THT 404
| Known as: | THT 404; B 404; Bleistiftnummer 2297 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 404". 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-tht404 (accessed 12 Sep. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 5.1 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unidentified story |
| Passage: | Pīḍānusmṛti |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 12.7 × 18.4 cm |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | – – – a kā lka : mā ka mpa ya ptsi krui su pa knā tra ne rvā ṇä ṣ·ai /// |
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| a2 | [d]·ā nu smṛ ti ñe mpa ri cche ta : 6 || || ña ke no [ka] [tk]o¯ ¯s̝ wä nta [r]· /// |
| a3 | [ndri] nta sa kauṃ me¯ ¯ñä ntsa la kutsa ceṃ[¯] [¯ts] ke ktse ñe ṣe yä : sa la mo lu wo /// |
| a4 | rm[e] rkka : ka tkau ñai sa ka ke ktse ñi po ro śyeṃ ceṃ¯ ¯ts mā /// |
| a5 | [ṣa] le [nne] mā no ma skī tra o[¯] [¯]m[p] lyau to tsro rye wa /// |
| a6 | kā śne – mā s̝pa [c]ä mpyā [r]e : 2 || tu [m]eṃ s[n]ai ke¯ ¯ś pi kwa la ka t[k]o [rm]e· /// |
| a7 | y[o]¯ ¯r wa lo mā wa sa : snai ci ta kā re o [n]o lmi c[w]ī ya po yne : /// |
| a8 | śco [k]l[ā] – lyka mce [u] [ṣñ]· ss[o] ñcä : se we [sa]ṃ¯ ¯ñä [ñ]· [kt]· – lypi /// |
| b1 | ñi[¯] [¯ś] 1 [ṣ]·¯ ¯[ñ]ä y[ä] s[n]ā – [cwi] wa lo wa sa wai pe cce [:] t[e]ṃ ntsa pśā [y]· /// |
| b2 | [w]ai pe cce [:] [3] [ka] [rts]· – – tā ka k[a] ma we s[ra] – ly[p]i ye[¯] [¯m] we sa [ñ]ra /// |
| b3 | ka śai [ṣ]·e ne 4 p[ī] ś[wä] [nt]· r· sa – – – – – – lmi [ś]au ltsa pe /// |
| b4 | [ll]· [n]tpo [s]taṃ me ñ[ä] – – – – – [t]· ne pi kwa la ś·[¯] [¯l] /// |
| b5 | [p]·e || tu meṃ a ll[e] [kka] [lymi] y· /// |
| b6 | – mā lyku [ññ]e – le : k· rt[e] wa tka skau y[ā] mts· ñä [ś]ña ke [tu] [sa] lyk[aṃ] k· w[ä] /// |
| b7 | [r]· ·[o] ā – – – y[po] yi śā mna klyau ṣā re wa lo ke ke rt[e] – mṣa [te] : [kuse] /// |
| b8 | – – – rk[i] : we sra no ña ke ke rteṃ ya ma mta¯ ¯r ści ro na ṣ[ñ]ā ra : /// |
Transcription
| 6b | a1 22σ – – – akālkä : |
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| 6c | mākampa yaptsi ; krui su päknāträ ; nervāṇäṣ(ṣ)ai ; /// 11σ |
| 6d | a2 18σ ; d·ānusmṛti ñem ; paricchet{†ä} : 6 |
| ॥ ॥ ñake no kätkoṣ wäntar(e) /// |
| 1a | (ṣañ) (i)a3ndrintasa ; kauṃ meñ{ä}ntsa ; lakutsa ceṃts ; kektseñe ṣeyä : |
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| 1b | salamo luwo ; /// 12σ |
| 1c | a4 15σ rmer kka : |
| 1d | katkauñaisa ka ; kektseñi po;rośyeṃ ceṃts ; mā /// 4σ |
| 2a | 17σ |
| 2b | a5 ṣalenne mā no ; mäskīträ omp ; lyauto tsror;ye wa /// 3σ |
| 2c | 17σ |
| 2d | 9σ a6 ; kāśne – 1σ ; mā ṣpä cämpyāre : 2 |
| ॥ tumeṃ snai keś pikwala kätkorme(ṃ) /// |
| 1a | 6σ a7 yor walo ; mā wasa : |
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| 1b | snaici takāre ; onolmi cwī ; yapoyne : |
| 1c | /// 12σ |
| 1d | 12σ |
| 2a | 4σ a8 śco ; klā(nte) lykam ceu ; ṣñ(a)ssoñcä : |
| 2b | se wesäṃñ ñ(a) kt(a) ; – 1σ lypi /// 5σ |
| 2c | 12σ |
| 2d | 11σ b1n1 ñiś {1→2} |
| 3a | ṣ(a)ñ yäsnā – 1σ cwi ; walo wasa ; waipecce : |
| 3b | teṃntsa pśāy(a) /// 8σ |
| 3c | 12σ |
| 3d | 9σ b2 ; waipecce : 3 |
| 4a | karts· – – 2σ tāka ; ka ma wes ra ; – lypiyem |
| 4b | wesäñ ra /// 9σ |
| 4c | 12σ |
| 4d | 8σ b3 ka ; śaiṣ(ṣ)ene 4 |
