THT 296
| Known as: | THT 296; B 296 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 296". 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-tht296 (accessed 21 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kocho |
| Expedition code: | T I D 130 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Kāvya |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
| Meter: | 4343 (4x); 43434 (4x); 55 (4x); 543 (1x), 5434 (1x), 543 (1x), 5434 (1x) |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 9 |
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 | ssi mu di tsa no po wno lmī plā nta ṣa rme pa lsko nta : |
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| a2 | tri śa lñe nta po wno lme¯ ¯ts ā rte tā rka u pe kṣsa sā |
| a3 | ste ytā re po yś[i] ñ[a] te sa po yśi ma ske le : || |
| a4 | || sā sa lkā lñe śai ṣṣe ne po yśi ntsyo lpo mā ne saṃ : |
| a5 | se wa¯ ¯t we l[ñ]e k[ly]au [ṣ]a lñe po sa ś·ā lmeṃ pe lai kne : |
| a6 | se wa¯ ¯t [n]o – – r[tsi] y· s[ā] [ṅktsa] – – ·ā [ne] saṃ : toṃ |
| a7 | we¯ ¯s ta rya – – – yä rke [t]· – – ·[ā] ske¯ ¯m : || |
| a8 | || – [saṃ] khy· nts[e] – – [p]i [ā] k[e] – – – – te ñ[e] m[ṣ]ai t[k]ā |
| a9 | lśke • p· rya ri ṣṣai sl[e] [m]· ntsa wa nto¯ ¯ś [gu] [ne] lya kā sta ti yśi[ṃ] : |
| b1 | ma¯ ¯nd tā pa si ma rsa sta pā la tai ne ṣu ko mtsa ṣe me ślo ktsa • |
| b2 | ñu ka lpa ṣṣa la l[y]i ye ta kā¯ ¯ś i ta wnā skau cau tsi ro mñe : || |
| b3 | || gā ṅkne o lyi tau ne¯ ¯s twe e pa stya • lya mne saṃ ntsā rṣṣe ti |
| b4 | kṣne ñi¯ ¯ś ne sau : gā ṅkne o lyi sa tse ñe ka tka ṣṣa¯ ¯r • lya |
| b5 | mmeṃ sa ntsā rṣṣe ñi¯ ¯ś ci sa lka ma¯ ¯r : || mpa rtsta nā cce vai |
| b6 | de¯ ¯h śli ye gu ne cau • ṣa mi mpo lsko ññe śa kya mu ne |
| b7 | sai mwa sta sa ṅka mpe ṣe • lkā tsi śe ma ne ñi kteṃ sa |
| b8 | swe ylai ñi kteṃ śa ci lā ntso mpa pa ñca śi khi [k]wi ra pa |
| b9 | bha dra mpe ṣe : || pā ta¯ ¯r mā ta¯ ¯r ka ṣṣi nta¯ ¯ts wi nā |
Transcription
| Xx | 13σ a1ssi |
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| Xx | muditsa no ; po wnolmī ; plāntaṣar-me ; palskonta : |
| Xx | a2 triśalñenta ; po wnolmets ; ārte tārka ; upekṣsa |
| Xx | sā a3 ste ytāre ; poyśiña ; tesa poyśi ; maskele : |
| * | ॥ |
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| a4 | ॥ |
| Xx | sāsa lkālñe ; śaiṣṣene ; poyśintsy olpo ; mā nesäṃ : |
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| Xx | a5 se wat welñe ; klyauṣalñe ; posa ś(p)ālmeṃ ; pelaikne : |
| Xx | a6 se wat no – ; – rtsiy· ; sāṅktsa – – ; (m)ā nesäṃ : |
| Xx | toṃ a7 wes tarya ; – – – ; yärke t· – ; – ·āskem : |
| * | ॥ |
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| a8 | ॥ |
| Xx | (a)saṃkhy(ai)ntse ; (trice)pi ; āke(sa) (twe) ; (saṃci)te ; ñem ṣait kāa9lśke |
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| Xx | • p(a)ryariṣṣain1 ; slem(e)ntsa ; wantoś gune ; lyakāsta ; tiyśiṃ : |
| Xx | b1 mand tā pasi ; märsasta ; pālataine ; ṣukomtsan2 ; ṣeme śloktsa • |
| Xx | b2 ñu kalpaṣṣa ; lalyiye ; takāś ita ; wnāskau cau ; tsiromñe : |
| * | ॥ |
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| b3 | ॥ |
| Xx | gāṅkne olyitau ; nes twe epastya • |
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| Xx | lyamne saṃntsārṣṣe ; tib4kṣne ñiś nesau : |
| Xx | gāṅkne olyisa ; tseñe kätkäṣṣar • |
| Xx | lyab5mmeṃ santsārṣṣe ; ñiś ci salkamar : |
| * | ॥ |
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| Xx | {a}mpar tstanācce ; vaib6deh śliye ; gune cau • |
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| Xx | ṣami mpolskoññe ; śakyamune ; b7 saim wasta ; saṅkamp= eṣe • |
| Xx | lkātsi śema-ne ; ñikteṃ sa b8 swe ; ylai-ñikteṃ |
