Words The following are some examples of Tocharian A words with English words: The following is also a comparison of some numbers in Tocharian A and other Indo-European languages:
Maitreyasamitināṭaka . The
Maitreyasamitināṭaka is a Buddhist drama about the life of the
Maitreya written in Tocharian A and is the most well-known Tocharian text about Maitreya. It was translated into
Old Uyghur (which is named Maitrisimit), which has been used to interpret Tocharian A. The Maitrisimit is not an exact translation as it was adapted to meet the requirements of Old Uyghur and the Maitreyasamitināṭaka was written in the campū style, which has a mixture
prose and
verse. The following is one of the translations of the Tocharian A manuscript of Maitreyasamitināṭaka: klā k. SA (23 syllables) (me)trakṣināṃ opṣlyā plāc weñeñc¨ˎkāvvintu yāmeñc¨ˎ/// : [… through Metrak’s opṣly they would tell a speech (and) make verses. ///:] ñ¨[ˎ]•klyoMA[nT]ˎ (20 syllables) (k)ly(o)MAnTˎ metraKAṃ oñantyo tri ñemintwaṃ KAlymeyā spārtwe(ñc¨ˎ) /// : [•noble /// beginning with noble Metrak in three jewels they would turn in the right manner ///:] Pˎ metRAkyāp [w]. (18 syllables) ps. lāntuneṣi [abhi]ṣeKˎ artantRA•kus pat nu tanā SArki tu .i/// : [of Metrak /// they praise anointing of sovereignty•hereafter ///:] s weñeñc¨ˎ klyo(señc¨ˎ klyoMAnt metra) ◯[k]ṣ(i)nā(ṃ) plāc¨ˎ metRA(kyāPˎ) yärkanTˎ ārtantRA pālantRA anumodin yāmeñc¨ˎ pukāk ṣakk ats [c]e /// : [they would speak (panegyric(?) and hear) the speech (of noble Metrak,) praise (much) the : respect (of) Metrak, make gratification absolutely (and) surely ///:] t pi koriSˎ ṢAk-KAnTˎ (w)r(asañ¨ˎ taṃ)◯ne KAtkeñc¨ˎ kātka[ṣ PA](lketSˎ?) ārkiśoṣṣaṃ PAttāñKATˎ: śmantRA cem wrasañ¨ˎ tām praṣṭaśśä[l] ../// : [(9)600 millions (people) would go across (in such a way). The brilliant(?) Buddha would stand : in the world : The people would come in (proper?) time ///:] kyo napeṃsaṃ : ṣo«me» metRA[ky](āPˎ) (kl)[yo]señc¨ ˎ MArkampaL*ˎ tSAlpeñc¨ˎ kloPA(ṣ ṣome?) yomneñc¨ˎ puttiśparnac¨ˎ vyākariTˎ: TAmyo metRAkyāp kā /// (PA)- : [with … in (the world of?) people : Some would hear Dharma of Metrak, would be free (from) : suffering, (some?) would get the prophecy for the worth of Buddha : Then Metrak's ///:] ls[k]asuntāPˎ skaMˎ skenaLˎ : 1 (4x25) || sātāgiri tRAṅKAṢˎ kāsu weñā(ṢTˎ)++Rˎ TAmyo TAṣ metRAkyāp waSA[mp]ātṣiṃ opṣlyac poñcäṃ ārki(ṣṣaṃ) /// : [one should endeavor always mindful … :•|| Sā tagiri says, “You said good … then so for opṣ aly : of attainment of Metrak (in) complete world:] (purṇak)e t(RA)ṅKAṢˎ ceṣ ṣome ñäktañ¨ˎ epreRAṢˎ kāKArpuRAṢ*ˎ dak(ṣ)i(ṇāpapatha)[c]¨ˎ yiñc¨ˎ ṣome nu pāṣānak [ṣu]lac¨ˎ yiñc¨ˎ || sātā(giri tRAṅKAṢˎ dakṣiṇāpathˎ KAlymeyaṃ bādhari prāmne) : [(Pūrṇaka) says, “Some these gods, having descended from air space, go to Dakṣināpatha, some : also go to the mount Pāṣānaka” || Sāta(giri says, “In Dakṣiṇāpatha region(← direction) Brahmin Bādhari is):] == References ==