THT 350
| Known as: | THT 350; B 350; Bleistiftnummer 2484 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 350". 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-tht350 (accessed 15 Jan. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 46 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Ekaśṛṅga |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Ekaśṛṅga α |
| 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 | /// ¯r pa¯ ¯st[ä] [l]· tk· – • t· n· ·[l]· – – yū¯ ¯rc p· lk[o] s· i pr·¯ ¯r [p]· /// |
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| a2 | /// s· ysā rcce i pre rsū lkā ṣṣi pū wa¯ ¯r tr· m· ṣṣe sa lpī ne ne nmeṃ : tu meṃ pa lsk· /// |
| a3 | /// ñe rwe sa ma nte śa kwi pi kuleṃ ṣke : ma nta nta ksa s̝pa nā ge ca mpi pa lta¯ ¯k swe se swā sa stsi : 1 || te k· /// |
| a4 | /// [i] sta¯ ¯k cai nā gi ṣñā¯ ¯r bha va nta ne yo pa¯ ¯r sū ra no s̝a¯ ¯p i pre ra ntse ā nte snai ta rka rwa a sta re klau tka • /// |
| a5 | /// • po ja mbu dvī pne na ge ntse cä mpa mñe tā ka ṣa¯ ¯ñä – – meṃ a pā ka rttse la ntsi • ma ra no ksa s̝pa /// |
| a6 | /// tā ka • eṃ ṣke to¯ ¯t – ntsa nte kaṃ nte nma yä ltse n[ma] – – – (–) sa o no lmi ma tstsā tsi • tai sa ra /// |
| b1 | /// tu meṃ se bra hma – tt· wa lo ni mi ttā jñeṃ saṃ – – – ··ā hma ṇeṃ ña ṣṣa : cwi ke sta nts[e] p· /// |
| b2 | /// ka ksa i ndra vyā ka ra nä ṣṣe ai śa mñe sa ke – – [so] me ñe mtsa brā hma ṇe ṣai : sū br· – – vy· /// |
| b3 | /// lko rmeṃ we s̝s̝aṃ || ka ryo rta ññe ne || ne saṃ tne rṣā ke kau śi ka ññe go tta rmeṃ : s[o] – ·ā si ṣṭhe ntse e ka śri /// |
| b4 | /// jñä nta pi¯ ¯śä e ru : cwī ññe se śā pste kuce sa¯ ¯s̝p swe si mā sū waṃ : || te ke klyau rṣo rmeṃ śle yä rke bra hma – ·e /// |
| b5 | /// pa ntse ñyā tse pa¯ ¯stä wi ko ytra || brā hma ṇi we skeṃ || śu ddho da ññe ne || so kta ttse s[u] vā [s]i ·e /// |
| b6 | /// wa sa mai y[y]ā ·e a ṣā – – mā s̝ka rrā ll· klau tka ttsi : 1 || su /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// r päst l· tk· – • t· n· ·l· – – yūrc p(i)lkos(a) ipr(e)r p· /// |
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| a2 | /// s· ysārcce iprer sū lkāṣṣi pūwar tr(e)m(eṃ)ṣṣe sälpīn= enenmeṃ : tumeṃ palsk(a) /// |
| a3 | /// ñerwesa mante śak wi pikul= eṃṣke : mantanta ksa ṣp{†ä} nāge campi pältak swese swāsästsi : 1 ॥ te k· /// |
| a4 | /// ista-k cai nāgi ṣñār bhavantanen1 yopar sū rano ṣäp ipreräntse ānte snai tärkarwa astare klautka • /// |
| a5 | /// • po jambudvīpne nagentse cämpamñe tāka ṣañ – – meṃ apākärttse lantsi • ma rano ksa ṣpä /// |
| a6 | /// tāka • eṃṣke tot (au)ntsante käṃntenma yältsenma – – – – sa onolmi mätstsātsi • taisa ra /// |
| b1 | /// tumeṃ se brahma(da)tt(e) walo nimittājñeṃ saṃ – – – ··āhmaṇeṃ ñaṣṣa : cwi kestantse p· /// |
| b2 | /// kä ksa indravyākaranäṣṣe aiśamñesa ke(kenu) some ñemtsa brāhmaṇe ṣai : sū br(āhmane) vy· /// |
| b3 | /// lkormeṃ weṣṣäṃ ॥ käryortaññene ॥ nesäṃ tne rṣāke kauśikäññe gottarmeṃ : so(y) (v)āsiṣṭhentse ekaśri /// |
| b4 | /// jñänta piś eru : cwīññe se śāp ste kucesa ṣp swesi mā sūwaṃ : ॥ te keklyau{†r}ṣormeṃ śle-yärke brahma(datt)e /// |
| b5 | /// päntse ñyātse päst wikoyträ ॥ brāhmaṇi weskeṃ ॥ śuddhodaññene ॥ soktattse su vāsi(ṣṭh)e /// |
| b6 | /// wasa maiyyā ·e aṣā – – mā ṣ kärrāll(e) klautkattsi : 1 ॥ su /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... with thought... sky... |
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| a2 | ... he was looking at the bloody sky. A fire of anger was burning within him. Then, he thought... |
| a3 | "... from today until twelve years, may any Nāga no longer be capable to make rain a drop of rain." This... |
| a4 | ... immediately, the Nāgas each went into their own abodes. And also, the plain of the sky became clear of clouds. |
| a5 | In all of Jambudvīpa, (no) Nāga had the capability to manifestly exit its abode any more. |
| a5+ | And also, (no Nāga)... any longer... |
| a6 | So many beings, by the hundres, by the thousands, (by the ten thousands), began starving. |
| a6+ | So... |
| b1 | Then, this king Brahmadatta asked the Brahmins knowledgeable about omens (to find a solution) for the famine... |
| b2 | ... there was a Brahmin named Soma who was endowed with the knowledge of Indravyākaraṇa. |
| b2+ | The Brahmin... having seen... says: |
| b3 | In the käryortaññe-tune: There is a sage from the Kauśika-family, the son of Ekaśṛṅga, descendant of Vasiṣṭha... |
| b4 | ... having evoked the five abhijñās, it is this curse of his by which the rain does not rain any more. Having heard this, Brahmadatta... reverently... |
| b5 | "... may the danger disappear." The Brahmins say: In the Śuddhodaññe-tune: The descendant of Vasiṣṭha is soktattse... |
| b6 | ... he gave power (?)... ... and is not to be scolded... to turn... (?) He... |
Other
| a6 | Inzwischen begannen die Wesen, zu Hunderten, Tausenden [und] (Zehntausenden) zu verhungern. (Schmidt 1974: 369) |
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| b1 | Darauf beschied dieser König Brahmadatta nimittakundige [und] saṃ(sārakundige) Brahmanen zu sich. (Schmidt 1974: 154) |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 351. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | It makes more sense to read bhavantaneas belonging to Sanskrit bhavanainstead of bhavalike in Adams 1999. |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C5 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 228-229
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 (323), a5 (122); Hackstein 1995: b5 (133); Schmidt 1974: a6 (369), b1 (154); Thomas 1954: a5 (734), a6 (718); Thomas 1957: a4 (93), a5 (93), a6 (93), b1 (93), b2 (31); Thomas 1967a: b2 (64); Thomas 1972: a6 (459); Thomas 1979b: b3 (27)
Bibliography
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Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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