THT 241
| Known as: | THT 241; B 241; Bleistiftnummer 2521 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 241". 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-tht241 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 70.6 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Add. linguistic characteristics: | classical |
| Script: | archaic |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | – ri nsa tai mau [r]s[a] [y](·) tw[a] a staṃ nau¯ ¯s̝ : ñu mka ñu s̝pa la nta ntso la ntu ñ(·) s(·) ś(·)¯ ¯l [w]s(·) st(·) : [p]· /// |
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| a2 | nta¯ ¯ts ścma sta ta rne ne : wa jra sa nsā lo lmo ṣci rṣa rke¯ ¯ts la[¯] [¯]n[t] ña¯ ¯śä [w]i na skau 10 9 a ra ñca cu e [p]re ta m[ā] [ra] |
| a3 | ·[ā] da¯ ¯ñc mā la tsai : a ra ñcä ṣe e tre ntsa ṣpya rka tai ne yo ñ[y](·) [po] [:] [au] na stā ne a ra ñcneṃ kle śa nma ṣṣe ra tke |
| a4 | – pra kreṃ wlai śkeṃ a ra ñcta[¯] [¯]ñ ya rk[e] sa ña¯ ¯śä wi na skau 20 yo lai ñe meṃ mau ka tai kre ntwä ntre ne spa ntai cu : spa ntai |
| a5 | – mpa śwa rai kne spa [ntai] [ma] sta ne rvā nne : spa ntai wi lyu śca ka lka snai a ṅkā nmi s̝a¯ ¯ñ śau mo : spa ntai tsñe nta¯ ¯ts a ṣāṃ po ci wi |
| a6 | (–) (·)au spa ntai cu 20-1 śau laṃ nma sa śau laṃ nma śau la sso nta[¯] [¯][s] [wa] [rya] tai : śau lra nai śai pa ṣṣa tai śi la na sa lyai – – |
| b1 | – [ra] ñcn· kly[e] n[ta] ñ· to ta ña kre ntau na : po śau la ṣṣe[ṃ] klau tke n[n]e śau ltsa la reṃ tri śi mcmā 20-2 ko¯ ¯s ko¯ ¯s pla skau a ra ñcta[¯] [¯]ñ sn[ai] |
| b2 | – [t]yā mo¯ ¯s̝ ka ru ntsa : to¯ ¯t ya¯ ¯mc ña kta śa ra nne a sta ne ṣke mre sti we¯ ¯śc : i ndri nta ṣṣeṃ se me nsa yo ku ce rsna snai |
| b3 | – [y]lyñe : po cme lṣa na a staṃ tsa wi na skau¯ ¯c s̝pa snai ya rmke¯ ¯ś 20 3 a ra ñcä ṣṣe re ki kuse la re [na] śtu we s̝a |
| b4 | – : po la re naṃ ta rko rmeṃ twe ñi la re a ñma ṣṣe : tra ṅko ṣṣa na yke nta ñä¯ ¯ś wi na ske ma¯ ¯r ta¯ ¯ñ pai yne[¯] [¯][śc] : wla |
| b5 | wa lyñe ṣṣe pra ti nsa te śi ci meṃ ñä ske ma¯ ¯r 20 4 ta ka rṣkñe sa na tkau sa kuce pa la mai[¯] [¯][c] pa la lyu : ce [yā] |
| b6 | [mo] rsa lai ko n[ta]¯ ¯rñ ka ntwa ṣṣa na yā mo rnta : ai śa mñe ṣṣa la k[ts]au ña pa k[r]i ta ko |
Transcription
Translation
| a1 | By the thousends, you gave up your diadem adorned heads previously. And for the kingdom over the ninety nine kings, you gave your life. |
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| a1+ | ... you stood on the peak of the kings. |
| a2 | I honor you as the king of Rishis, seated afar on the diamond throne. |
| a2+ | Great-hearted, resolute one! You destroyed every way of intoxication for Māra... with the hero that is your heart. |
| a3+ | You hit him together with the army of Kleśas in the heart. |
| a4 | I honor your heart, hard and soft, with reverence. You, truster in the good thing, desisted from evil. |
| a4+ | With four-fold trust, you trustingly went into Nirvāṇa. |
| a5+ | I honor you, truster, worthy of all trusts. |
| a6 | With (your) lives you bought the lives of honorable ones. You diligently guarded the rules of good behavior like your life. |
| a6+ | Lord, as many stand in my heart, so many are your virtues. |
| b1 | In all turns of life, may I not miss you, (who is) dearer than life to me. |
