THT 358.a
| Known as: | THT 358.a; B 358; Bleistiftnummer 2388; Bleistiftnummer 2402 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 358.a". 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-tht358 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Murtuk |
| Expedition code: | T III M 169.7 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Śarabha-Jātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 357-358 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [t]ā su tā sū pa pa tti ṣu • to to cm[e] la ne • du ṣpra sa heṃ ta t· – ·s· /// |
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| a2 | /// da tte ñe¯ ¯m wa lo ṣai sū no śe ri tsi la¯ ¯cä o mte wa rto ne śa ra bhe ñe /// |
| a3 | /// [pi] ṅte ne kā rre ṣai su śa ra bhe lu wo e ṣke pru ka bra hma da tte wa /// |
| a4 | /// da tti lā nte we swe po sta nmeṃ mā¯ ¯s̝p śa rsa bo dhi /// |
| a5 | /// ya¯ ¯s̝ a nta pi mlyu we ñcä ka kau ta¯ ¯s̝ cwi ñ[ñ]e /// |
| a6 | /// mā ce¯ ¯r tau¯ ¯r – – sa rwa nā meṃ /// |
| b1 | /// ·ū [l]u w· tsā – – [t]· ne śā mñe [k]· /// |
| b2 | /// [wa] lo ce¯ ¯u śa ra bheṃ lu wa rī ne ka kā t[e] /// |
| b3 | /// ·t· ñi mā ku rpe llo na ske nte • kā wä lñe meṃ pa klau tk· /// |
| b4 | /// sū ñī cī meṃ po sa śpā lmeṃ ya rke tā kaṃ • na no a lle ka ksa /// |
| b5 | /// [•] tu meṃ tā¯ ¯u plā¯ ¯cä ṣa mā ni pa ñä kte ntse a kṣā re • tu meṃ pa ñä kt· /// |
| b6 | /// [pa] lau na a kṣā ne • mā ka klau tke ntsa tri wā lñe ntse na ka nma [a] ·[ā] ·e /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// tāsu tāsūpapattiṣu • to to cmelane • duṣprasaheṃ tat· – ·s· /// |
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| a2 | /// (brahma)datte ñem walo ṣai sū no śeritsi lac omte wartone śarabhe ñe(m) /// |
| a3 | /// (e)piṅtene kārre ṣai su śarabhe luwo eṣke pruka brahmadatte wa(lo) /// |
| a4 | /// (brahma)datti lānte weswe postanmeṃ mā ṣp śarsa bodhi(satve) /// |
| a5 | /// yaṣ antapi mlyuweñcä kakautaṣ cwiññe /// |
| a6 | /// mācer taur – – särwanāmeṃ /// |
| b1 | /// (s)ū luw(o) tsā – – t·ne śāmñe k· /// |
| b2 | /// walo ceu śarabheṃ luwa rīne kakāte /// |
| b3 |
| Xx | /// ·t· ñi mā kurpellona skente • |
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| Xx | kāwälñemeṃ ; päklautk(a) ; /// |
| Xx | b4 /// sū ñī cīmeṃ posa śpālmeṃ yarke tākaṃ • |
| Xx | nano allekä ; ksa /// |
| Xx | b5/// • |
| Xx | tumeṃ tāu plāc ; ṣamāni ; pañäktentse ; akṣāre • |
| Xx | tumeṃ pañäkt(e) ; /// |
| Xx | b6 /// palauna ; akṣā-ne • |
| Xx | māka klautkentsa ; triwālñentse ; nakanma ; a(kṣ)ā(-n)e /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... in each of the births... difficult to bear... |
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| a2 | ... there was a king named Brahmadatta... He (once) went out to hunt. There in the wood, (an animal) named śarabha(appeared to him)... |
| a3 | ... in between... was a pit. The śarabha-animal leapt over (the pit). The king Brahmadatta... |
| a4 | ... (followed) after the trail of king Brahmadatta and the Bodhisattva did not know... |
| a5 | ... both thighs broken... his... |
| a6 | ... mother (wiped) dust out of (his) face... |
| b1 | ... the animal (consoled)... human... |
| b2+ | ... king (Brahmadatta) invited the śarabha-animal into the city... |
| b3 | ... are not to be desired by me... Turn away from killing... |
| b4 | ... if I have the most excellent reverence from you, another... |
| b5 | Then, the monks related that speech to Buddha. Then, the Buddha... |
| b6 | ... they related the praise... to him... They related to him the reproach of mingling in many ways... |
Other
| b1 | Das [Śarabha-]Tier tröstete ihn [scil. den König Brahmadatta] (mit) menschlicher (Zunge). (Schmidt 1974: 507) |
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| b2 | der König lud das Śarabha-Tier in die Stadt ein. (Schmidt 1974: 382) |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (114), b2 (161, 165); Schmidt 1974: b1 (507), b2 (382); Thomas 1954: a2 (714); Thomas 1957: a2 (29, 30, 94), a3 (29, 94, 235), a4 (94), b1 (94), b2 (94); Thomas 1958a: b4 (151); Thomas 1969: b5 (236)
Bibliography
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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.
Thomas, Werner. 1954. “Die Infinitive im Tocharischen.” In Asiatica. Festschrift Friedrich Weller. Zum 65. Geburtstag, gewidmet von seinen Freunden, Kollegen und Schülern, edited by Johannes Schubert and Ulrich Schneider, 701–64. Leipzig: Harrassowitz.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Thomas, Werner. 1958a. “Zum Ausdruck der Komparation beim tocharischen Adjektiv.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung 75: 129–69.
Thomas, Werner. 1969. “Bemerkungen zum Gebrauch von toch. A ptāñkät [B pañäkte, pudñäkte], A koṃ [B kauṃ]: A koṃñkät [B kauṃñäkte] usw.” Orbis 18: 235–68.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
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