YQ III.8

Known as:	YQ III.8; YQ 1.41
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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 3.8
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	Yanqi
Preceding fragment:	YQ III.7
Following fragment:	YQ III.9
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

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Transliteration

(continues from YQ III.7)

a1	/// [ṣpe] nu ā na¯ ¯nt gau ta mṣiṃ lāṃ tse lyu tā rya kte pru cca mo na
a2	/// [ṣ]· nāṃ ka pśa ñi pyā ṣtṣe sā mna¯ ¯s̝ mka lto rā ṣṣa ci wkaṃ wä knā
a3	/// lu yo wo seṃ • sā mnä¯ ¯s̝ ā rki śo ṣṣi ṣi nā¯ ¯s ye twe syo
a4	/// ye teṃ sā mnä¯ ¯s̝ wkaṃ wä knā kā pā ryā mlaṃ śwā tsi ntu yo sa syā na
a5	/// ā rki śo ṣi nā swra ntu yo yai rā¯ ¯t na ṣnu tā¯ ¯m klyo ma¯ ¯nt o ka tpā
a6	/// [ka] tpi kle śā ṣiṃ wa¯ ¯rs tma kyo ksa ntā nä¯ ¯s̝ li tkāṃ sā mnä¯ ¯s̝ ā rki śo ṣi
a7	/// [s]y[o] ye te wā mpe \|\| mā ta¯ ¯m wä śśi ā na¯ ¯nt ma rka mpa lṣi nā¯ ¯p pru cca
a8	/// [ya] tsi • ta myo ta¯ ¯m ā na¯ ¯nt gau ta mi¯ ¯s ka na kṣi ñe mi pi ssa ṅki
b1	/// [p]· ssa ṅkpe nu \|\| s̝pa¯ ¯t to¯ ¯s̝ ā na¯ ¯ndä pi ssa ṅkaṃ ka lko¯ ¯nt e la¯ ¯nt
b2	/// a śśi to¯ ¯m s̝pa tpi ssa ṅkaṃ ka lko¯ ¯nt e la¯ ¯nt ne¯ ¯ñcä \|\| ptā ñkä¯ ¯t ka
b3	/// ·[s]· ṅki¯ ¯s e lwa wu • pi ssa ṅkaṃ ka lko e¯ ¯l tra ṅktra \|\| ptā ñka¯ ¯t ne ṣo ntā
b4	/// ·[k]aṃ ka lko e¯ ¯l tra ṅktra \|\| ṣā ma ñi pi ssa ṅki ssa¯ ¯ts e lwa wu pi ssa
b5	/// wu • pi ssa ṅkaṃ ka lko e¯ ¯l tra ṅktra \|\| sne pu tkā lu ne pa ltsa kyo ṣā
b6	/// ka lyme yā spa rcwa tra • pi ssa ṅkaṃ ka lko e ltra ṅktra \|\| a śśeṃ
b7	/// [mplu] nyā sa rki to smaṃ ka lyme yā spa rcwa ntra • pi ssa ṅkaṃ ka
b8	/// kā ṣā ri kñu ku ma¯ ¯s̝ ce smaṃ sa rki ñco śrā ddhe ñwra sa¯ ¯ñä pi

(continues on YQ III.9)

Transcription

(continues from YQ III.7)

*	(pyāṣtṣā)¬
a1	¬(t)n1 /// (nä)ṣ penu ānant gautamṣiṃ lāṃtse lyutār yakte pruccamo na¬
a2	¬(sam)n2 /// (märkampal)ṣ(i)nāṃ kapśañi pyāṣtṣe sām näṣ mkältorāṣṣ aci wkäṃ wäknā
a3	n3 /// (wsā)luyo wose-ṃ • sām näṣ ārkiśoṣṣiṣinās yetwesyo
a4	n4 /// yete-ṃ sām näṣ wkäṃ wäknā kāpār yāmlaṃ śwātsintuyo sasyā nä¬
a5	¬(ṣ)n5 (nu) /// ārkiśoṣinās wräntuyo yairāt näṣ nu tām klyomänt okät pā¬
a6	¬(kasyo)n6 /// (oktuk) (o)kät pi kleśāṣiṃ wars tm-äkyo-k santānäṣ litkā-ṃ sām näṣ ārkiśoṣi¬
a7	¬(nās)n7 n8 (pyāpyāsyo) /// (pyāpyā)syo yete wāmpe ॥ mā täm wäśśi ānant märkampalṣināp prucca¬
a8	¬(mñeyis) /// yatsi • tämyo täm ānant gautamis kanakṣi ñemi pissaṅki¬
b1	¬(s)n9 /// p(i)ssaṅk penu ॥ ṣpät toṣ ānand pissaṅkaṃ kälkont elant
b2	/// aśśi tom ṣpät pissaṅkaṃ kälkont elant neñc ॥ ptāñkät kä¬
b3	¬(ṣṣi)n10 /// (pis)s(a)ṅkis el wawu • pissaṅkaṃ kälko el träṅkträ ॥ ptāñkät neṣontā
b4	n11 n12 /// (pissaṅ)kaṃ kälko el träṅkträ ॥ ṣāmañi pissaṅkiss ats el wawu pissa¬
b5	¬(ṅkaṃ)n12 n13 (kälko) (el) (träṅkträ) /// (wa)wu • pissaṅkaṃ kälko el träṅkträ ॥ sne putkālune pältsäkyo ṣā¬
b6	¬(mañi)n14 /// kälymeyā sparcwaträ • pissaṅkaṃ kälko el träṅkträ ॥ aśśeṃ
b7	n15 /// (cä)mplunyā särki tosmaṃ kälymeyā sparcwanträ • pissaṅkaṃ kä¬
b8	¬(lko)n15 n16 (el) (träṅkträ) /// kāṣāri kñukumäṣ cesmaṃ särkiñco śrāddheñ wrasañ pi¬
*	¬(ssaṅkaṃ)

