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YQ II.11

Known as:	YQ II.11; YQ 1.11
Cite this page as:	"YQ II.11". 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-yqii11 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Qigexing
Collection:	Xinjiang Museum (Ürümchi)
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka
Passage:	Act 2.11
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	M17; M12a
Object
Manuscript:	Yanqi
Preceding fragment:	YQ II.10
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

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Transliteration

(continues from YQ II.10)

a1	/// [ś]· nyo ptā ñkä¯ ¯t ka ṣṣi ti ṣye na ctra ṅka¯ ¯s̝
a2	/// [k]lyu ṣu ra ṣma na rkā¯ ¯ñä wtā ko twe yeṃ nāṃ tsu ṣtra
a3	/// – [n]· ·[ñ]· [ñ]ta rwä tkā¯ ¯lts wā kma¯ ¯ts || tma¯ ¯s̝ a ji te ma na¯ ¯rk pa
a4	/// spreṃ pu klyi tā pa¯ ¯rk || cä ñcä ryāṃ wa kyo ptā ñka tka ṣṣi tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝
a5	/// – [ta] my[o] tā pa¯ ¯rk sa mka¯ ¯nt wi ki pu klyi lo || tma¯ ¯s̝ dho na ki ma na¯ ¯rk pa ltsa kyo a
a6	/// [k]· spreṃ ma na rkā śśi śā stra ntu ā kla¯ ¯s̝ || kla noṃ tsāṃ wa kyo ptā ñka tka ṣṣi tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ bā
a7	/// ·ma s̝a ktā pa¯ ¯rk ya sśa kpa ñpi ma na rkā ñṣu ka kmu ṣna¯ ¯ś || tma¯ ¯s̝ mo gha rā je ma na¯ ¯rk pa· [tsa]
a8	/// t[ra] ṅktra mrā cta mku sma ska tra || na wo ntsāṃ wa kyo ptā ñka tka ṣṣi tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || ā rśi ni ṣkra mā [n](·)[aṃ]
b1	/// ·[lun]· yaṃ : pi ssa ṅkṣiṃ ñe myi¯ ¯s śkaṃ kra ñcäṃ spā rtwlu ne yaṃ tsru yä¯ ¯rm wso ko ne : ke ne pa lskaṃ
b2	/// nt(·)e ya sma na rkā¯ ¯ñä mrā¯ ¯cä pka rsa¯ ¯s ptā ñä kte ka rso¯ ¯nt ā kṣiṃ ññu¯ ¯nt : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝ u pa śi me
b3	/// sa ñce pra ka s̝ta rma ntnu ā ṣā ni¯ ¯k mrā cä¯ ¯s̝ klā lu ne ma ska tra || tpa ryāṃ wa śe nyo
b4	/// ·[o] ma tri ñe mi ntwaṃ wso ko ne yä¯ ¯s̝ : le ta ta ryä¯ ¯s̝ mu skā lu ne ko tlu ne yaṃ :
b5	/// [pka] rsa¯ ¯s mrā cä ṣle tlu ne ma na rkā¯ ¯ñä : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝ pai ṅgi ke na ṣṣa
b6	/// [n](·)· (–) r·e ṣi nā¯ ¯s śā stra ntwaṃ kupā raṃ mā skyā¯ ¯s a rtha ntu pa ltsa
b7	/// [ā] kṣi ññu ra ṣtra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || ni ṣkra mā ntaṃ || śtwa rto ṣkā rme
b8	/// ñcä mka rsnā lye • ṣru mnāṃ tsu s̝pa¯ ¯ñä e sa ñce

Transcription

(continues from YQ II.10)

	(wätkā)-
a1	-(ltsuneyo)n1 /// (brahmasvar) (wa)ś(e)nyo ptāñkät käṣṣi tiṣyenac träṅkäṣ
a2	n2 /// (ka)klyuṣuräṣ manarkāñ wtākot weyeṃ nāṃtsuṣ trä-
a3	-(ṅkiñc)n3 /// – n· (k)ñ(ā)ñtär wätkālts wākmats ॥ tmäṣ ajite manark pä-
a4	-(lskaṃ) /// (ko)spreṃ puklyi tāpärk ॥ cäñcäryāṃ wakyo ptāñkät käṣṣi träṅkäṣ
a5	/// – tämyo tāpärk säm känt wiki puklyi lo ॥ tmäṣ dhonaki manark pältsäkyo a-
a6	-(ts) /// k(o)spreṃ manarkāśśi śāsträntu ākläṣ ॥ klanoṃtsāṃ wakyo ptāñkät käṣṣi träṅkäṣ bā-
a7	-(dhari)n4 /// (t)mäṣ-äk tāpärk yas śäk päñ pi manarkāñ ṣu kakmuṣ naś ॥ tmäṣ mogharāje manark pä(l)tsä-
a8	-(kyo)n5 /// träṅkträ mrāc täm kus mäskaträ ॥ nawontsāṃ wakyo ptāñkät käṣṣi träṅkäṣ ॥ ārśi-niṣkramān(t)aṃ
b1

1a	12σ /// ; (āklye) (yām)lun(e)yaṃ :
1b	pissaṅkṣiṃ ñemyis śkaṃ ; krañcäṃ spārtwluneyaṃ ; tsru yärm wsokone :
1c	ke ne pälskaṃ b2n6 13σ /// (:)
1d	(mä)nt(n)e yas manarkāñ ; mrāc pkärsäs ptāñäkte ; kärsont ākṣiṃññunt : 1 ॥

	tmäṣ upaśime
b3	n7 /// sañce prakäṣtär mänt nu āṣānik mrācäṣ klālune mäskaträ ॥ tpäryāṃ waśenyo
b4

