| a1 | /// ¯k ā ṣā ni¯ ¯k ñwaṃ wā kma tsaṃ wsā yo kaṃ : ma ccā¯ ¯k nā ske |
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| a2 | /// ·[ṣ]u ra¯ ¯s̝ : wä rpi tā rñi wsi tā rñi mā ca rṣi tu¯ ¯ṅk pa lko |
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| a3 | /// || pi ssa ṅka cpa¯ ¯s̝ gau ta mi pi ssa ṅka¯ ¯cä e smāṃ tñi ka na¯ ¯k |
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| a4 | /// – tā¯ ¯s̝ : śla pi ssa ṅknä¯ ¯s̝ yä rka ssi kupre ne tñi kri tā ṣgau ta mi : pi |
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| a5 | /// – tso pa tsaṃ : 1 || ta mka klyu ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ gau ta mi lāṃ¯ ¯ts ptā ñkä tka ṣyā pa kka¯ ¯ts |
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| a6 | /// ñkä¯ ¯t ka ṣṣi na ctra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || kaṃ tsa ka rṣnaṃ || ca¯ ¯s̝ ñwaṃ wsā yo kaṃ ka na kma |
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| a7 | /// rñyā ṣā ni¯ ¯k pka nā ñyā kā lpu sā rñi : kā ruṃ pyā mtsā¯ ¯r ñukā : ślo ko |
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| a8 | /// sta mpe wā tsu ne • ku pre ne gau ta mṣi lāṃ¯ ¯ts na ṣṣo ki ka rsā lyi ṣe |
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| b1 | /// raṃ ā rki śo ṣṣiṃ spa rko tso pa tsma ska ta rku pre ne te ṣi ṣñi ka pśi • |
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| b2 | /// [p]· ssa ṅka¯ ¯cä e lyi ṣe ṣku cpra ks̝a¯ ¯l ka na¯ ¯k tma¯ ¯s̝ ptā ñka tka ṣṣi tri tyo |
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| b3 | /// [t]· mi pi ssa ṅka¯ ¯cä e smāṃ tñi na ṣpe nu yä rkā yā mu tā¯ ¯m pi ssa ṅkpe |
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| b4 | /// lnāṃ tsu¯ ¯s ā ka rnu¯ ¯nt a śä nyo ā ṣā ni kāṃ ā nä ndā na¯ ¯cä lkā¯ ¯s̝ || tma |
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| b5 | /// [śl]ā ñcā lyi ptā ñkä¯ ¯t ka ṣṣi na ctra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ pru cca moṃ¯ ¯ts ā ṣā ni¯ ¯k tñi • gau ta |
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| b6 | /// [pa] śśa ṣiṃ ma lke yo pyā ṣtṣā¯ ¯t o ksi ṣā tta myo mā ca rṣi tu ṅka |
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| b7 | /// ·[ka] tka ṣṣi tra ṅka ṣta nne kka¯ ¯ts ā na¯ ¯nt pu rcca moṃ¯ ¯ts ñi gau ta mi |
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| b8 | /// su¯ ¯nt : ṣñi pa śśa ṣiṃ ma lke yo ñi tā ṣka pśa ñi : pyā ṣtṣā |
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| a1 | Oh venerable one! I have just spun myself (this) excellent, gold-colored cotton cloth. |
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| a1+ | ... out of observance of proper behavior, you should accept (it) from me, |
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| a2+ | you should put (it) on because of me, having recognized the love of a mother ... |
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| a3 | || |
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| a3 | Give it to the Community, Gautamī, |
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| a3 | a cotton cloth given by you to the Community |
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| a4 | ... To honor me together with the Community, if that is your choice, oh Gautamī. ... (to) the Community. ... great ... |
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| a5+ | Having heard that, queen Gautamī, ... precisely to the Buddha-god the teacher ... |
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| a6 | ... she says to the Buddha-god the teacher: |
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| a6 | || In the Kaṃtsakarṣaṃ [tune] || |
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| a6+ | (I have) just (made) this gold-colored cotton cloth ... |
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| a7 | ...(accept it) from me, oh venerable one, |
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| a7 | fulfil my wish, |
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| a7 | put it on on my behalf! |
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| a7 | Show me compassion! |
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| a7+ | With fruit ... |
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| a8 | ... the power of (ignorance). |
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| a8+ | If the Gautamī queen would be as knowledgeable as I am, ... |
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| b1 | ... in (the Saṃsāra) of the world a great loss will occur when... |
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| b1+ | ... should have been given to the Community. |
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| b2 | What problem is there with the cotton cloth? |
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| b2+ | Then the Buddha-god the teacher (says) for the third time: |
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| b3+ | (If,) oh Gautamī, (the cotton cloth is) given by you to the Community, I as well as the Community will be honored. |
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| b4 | ... having become ... with tears in her eyes, (she) looks at the venerable Ānanda. |
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| b4+ | || Then, .. with palms put together, he says to the Buddha-god the teacher: |
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| b5+ | Of great importance, oh venerable one, to you, is Gautamī. |
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| b6 | ... with the milk of her breast she has nursed you |
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| b6 | and brought you up. |
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| b6+ | Therefore, for the love of your mother ... |
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| b7 | the Buddha-god the teacher says: |
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| b7+ | Indeed in the very same way, Ānanda, is Gautamī of great importance to me. |
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| b8 | ... (as I was wretched), with the milk of her breast did she nurse this my body. |
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| a5 | 1. || |
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| b5 | . |
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| n1 | The beginning of this leaf corresponds to MaitrHami 3, 7 a5ff., and its end to 7 b21ff. |
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| n2 | Cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 a8-9. |
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| n3 | Now the Buddha replies to the queen Gautanit, cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 a11-15, the text of which is slightly different. |
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| n4 | Cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 a16ff. |
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| n5 | kaṃtsakarṣnaṃ: a stanza of 4 x 12 (5/7) syllables. |
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| n6 | Cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 a22-24; the Buddha is speaking. |
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| n8 | After this line, the Uyghur text is badly damaged, and cannot help the interpretation. |
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| n10 | Cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 b5-7. |
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| n11 | Ānanda is speaking, cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 b11ff. |
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| n12 | Cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 b17. |
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