THT 79
| Known as: | THT 79; B 79; Bleistiftnummer 2089 |
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| Cite this page as: | Melanie Malzahn. "THT 79". 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-tht79 (accessed 05 May 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Melanie Malzahn |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 75.4 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Araṇemijātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | M12 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Araṇemi α |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | ta¯ ¯rñ pta rka so śco nai ma pi wa se ñī ka ṣṣī ññe i /// |
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| a2 | rmeṃ ke rtteṃ o ṅko rma lkā nte śle yä rke lā nta śwe skeṃ • || ā /// |
| a3 | mā we¯ ¯s cä mpa lyi e rka ttaṃ ○ ñe ka ltsi /// |
| a4 | ta¯ ¯rñä ma kte teṃ wa tka śce¯ ¯rñä ○ ka ṣṣiṃ ypo yme· /// |
| a5 | pe sa swe we sse ṅtra e pe brā hma ṇeṃ mā ra tsa kwe¯ ¯s• c[o] /// |
| a6 | sa nu ne ke ka mu ne sau ye sa ñpi e ka lymi tā kaṃ seṃ /// |
Transcription
| (mā) (mäntana)- | |
| a1 | -tär-ñ ptarkaso śconai mapi wase ñī käṣṣīññe i /// (stmo)- |
| a2 | -rmeṃ kertteṃ oṅkor mälkānte śle-yärke lāntaś weskeṃ • ॥ ā /// |
| a3 |
| 1c | mā wes cämpalyi ; erkattäṃñe ; kaltsi (tañ) |
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| /// | |
| a4 | …tär-ñ mäkte teṃ watkäścer-ñ käṣṣiṃ ypoyme(ṃ) (lyutsi) /// (e)- |
| a5 | -pe saswe wess eṅträ epe brāhmaṇeṃ mā ra tsa-k wes co(mp) /// |
| a6 | sanune kekamu nesau yesäñ pi ekalymi tākaṃ seṃ /// |
Translation
| a1 | [King Araṇemi:] ("Do not sc)old me! Leave off hate [so that] the venom of my teacher indeed ..." |
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| a2 | (stand)ing (at the door?) they [= the ministers] sheathed [their] swords [and] speak with deference to the king: ... |
| a3 | [The ministers:] “We are not able to bear (your) indignation.” |
| a4 | [King Araṇemi:] “... you [pl.] ... me. How can you command me [to do] this, (to drive) [my] teacher from the country?” ... |
| a5 | [The ministers:] “Whether the lord keeps us or the Brahmin, we are, at any rate, not able, either, to (endure vel sim.) that one ..." |
| a6 | [King Araṇemi:] “I have ... (much) run into danger. Will this one be in your power?”... |
Other
| a2 | ... stehend [wtl. sich gestellt habend], legten sie ihre Schwerter zusammen [und] sprechen zum König: (Schmidt 1974: 355) |
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| a4 | How do you command this to me, driving off [my] teacher from the country? (cf 305) (Peyrot 2013b: 668) |
| a5 | ... "Ob der Herr uns behält oder den Brahmanen, wir (sind) jedenfalls nicht (imstande), jenen ..." (Schmidt 1974: 398) |
| a6 | Is he perhaps under your [pl.] control? (Peyrot 2013b: 362) |
Commentary
Parallel texts
| A 342 |
Philological commentary
| Continues THT 77, continued on THT 80. The translation follows Schmidt 2001: 305-6. For the Uyghur version, see Schmidt 2001: 306; Hamilton 1986: 10. | |
| Cf. the TA parallel A 342 a 3: tmäṣ (āmāśa)ñ kälycaṃ kāresyo tānaśolis yokmaṃc ṣtmoräṣ śla wäktasurñe lāntāc träṅk(iñc). The traditional translation [as per Sieg, followed by Schmidt, l.c.] is: "Thereupon (the ministers) standing with threatening (?) swords at the door of the Dānaśāla with deference spoke to the king". However, it is unlikely from the situation that the ministers here raise their weapons against the king; their rather deferential attitude is also clear from the Uyghur version. Therefore, both TB mälkā- oṅkor and TA kälycaṃ kāresyo must refer to hiding or sheathing their swords. Accordingly, TA kälyc is interpreted as either ‘sheath’ (thus Werner Winter) or ‘sleeve’ (G.-J. Pinault) apud Carling et al. 2009. The same is actually true for TB oṅkor. Note that later in the story in A 342 b 5, when the king has refused their request, they "lean on their swords" when asking him again to expell the Brahmin, which apparently is meant as a stronger threat than in this line. | |
| The end || ā no doubt must be restored to an (unknown) tune name of 4x12 (5/7) syllables, as per Sieg/Siegling. | |
| The beginning tär-ñ no doubt belongs to a 2pl. middle Prs or Sub form with enclitic 1st person pronoun. |
Remarks
| Recto of the leaf; possibly THT 80 is part of the verso. |
Linguistic commentary
| (mā mäntana)tär-ñ is restored by Schmidt on the basis of the TA parallel mäntā /// in A 342 a 1. The form must be a present because we have an inhibitive imperative: "Stop scolding me!" Pace Malzahn 2010: 754, a 2pl.mid. Prs XII (mäntan)tär is not likely because one would have to assume a misspelling (mänta)tär. But note that mäntanatär would be the only Prs VI form with the meaning "to scold" (the only clear Prs VI attestation from this root means "to stir"). | |
| It is difficult to decide whether śle yärke is a bahuvrīhi ślé-yärke (cf. Bernhard 1958: 202f., who only lists undecidable cases for TB śle and TA śla) or a mistake. The TA parallel has a prepositional rendering śla wäktasurñe "with deference". |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C5 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Barnes 2013: a5 (33); Carling 2000: a6 (355); Krause 1952: a6 (52); TEB II: a1 (49); Peyrot 2013b: a4 (668), a6 (362); Schmidt 1974: a2 (355), a5 (398); Schmidt 2001: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 (305-306); Thomas 1952: a3 (36); Thomas 1954: a3 (741); Thomas 1957: a2 (92), a6 (249); Thomas 1993: a2 (195), a3 (198), a5 (196), a6 (197)
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