| 5a | pīś wänt(a)r(wa)sa ; (tane) (pärskoṣ) ; (ono)lmi |
| 5b | śaultsa pe /// 9σ |
| 5c | 12σ |
| 5d | 6σ b4 ll· 1σ nt postäṃ ; meñä(kte) (5) |
| (॥) (okt) t(ma)ne pikwala ś(au) l /// | |
| b5 | p·e ॥ tumeṃ allek kälymiy· /// |
| 1a | 10σ b6 – ; mā lykuññe – 1σ le : |
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| 1b | k(e)rte watkäs;kau yāmts(i) ; ñäś ñake ; tusa lykaṃ k· 1σ wä /// 0σ |
| 1c | 15σ |
| 1d | 9σ b7r· 1σ ; ·o ā – – – 3σ |
| 2a | ypoyi śāmna ; klyauṣāre ; walo ke ; kerte (yā)mṣate : |
| 2b | kuse /// 14σ |
| 2c | 14σ b8– – – rki : |
| 2d | wes rano ña;ke kerteṃ ; yamamtär ; ścirona ṣñārä : |
Translation
| a1 | ... wish... If he attempts to enter (the city) of Nirvāṇa with many (beings)... |
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| a2 | ... the exact distinction named anusmṛti... Now, the matter, having passed... |
| a2+ | Through their own senses, their body was brighter than sun (and) moon. |
| a3 | Flying animal... |
| a4 | ... quickly... Through joy, their bodies prospered. ... not... |
| a5 | On the mountains, there was no cleft (or) opening... |
| a6 | ... and they were incapable... Then, having passed countless years... |
| a7 | ... the king did not give (gift)... The beings in his country were impoverished. |
| a8 | ... they brought... to... We, seeking possessions, see him He... our... god... |
| b1 | ... I... ... his own... the king gave property to him... Through that, live...! |
| b2 | ... property... ... was good... Why don't we steal? Our... |
| b3 | ... in the world... The beings here are afraid of five things: ... for their life... |
| b4 | ... the moon... after... |
| b4+ | 80 000 year... life... |
| b5 | Then, ... another direction... |
| b6 | ... not... thievery... I order now to make a sword. Through that, thieves... |
| b7 | The citizens heard: "The king made a sword." Who...? |
| b8 | We will now also make swords of our own, sharp ones. |
Other
| b7 | Die Leute des Landes hörten: "Der König eben(?) hat sich ein Schwert machen lassen [wtl. hat sich gemacht] [bzw. hat das Schwert gebraucht]". (Schmidt 1974: 427) |
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| b8 | We will now also make the swords of each of ours sharp. (Peyrot 2013b: 658) |
| b8 | Auch wir wollen uns jetzt - ein jeder für sich - scharfe [wtl. harte] Schwerter machen [bzw. machen lassen]. (Schmidt 1974: 428) |
Commentary
Linguistic commentary
| n1 | yäsnā: according to Sieg and Siegling 1953: 269 and Thomas 1957: 119 this should be corrected to yästār ‘the double amount each’, but Schmidt 1986: 139 would rather have it supplemented to read yäsnā(meṃ) ‘from the treasuries’. |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 268-269
Translations
Carling 2000: a5 (128, 259), a7 (101), a8 (235); Peyrot 2013b: b8 (658); Schmidt 1974: b7 (427), b8 (428); Thomas 1954: a1 (720), b6 (731); Thomas 1957: a3 (58), a4 (50), a6 (118), a7 (119), a8 (119), b1 (119), b2 (184); Thomas 1958a: a3 (140); Thomas 1969: a3 (243); Thomas 1979b: b6 (51), b8 (50); Thomas 1983: a8 (32)
Bibliography
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Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
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