THT 220
| Known as: | THT 220; B 220; Bleistiftnummer 2669 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 220". 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-tht220 (accessed 09 Nov. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 4 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Add. linguistic characteristics: | archaic |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 220-223 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// su pi ścme lṣeṃ se ni¯ ¯k wno lm[e](·) po wä rp[ā] te • ta ry[ā] s[aṃ] khy(·) nta ke ltse mpe lo na la kle nta • pkā te [ś]n(·) – |
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| a2 | /// ṣṣo rka mñe na ktsi pkā te ṣa¯ ¯ñ• ślā lye ṅkaṃ¯ ¯ts• po yśi tā kau te ma ntñā wa ne we wro cce ṣe ca ka ññe ce¯ ¯u |
| a3 | /// tke śte ssa po ñi wno lmi nau¯ ¯s̝ cme la ne pā ta¯ ¯rñä ta kā re¯ ¯ñä [sa]su wa tkā ta¯ ¯rñä śle kṣa ñśā [mna] |
| a4 | /// sn[ai] yä rmke¯ ¯ś• ñä śra ceṃ¯ ¯ts wsā wa ta [ka] rṣ[kñ]e sa yo ktsi ysā ra ñi pe rne sa śau lri ntsa nte la reṃ [ś]au [l]·· |
| a5 | /// lyā ka ¯s̝p ce śai ṣṣe ā ś[pa] pyā ko ṣ[p]o la kle ntaṃ¯ ¯ts• e tte a vi śo [k]au¯ ¯cä bha vā ggä[¯] [¯][r] po – |
| b1 | /// toṃ pi ścme la • ke styo ko pre teṃ[¯] [¯]t[s] pwā [rṣṣe] la kle nrai yne mpe l[y](·) • a [n]· – ññ· lwā s(·)¯ ¯ts [l]· – |
| b2 | /// tsl[ai] ta lñe 3 toṃ la kle nta meṃ ṣa [ña]¯ ¯ñm [s]kā [yau] krui tsa lpa stsi a tno ceṃ yā mu kuse ñī yā mṣa re – |
| b3 | /// pi [ś][cm]e (–) ceṃ wno lme ntsa • tu meṃ yā mṣa te pra tiṃ pra kkreṃ ṣa¯ ¯ñä pa lsko mpa • po śau la nma po ke |
| b4 | /// wno lmeṃ tska rtse śco 4 spai tu ra wa ltsa ñyā sta lyka śke po wno lmi • ka rś[y]e¯ ¯ñä ke ktse ñwa tkwä – |
| b5 | /// ṣṣ(·) na wa¯ ¯t kli ñeṃ lkā [ts]i krui la kle nta • pi tsa ntse ṣa rmtsa nrai ṣṣe la kle wa twa rpo yma¯ ¯r• mā ñ[i] kulo y(·)· |
Transcription
Translation
| a1 | The one who took the beings of five births under his care, he endured terrible sufferings for three asaṃkhyeyas. |
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| a1+ | He intended to... eyes... |
| a2 | ... he intended to destroy the darkness of... for himself and others. |
| a2+ | "I will be an omniscient [Buddha]", thus he roared the great lion roar ... |
| a3 | This he considered in this way: All beings in my former births were my parents, my sons and daughters, my own people. |
| a4 | ... without measure (or) number. I gave them (my) blood to drink out of faith. |
| a4+ | For my sake, they renounced their life, the dear life... |
| a5 | ... and he saw this world struck on the head by all sufferings. |
| a5+ | The Avīci-hell below, the Bhavāgra above, all... |
| b1 | ... the five births. The hunger and thurst of the Pretas, the terrible pain of fire in hell, the misery of the animals, the pain... the going away of the gods. |
| b2 | "If I try to redeem myself from such sorrows, I will put them aside who made me ... |
| b3 | with the beings of the five births." Thereupon he took the firm resolution with his mind: |
| b3+ | "[In] all [my] lives, (with) all [my] bodies,(I will strive) for the welfare of the beings (of the five births). |
| b4 | Even if all beings crush my bones fine like to dust, or if they chop up my body ..., |
| b5 | or if I had to undergo sorrows of hell, or if because of the smallest thing I underwent sorrow[s] of hell, may the power of my mind not fail ... |
Other
| a2 | «I will be an omniscient [Buddha]», thus he roared the great lion roar … (Peyrot 2013b: 658) |
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| b2+ | «If I try to redeem myself from such sorrows, I will put them aside who made me … with the beings of the five births.» Thereupon he took the firm resolution with his mind: «[In] all [my] lives, (with) all [my] bodies, (I will strive) for the welfare of the beings (of the five births).» (cf 720; 1957: 227; 1997: 141; 342) (Peyrot 2013b: 712) |
| b3 | Darauf fasste er den festen Entschluss in seinem Denken. (Schmidt 1974: 341-2) |
| b4+ | Even if all beings crush my bones fine like to dust, or if they chop up my body …, or if I had to undergo sorrows of hell, or if because of the smallest thing I underwent sorrow[s] of hell, may the power of my mind not fail … (cf 725; 1997: 118; 466) (Peyrot 2013b: 713) |
Commentary
Parallel texts
| m-tht1539a (Schmidt 2006: 465-466) |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | A3 |
| Tamai 2011 | C2 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 (244); Couvreur 1954c: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 (109-110); Krause 1952: a2 (112); Peyrot 2013b: a2 (658), b2 b3 b4 (712), b4 b5 (713); Schmidt 1974: b3 (341f), b3 (341-2); Sieg and Siegling 1983: a1 (242); Thomas 1954: a2 (711), a4 (726), b2 (720), b5 (725); Thomas 1957: a3 (185), b2 (227); Thomas 1972: a5 (452); Thomas 1979d: a2 (156), a3 (164); Thomas 1983: a5 (8), b1 (10); Thomas 1995: a1 (61); Thomas 1997: a1 (110), a5 (100), b3 (141), b4 (118)
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