| Xx | śaci lāntsompa ; pañcaśikhi ; kwirapa b9 ; bhadramp= eṣe : |
| * | ॥ |
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| Xx | pātär mātär käṣṣintats winā 1σ |
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Translation
| a1 | All beings with joy - gladden their minds!n3 |
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| a2 | Disregard the errors of all beings with indifference! |
| a2+ | This is the Buddha-way. |
| a3 | Through this, one is to become the Buddha. |
| a4 | There is no greater seeing of sāsa (?) in the world than the Buddha (?). |
| a5 | Or this speaking and hearing of the law is best of all. |
| a6 | Or there is no... than the saṃgha. |
| a6+ | These three (things?) we... reverence... |
| a8+ | At the end of the third asaṃkhyeya, you were a boy named Saṃcite. |
| a9 | You saw Tiyśi (=Tiṣye?) enveloped in wonderous flames in the cave (?). |
| b1 | You have thus forgotten... (?) You praised (him) for seven days with one verse. |
| b2 | He received nine (?). There was exhaustion for you. I completely (?) honor this power. |
| b3 | You are a boatman on the Ganges, oh skillful one! |
| b3+ | I am skilled [about crossing] the Saṃsāra lake. |
| b4 | Make (others) cross the stream on the Ganges by boat. |
| b4+ | I will pull you out of the lake of saṃsāra. |
| b5+ | The Śākyamuni, protection and refuge, together with the saṃgha, was meditating in the cave (?) of a mountain (?) in Videhan4 , full of mango-trees, śemane (?) to see the god, the lord, Indra, together with queen Śacī, Pañcaśikhī and Kwirapabhadrā (?). |
| b9 | ... of the teachers mother and father ... |
Other
| a1 | Erfreue unsere Gedanken! (Schmidt 1974: 506) |
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| b1 | Du hast ihn [scil. den Buddha] sieben Tage lang mit einem Śloka gepriesen. (Schmidt 1974: 172) |
| b3+ | You are skilful as a boatman on the Ganges; I am zealous on the saṃsāra lake. Let [me] cross the stream with [your] boat on the Ganges [and] I will pull you out of the saṃsāra lake. (cf 487) (Peyrot 2013b: 298) |
| b3+ | Du bist geschickt [als] Schiffer auf der Gaṅgā, ich bin auf dem Saṃsāra-See erfahren. Lass [du] auf der Gaṅgā das Schiff [wtl. mit dem Schiff] die Flut überschreiten, [so] werde ich dich aus dem Saṃsāra-See herausziehen. (Schmidt 1974: 487) |
Commentary
Remarks
| The leaf is in portrait, not landscape format. However, just as with a poṭhī leaf, it is to be flipped horizontally, not vertically as with Old Uyghur or European style books. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | With Adams 1999 s.v. wänt-, this is to be read as paryariṣṣeṃ. |
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| n2 | For ṣuk-komtsa. |
| n3 | onolmī is unexpected here. I have translated it as a kind of anacoluthon. |
| n4 | Adams 1999, s.v. āmpär interprets śliye as belonging to ṣale. This is not too far fetched, since Tiṣya is written as tiṣyeṃin this manuscript. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | L |
| Tamai 2011 | L2 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 187-188
Translations
Carling 2000: a8 (178), b3 (251); Peyrot 2013b: b3 b4 b5 (298); Schmidt 1974: a1 (506), b1 (172), b3 b4 b5 (487); Thomas 1952: a3 (55); Thomas 1954: b7ff (715); Thomas 1957: b1 (208), b5 b6 b7 (40), b7 b8 b9 (40); Thomas 1958a: a5 (150); Thomas 1967a: a2 a3 (69); Thomas 1969: a4 a5 (240); Thomas 1969c: b1 (204); Thomas 1989: b5 b6 (16); Thomas 1993: a8 a9 b1 b2 (174), b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 (173)
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