(continues on YQ III.9)

Translation

(continues from YQ III.7)

a1+	I also, oh Ānanda, am of great importance beyond any doubt (?) for the Gautamid queen.
a2	... I nursed her (Law-)body.
a2+	She ... me from early childhood in every way ...
a3	... I dressed her with garments.
a3+	She (adorned) me with the ornaments of the world, ...
a4	... I adorned her.
a4	She fed me with all kinds of food that had to be turned into bite-size pieces;
a4+	I (also) ...
a5	She washed me with waters of the world;
a5+	but I (washed) her with the noble eightfold ...
a6	... I (removed) the stain of the eighty-eight Kleśas, and in the same way I freed her from the continuity.
a6+	She (decorated) me (with ﬂowers) of the world ...
a7	... I decorated and adorned her with (ﬂowers) ...
a7	\|\| There are no two sides of it, Ānanda.
a7+	Of the advantage of the Law ... to make.
a8+	Therefore, oh Ānanda, should this jewel of a cloth (be given) by Gautamī to the Community.
b1	... also the Community.
b1+	\|\| There are, oh Ānanda, seven kinds of Saṃghālambana.
b2	... (What) then are these seven Saṃghālambana?
b2+	\|\| The Buddha-god the teacher ...
b3	... a gift given to the Community is called a Saṃghālambana.
b3+	\|\| The Buddha-god in the lead ...is called a Saṃghālambana.
b4+	\|\| A gift given to the Community of monks indeed (is called a Saṃghālambana.)
b5	... given ... is called a Saṃghālambana.
b5+	\|\| With an undivided mind, ... (of a monk) ...
b6	(if ...) one behaves correctly ...,
b6	it is called a Saṃghālambana.
b6+	\|\| Of nuns ... (if ...) to the best of their capacity they behave correctly towards them,
b7+	(it is called) a Saṃghālambana.
b8	(If there are honored) those who wear the monk's robe around their neck,
b8	and among them there are after all pious beings,
b8	(it is called a) Saṃghālambana.
b2	...
b4	...

(continues on YQ III.9)

Commentary

Linguistic commentary

*	The commentary is adapted from Ji et al. 1998: 180.
n6	For oktuk okät pi cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 a8-9: säkiz on artuqï säkiz.
n7	mā täm wäśśi ānant: these four words have no parallel in the Uyghur text, see MaitrHami 3, 8 a13ff. The new form wäśśi is interpreted as an adjective derived from wäṣt- ‘twofold’, and meaning ‘having two sides’, hence ‘ambivalent, ambiguous’.

Parallel texts

*	MaitrHami 3, 7-8

Remarks

*	This fragment contains part of the third act of the Maitreyasamitināṭaka; an Uy. parallel is MaitrHami III, 7b24-8b16. See also Pinault 1999: 196-7.
*	This text is continued from YQ III.7 and continues on YQ III.9.
*	The translation and the following commentary are adapted from Ji et al. 1998: 180.

Philological commentary

n1	The beginning of this leaf corresponds to MaitrHami 3, 7 b24, and its end to 8 b16ff. In the Turfan version, only a few lines are left, cf. Tekin 1980: 69-70, Taf. 22; the recto and verso in Tekin’s edition are to be reversed.
n2	Cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 b28.
n3	Cf. MaitrHami 3, 7 b31 - 8 a2.
n4	Cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 a3-4.
n5	Cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 a6-8.
n8	Cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 a12-13.
n9	Cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 a19-20; TA pissaṅkaṃ kälko el ‘gift gone into the Community’ translates the term Skt. saṃghālambana- ‘supporting the Community’, but is closer in meaning to Pali saṃghagata-.
n10	The 1st kind of Saṃghālambana.
n11	The 2nd kind.
n12	The 3rd kind, cf. the end in MaitrHami 3, 8 b1.
n13	The 4th kind, cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 b2-4.
n14	The 5th kind, cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 b4-7.
n15	The 6th kind, cf. MaitrHami 3, 8 b7-12.
n16	The 7th kind, ending in YQ III.9: a1, cf. the somewhat different description in MaitrHami 3, 8 b12-17.

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.

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.

Tekin 1980

Tekin, Şinasi. 1980. Maitrisimit nom bitig. Die uigurische Übersetzung eines Werkes der buddhistischen Vaibhāṣika-Schule. 1. Teil: Transliteration, Übersetzung, Anmerkungen. 2. Teil: Analytischer und rückläufiger Index. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients, Berliner Turfantexte, IX. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.

YQ III.8

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