1a	2σ /// (wras)om«†ä» ; tri ñemintwaṃ ; wsokoneyäṣ :
1b	letatär yäṣ ; muskālune ; kotluneyaṃ :
1c	b5n8 12σ
1d	/// 2σ pkärsäs ; mrācäṣ letlu;ne manarkāñ : 1 ॥

	tmäṣ paiṅgikenäṣṣ a-
b6	-(ci) /// (ālko)n(t) (ti)r(th)eṣinās śāsträntwaṃ kupāraṃ māskyās arthantu pältsä-
b7	-(kyo)n9 /// ākṣiññuräṣ träṅkäṣ ॥ niṣkramāntaṃ ॥

1a	śtwar toṣ kārmeb8(yäntu)n10 ; 11σ
1b	12σ /// ; (sn=) (ā)ñcäm kärsnālye •
1c	ṣrum nāṃtsuṣ päñ esañ ; ce

Translation

(continues from YQ II.10)

a1	... the Buddha-god the teacher says to Tiṣya with a Brahmā-like voice:
a2+	... having heard (that), the brahmin youths, astonished again, say:
a3	... will be recognized (?) as very excellent.
a3+	|| Thereupon, the brahmin youth Ajita ... (in his) mind ...
a4	...
a4	... How many years is (our teacher Bādhari) now old? || With a tender voice, the Buddha-god the teacher says:
a5	... therefore he is now exactly (?) 120 years old.
a5+	|| Thereupon, the brahmin youth Dhonaki (only) in his mind ...
a6	... How many brahmin youths does he instruct in the Śāstras? || With a resounding voice, the Buddha-god the teacher says:
a6+	Bādhari ...
a7	...
a7	From among them indeed you fifteen brahmin youths have come here.
a7+	|| Thereupon, the brahmin youth Mogharāja ... (in his) mind ...
a8	... is called the ‘top’. What is that? || With a bellowing voice, the Buddha-god the teacher says:
a8+	|| In the Ārśi-Niṣkramant [tune] ||
b1	... in (studying the Law) ... and (even) a little joy in the good way of life of the jewel of the Community of monks, in whose thought ...
b2	1
b2	... therefore you, oh brahmin youths, recognize that as the ‘top’ which is taught by the Buddha-god.
b2+	|| Thereupon, Upaśima ... asks by himself the question:
b3	What, oh venerable one, is ‘falling from the top’?
b3+	|| With a loud voice, ...
b4	...
b4	... If a being falls from the joy in the three jewels, he goes to vanishing and destruction.
b5	1 ||
b5	... recognize (this), oh brahmin youths, as ‘falling from the top’!
b5+	Thereupon, Paiṅgika and the other ... deep and difficult problems connected with other heretical Śāstras, ... (in their) mind,
b7	... having pronounced, he says: || In the Niṣkramant [tune] ||
b7+	Those four truths ...
b8	... are to be understood (as being without) self. Having become the cause, the five aggregates ...

Other

a3	… will be recognized as very excellent. (121) (Peyrot 2013b: 630)
b4	If a being falls from the joy in the three jewels, he goes to vanishing and destruction. (121) (Peyrot 2013b: 250)

Commentary

Linguistic commentary

	The commentary is adapted from Ji et al. 1998: 122.
n3	kñāñtär: meaning and derivational history of this verb remain unclear.
n10	The restored compound sn= āñcäm (metri causa for sne āñcäm) ‘without self’ has its equivalent in Uy. mäningligsiz, 13 a24.

Parallel texts

	MaitrHami 2, 12-13

Remarks

	This fragment contains part of the second act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka; an Uy. parallel is MaitrHami II, 12a25-13a27. See also Pinault 1999: 195-6.
	This text immediately continues from YQ II.10.
	The translation and the following commentary are adapted from Ji et al. 1998: 122.

Philological commentary

n1	Cf. MaitrHami 2, 12 a27ff., and the last line of this leaf corresponds to MaitrHami 2, 13a25.
n2	Cf. MaitrHami 2, 12 b1ff.
n4	śäk päñ pi: the Uyghur text has ‘sixteen’, cf. MaitrHami 2, 12 b20.
n5	ārśi niṣkramāntaṃ: a stanza of 4 x 17 (6/6/5) syllables.
n6	Cf. MaitrHami 2, 12 b30.
n7	Cf. MaitrHami 2, 13 a4.
n8	Cf. MaitrHami 2, 13 a11ff.
n9	niṣkramāntaṃ: a stanza of 4 x 17 (6/6/5) syllables.

References

Edition

Ji et al. 1998

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a3 (630), b4 (250)

Bibliography

Ji et al. 1998

Ji, Xianlin, Werner Winter, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 1998. Fragments of the Tocharian A Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka of the Xinjiang Museum, China. Transliterated, translated and annotated by Ji Xianlin in collaboration with Werner Winter, Georges-Jean Pinault. TLSM 113. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.

Peyrot 2013b

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.

Pinault 1999

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1999. “Restitution du Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka en tokharien A: Bilan provisoire et recherches complémentaires sur l’acte XXVI.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 8: 189–240.