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THT 4078.b

Known as:	THT 4078.b; SHT 637.b; [Uv.]TA.b
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "THT 4078.b". 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-tht4078b (accessed 29 Nov. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Murtuq
Specific find spot:	Höhle II der Ming-öi
Expedition code:	T III
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)
Language and Script
Language:	TA; Sanskrit
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānavarga
Passage:	33.27c-33d
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 4078
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

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Transliteration

a1	/// vi saṃ yu kta¯ ¯m• : – ///
a2	/// ṣn· wkaṃ nyo o ma sk· ///
a3	/// – ///
b3	/// – ///
b4	/// 30 2 ga mbhī r· bu ddhi[ṃ] ///
b5	/// bra vī mi brā hma ///

Transcription

a1	n1 /// visaṃyuktam : – ///
a2	n2n3 /// (tä)ṣn(e) wkäṃnyo omäsk(uneyäntuyo) ///
a3	/// – ///
b3	/// – ///
b4	n4 /// 30-2 gambhīr(a)buddhiṃ ///
b5	n5 /// bravīmi brāhma(ṇaṃ) ///

Translation

a1	[SKT] [who is] not bound,
a2	[TA] ... and likewise by evil things ... ///
b4	[SKT] [who has] profound insight,
b5	[SKT] him I call a brahmin.

Commentary

Remarks

	A little fragment that preserves the upper margin of the recto (lower of the verso).

Philological commentary

n1	Uv.33.27c: vītarāgaṃ visaṃyuktaṃ
n2	Uv.33.28a: yas tu puṇyais tathā pāpair
n3	(tä)ṣn(e) wkäṃnyo lit. 'in this way' renders Skt. tathā. Here it is to be understood as 'and likewise'.
n4	Uv.33.33a: gambhīrabuddhiṃ medhāḍhyaṃ.
n5	Uv.33.33d: bravīmi brāhmaṇaṃ hi taṃ.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 4078

Edition

Bernhard 1965: 79, 470-475; Malzahn 2007g: 81; Hahn 2007: 149-150; Waldschmidt and et al. 1965: 285

Bibliography

Bernhard 1965

Bernhard, Franz. 1965. Udānavarga. Band I, Einleitung, Beschreibung der Handschriften, Textausgabe, Bibliographie. Sanskrittexte aus den Turfanfunden 10. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht.

Hahn 2007

Hahn, Michael. 2007. Vom rechten Leben, Buddhistische Lehren aus Indien und Tibet, Aus dem Sanskrit und aus dem Tibetischen übersetzt und herausgegeben. Frankfurt am Main/Leipzig: Verlag der Weltreligionen (im Insel Verlag).

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Malzahn 2007g

Malzahn, Melanie. 2007g. “Tocharian texts and where to find them.” In Instrumenta Tocharica, edited by Melanie Malzahn, 79–112. Heidelberg: Winter.

Waldschmidt and et al. 1965

Waldschmidt, Ernst, and et al. 1965. Sanskrithandschriften aus den Turfanfunden. Teil 1. Die Katalognummern 1–801. Unter Mitarbeit von Walter Clawiter und Lore Holzmann. Vol. 1. Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag.