nervāṃ

Cite this page as:	"nervāṃ". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_B_nervāṃ (accessed 19 Jan. 2026).

Meaning:	“Nirvana”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	nervāṃ
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. nirvaṇa-
Lexeme variants:	nervāṃ; nervaṃ; nervvaṃn; nervāno

Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	nervāṃ
voc
acc	nervāṃ
gen	nervāntse
loc	nervānne
comit
inst
abl
perl	nervāntsa
all	nervānäś
caus

Lexeme family

nervāṃ “Nirvana” msg

sg

nom nervāṃ

acc nervāṃ

gen nervāntse

loc nervānne

perl nervāntsa

all nervānäś
- nervāṇäṣṣe “pertaining to Nirvāṇa”
  
  sg.m sg.f pl.m
  
  nom nervāṇäṣṣe
  
  acc nervāṇäṣṣe nervāṇäṣṣai nervāṇäṣṣeṃ

Occurrences

nervāno

1

: /// b5 ///

palskatsi mā – ///

nervvaṃn

1

; ci ñakta ;

oko ; kälale krent

nervāṃ

1	IOL Toch 398 b2	/// b2 /// k·e	nervāṃ	– ///
2	PK AS 7J a1	ṣpä (tsä)lp(e)trä ; sa(ṃ)sārmen	nervāṃ	yänmāṣṣäṃ : toṃ pärkāwnta
3	PK AS 7J a5	; a5 rämer kk(a)	nervāṃ	yänmāṣṣäṃ : toṃ te-yknesa
4	THT 29 b6	; stmoṣ bhavāggärne 10-9	nervāṃ	kälpoṣ ; cai ṣañ-añmä
5	THT 155 b6	/// b6 /// p(ru)tkāl(ñ)e	nervāṃ	kselñe • se west(rä)
6	THT 278 a2	6σ a2 re ;	nervāṃ	ram no ; ersnāssu
7	THT 291.a b1	; ṣek-ṣek sū ;	nervāṃ	mā lkāṣṣäṃ (30-3) – – –
8	THT 359 a2	lmene karūṃntsa no lareṃ	nervāṃ	tärkanaṃ /// a3 rne
9	THT 600 a5	tu a5 /// cmelane	nervāṃ	lāre mäsketär-ne 5 ॥
10	THT 2249.a b4	b4 /// – tstse	nervāṃ	– /// b5 ///
11	THT 2369.d a2	a2 /// – wṣeṃñña	nervāṃ	nṣa /// a3 ///
12	U 101 a4	tarqarḍačı (•) (15) (kartse)	(nervā)ṃ	; ṣañäññe edgü nirvan

nervaṃ

1

/// – śaiṣṣeṣṣe sak

/// a5 /// –