b

1　… the new gold-colored jewel of a cotton cloth spun by myself. For the Buddhagod the teacher …

2　Therefore (6) he may take it, the renowned compassionate teacher, (out of) love for us.

3　… with the knowledge belonging to the rank of Buddha: when (7) this cotton cloth will be given to the Community, …

4　… (if) he takes this cotton cloth, he will give it as a present to the Buddhagod the teacher. For this reason (8) , (will) the … of the noble (Metrak) certainly …

5　the thirty-two Lakṣaṇas will in their entirety appear on him. … the … of the heir with the rank of a Buddha …

6　… the Buddhagod the teacher says to queen Gautamī: Gautamī, you (give) this cotton cloth (9) to the Community!

7　… the Community too will be honored by you. || Having heard that (10) , the queen …

8　… I have prepared (this cotton cloth). Why is the Buddhagod the teacher not prepared to accept it from me? Then, …

Notes (1) There are lacunae in the Uighur text at this point, but the beginning of this leaf corresponds roughly to Ui. I. III, 6 a 21, and its end to 7 a 4. Toch. A pälkets is the first word of a stanza of the type 20 (5/5/5/5)+22 (8/7/7)+10 (5/5)+15 (8/7).

(2) The pa is last in a ligature; as a form of three syllables is to be expected according to the meter, should a reading (w)pa śune be considered? This form would be a variant of opäśśune , and the words opäśśi , opäśśune very characteristically occur in the context of skills. Otherwise, wpäśune would be the abstract based on a form wpäś or wpäśi ^* , which had to be derived from the root wäp - ‘to weave’; in that case, the hypothetic wpäśune should mean ‘art of weaving’.

(3) Cf. Ui. I. III, 6 a 28-29. The verb arṣaṣiññ-is a deadjectival stem comparable to s ^u kaṣññ - (Gr., p. 479). The underlying noun aräṣ ^* appears to be unknown; is it to be considered a derivation of the stem found in Toch. B ersna ‘shape’?

(4) Stanza of 4 x 12 (5/7) syllables. For the following discourse, cf. Ui. I. III, 6 b 2 ff.

(5) Cf. Ui. I. III, 6 b 10 ff.

(6) Ibid., 16-17.

(7) Cf. Ui. I. III, 6 b 20 ff.

(8) Cf. Ui. I. III, 6 b 23 ff.

(9) Cf. Ui. I. III, 6 b 28-29.

(10) Ibid., 30 f.

III.7. YQ 1.26

Transliteration YQ 1.26 1/2 [recto]