (114), b7 (115), b8 (115); Thomas 1979b: a2 (25); Thomas 1997: b8 (83)

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Carling 2000

Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.

Hackstein 1995

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Hackstein 2015a

Hackstein, Olav. 2015a. “Skt. dāyāda- ‘eating away at the inherited/entrusted.’ The transformation of inherited Indo-European phraseology in the Buddhist legend of Ajātaśatru.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 38: 391–400. https://doi.org/10.2143/JIABS.38.0.3134549.

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IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Krause 1952

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TITUS

Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”