Tocharian Texts in Context (2015)

Tocharian Texts in Context International Conference on Tocharian Manuscripts and Silk Road Culture Vienna, June 25-29th, 2013 edited by Melanie Malzahn, Michaël Peyrot, Hannes Fellner and Theresa-Susanna Illès HEMPEn VERlag BREMEn 2015 Die Drucklegung wurde ermöglicht durch einen Druckkostenzuschuss von ... The printing of this book were generously supported by Bibliograische Information Der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen nationalbibliograie; detaillierte bibliograische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. ISBn 978-3-944312- 26-2 © 2015 Hempen Verlag, Bremen; www.hempen-verlag.de Das Werk einschließlich aller seiner Teile ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede Verwertung außerhalb der engen grenzen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes ist unzulässig und strafbar. Das gilt insbesondere für Vervielfältigungen, Übersetzungen, Mikroverilmungen und die Einspeicherung und Verarbeitung in elektronischen Systemen. Umschlaggestaltung: detemple-design, Igel b. Trier gedruckt auf alterungsbeständigem Papier Printed in germany CONTENTS Preface .......................................................................................................................... VII Epigrahic Tocharian in Ladakh: the Drangtse Inscription .............................................. 1 Douglas Q. Adams The colometry of Tocharian 4×15-syllable verse ......................................................... 15 Christoph Bross, Dieter Gunkel, and Kevin M. Ryan ‘Nevermore’ in Tocharian A: towards determining the functions of the word kaṃ.... 29 Svetlana Burlak and Ilya Itkin Animal husbandry in Ancient Kucha: a historical perspective ..................................... 37 Ching Chao-jung 慶昭蓉 Manichaeism and Tocharian ......................................................................................... 57 Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst The word-order patterns Troiae qui primus ab oris and summa cum dignitate in Latin and Tocharian .................................................................................................. 73 Olav Hackstein The Tocharian B accent ................................................................................................ 87 Jay H. Jasanoff The Old Turkish explanation on Buddha’s reunion with his father uddhodana ......... 99 Yukiyo Kasai About the demonstrative system in Tocharian B ........................................................ 109 Martin Kümmel Tumschukische Miszellen II – The Haṃsasvara puzzle ............................................. 117 Dieter Maue The Tocharian s-preterite............................................................................................ 127 H. Craig Melchert Some aspects of the translation of Sanskrit compounds into Tocharian ..................... 137 Fanny Meunier Kuchean verses written on a wooden tablet kept at Xinjiang Kucha Academy ......... 149 Hirotoshi Ogihara The formation of Buddhist languages, as exemplified by the Tocharian evidence .... 159 Georges-Jean Pinault VI M.M. Berezovsky’s Expedition to Kucha (1905–1908) as a Step in the Russian Exploration of Central Asia ........................................................................... 187 Irina Popova On the origin of the dual endings Tocharian A -ṃ, B -ne ........................................... 199 Tijmen Pronk Investigations and research on the Tocharian manuscripts and wall inscriptions in the Kucha region ..................................................................................................... 215 Rong Xinjiang 榮新江 Tocharian donors in Kizil caves and “Monks’ poetry”. Some reflections on donors, donations and ceremonies .......................................................................... 227 Lore Sander New studies and results concerning the Tocharian Maitreyasamiti-N ṭaka and the Old Uyghur Maitrisimit nom bitig ......................................................................... 247 Ablet Semet The personal papers of Sergey F. Oldenburg as a source for the history of the Russian expeditions to Eastern Turkestan: New archival data .................................... 259 Irina Tunkina The separate origins of the Tocharians and the Yuezhi: Results from recent advances in archaeology and genetics ......................................................................... 277 Wei Lanhai, Li Hui and Xu Wenkan The Da akarmapath vad nam l in Old Uyghur: Recent identifications ................. 301 Jens Wilkens On Tocharian copies surviving in Modern Uyghur ..................................................... 315 Abdurishid Yakup Subject Index ............................................................................................................... 327 Person Index ................................................................................................................ 334 Word Index.................................................................................................................. 336 Citation Index .............................................................................................................. 342