Early Indo-European Texts

Tocharian A

Todd B. Krause and Jonathan Slocum

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Maitreyasamiti-nāṭaka (cont'd)

²⁹ ṣäk-tmāṃ puklā wrasaśśi śolaṃ Viśvabʰū ñomā ptāñkät ṣeṣ. säm penu -- -- -- -- -- tmāṃ-tri-wälts-puklyi puttiśparäṃ kälpāt. tri-tmāṃ päñ-wälts puklā puttiśparṣināṃ wles wleṣāt. tmāṃ we-wälts puklā śol lyalyipuräṣ ksaluneyaṃ kälk. ³⁰ śtwar-tmāṃ puklā wrasaśśi śolaṃ Krakasundi ñomā ptāñkät ṣeṣ. säm penu kāsu kälko tmāṃ-puklyi puttiśparäṃ kälpāt. we-tmāṃ we-wälts puklā puttiśparäṃ wleṣāt. okät-wälts puklā śol lyalyipuräṣ ksaluneyaṃ kälk.

Translation

²⁹ For sixty thousand years in the life of beings there was a Buddhalord Visvabhu by name. This ... (man) as well, possessing thirteen thousand years, attained Buddhahood. For thirty-five thousand years he performed the service of Buddhahood. For twelve thousand years, having given his life, he attained Nirvana. ³⁰ For forty thousand years in the life of beings there was a Buddhalord Krakasundi by name. This well gone (man) as well, possessing ten thousand years, attained Buddhahood. For twenty-two thousand years he performed Buddhahood. After eight thousand years, having given his life, he attained Nirvana.