| b1+ | As often as I think of your heart made without... by compassion, so often I go into your protection, o god, up to the marrow in the bones. |
| b2+ | With the dipper (?) of my senses, I will drink your form without satiation. |
| b3 | And with the heads of (my) birth I honor you, without measure or number. |
| b3+ | What word is of the heart, that is to be spoken to someone dear. |
| b4 | Having abandoned all dear ones, you (alone) are personally dear to me. I confess the places of my sin to your feet. |
| b4+ | With the resolve of self-control, I ask from you (the opportunity to make) a confession. |
| b5 | Because I, urged (?) by my faith, praised you, o praiseworthy one, because of that dead may the deeds of my tongue be washed away. |
| b6 | May the light of knowledge appear for me, bit by bit. |
Other
| a1 | (Zu Tausenden) hast du einst die mit einem Diadem geschmückten Köpfe hingegeben. (Schmidt 1974: 417-8) |
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| a2+ | O [du] Beherzter [und] Mutiger, die maireya-trunkene Truppe(?) (des) Māra [und] die ganze Karawane hast du ihm mit dem Helden [deines] Herzens in die Flucht geschlagen [wtl. schwinden gemacht]. (Schmidt 1974: 469-70) |
| a3 | Du hast ihn [scil. Māra] (mitsamt dem) Kleśa-Heer ins Herz getroffen. (Schmidt 1974: 368) |
| a6 | Wie [dein] Leben hast du sorgfältig die Richtlinien des sittlichen Verhaltens gehütet. (Schmidt 1974: 84, 405) |
| a6 | Mit Leben hast du die Leben der Leben-Besitzenden erkauft. (Schmidt 1974: 458) |
| b1+ | As often as I think of your heart made without … by compassion, so often I go into your protection, o god, up to the marrow in the bones. (Peyrot 2013b: 321) |
| b4+ | Meine Sünden [wtl meine Sündenpunkte] bekenne ich zu deinen Füßen: in dem Entschluss, [mich] zu beherrschen, erbitte ich von dir Verzeihung. (Schmidt 1974: 415) |
| b5+ | Weil ich, auf Gläubigkeit gestützt, dich gepriesen habe, o [du] zu Preisender, möchten mir durch diese Tat [meine] Zungensünden abgewaschen werden. (Schmidt 1974: 247) |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | The word ādañcis far from clear. Even if it is related to ādaṃśa, like Adams 1999 argues, it cannot be construed as agreeing with mālatsai, since it isn't a feminine. |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | A2 |
| Malzahn 2007a | A5 |
| Tamai 2011 | A3 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 143-144
Translations
Carling 2000: a4 a5 (249), b2 (241, 350); Hackstein 1995: a6 (174), b5 b6 (122); Krause 1952: b2 (205), b3 (204); Peyrot 2013b: b1 b2 (321); Pinault 2008: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (329-350); Schmidt 1974: a1 (417f), a1 (417-8), a2 a3 (469f), a2 a3 (469-70), a3 (368), a6 (84, 405, 458), a6 (84, 405), a6 (458), b4 b5 (415), b5 b6 (247); Thomas 1952: b5 (49); Thomas 1957: a1 (172), a2 a3 (172), a4 a5 (173), a6 (173), b5 b6 (172, 225); Thomas 1958a: b1 (137); Thomas 1968: b1 b2 (215); Thomas 1969: a2 a3 (267); Thomas 1970a: b1 b2 (453); Thomas 1983: a4 a5 (37), b1 b2 (27); Thomas 1988: a2 (250); Thomas 1991: a2 (13); Thomas 1997: a3 (132), b1 (100)
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