A 102

Known as:	A 102; THT 735
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 102". 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/?m-a102 (accessed 21 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 69.09
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Title of the work:	Nanda-carita I
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	43434 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// tā tā¯ ¯k tñi ñukaṃ tu¯ ¯ṅk : 3 \|\| ta ṣwe
a2	/// ṣti ñä kte ññā na¯ ¯cä tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ pa lkā¯ ¯r gha
a3	/// cne ta¯ ¯m sū traṃ we \|\| a si ta vā ṅkaṃ \|\| kā pñu ne yä
a4	/// tko tri ka ta¯ ¯r : nka ṣṣi me pa ltsa¯ ¯k yā ri¯ ¯t ma ska ta¯ ¯r
a5	/// tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ mā sāṃ pṛ tha¯ ¯k chaṃ wlä s̝ta¯ ¯r kuya lte ptā ñka tka
a6	/// śśi ra ke ā la¯ ¯k wkaṃ ma ska ta¯ ¯r ta myo ka rsnā¯ ¯m ṣa kka
b1	/// ññ[ā] tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ kā su ya¯ ¯s̝ su nda ri a śi ne ma sk·
b2	/// twaṃ \|\| to s̝a¯ ¯k wa ṣtu na nde ñyo ñä kcyā ñño ki wa
b3	/// [ñño] ki ta ppreṃ ymā¯ ¯r mā śkaṃ pa lki¯ ¯ñc : ma¯ ¯nt lkā ṣtā¯ ¯m tkaṃ
b4	/// ma t[k]· śkaṃ tā ne na nde tu¯ ¯ṅk cā rka¯ ¯t su nda riṃ śä¯ ¯l : 1
b5	/// śtwa rka lyme yu pro tka rñi ce sni klo pyo : [pyā] [pi]
b6	/// kā swe ṣe s̝a wsī naṃ tā pa¯ ¯rk : tse nyo¯

a1	/// tā tāk tñi ñ_ukaṃ tuṅk : 3 ॥ täṣ we
a2	/// (wa)ṣti ñäkteññānac träṅkäṣ pälkār gha
a3	/// (ku)c ne täm sūtraṃ we ॥ asitavāṅkäṃ ॥ kāpñuneyä¬
a4	¬(ṣ) /// tko trikatär : nkäṣṣ ime pältsäk yārit mäskatär
a5	/// träṅkäṣ mā sāṃ pṛthak chaṃ wläṣtär k_uyalte ptāñkät kä
a6	/// śśi rake ālak wkäṃ mäskatär tämyo kärsnām ṣakk a
b1	/// (ñäkte)ññā träṅkäṣ kāsu yaṣ sundari aśi ne mäsk(a)
b2	/// twaṃ ॥

1a	toṣäk waṣtu ; nandeñyo ; ñäkcyāññ oki ; wa b3 6σ
1b	9σ /// ññ oki ; täppreṃ ymār ; mā śkaṃ pälkiñc :
1c	mänt lkāṣ tām tkaṃ ; b4 14σ
1d	4σ /// ; mätk· 1σ śkaṃ ; tā ne nande ; tuṅk cārkat ; sundariṃśäl : 1
2a	b5 7σ /// ; śtwar kälymeyu ; protkar-ñi ; cesni klopyo :
2b	pyāpi b6 9σ /// ; kāswe ṣeṣ{†ä} ; wsī n-äṃ tāpärk :

*	tsenyo

a1	... where was your love for me?
a1+	... (said?) this...
a2	... says to the goddess of the house:
a2+	Look...
a3	... what (the Buddha) said in a Sūtra:
a3	In the asitavāṅk-tune:
a3+	Out of love...
a4	... faints...
a4	The consciousness disappears,
a4+	the mind becomes worn out...
a5	... says:
a5+	She does not die separately (?)..., because Buddha the teacher...
a6	... the word of... is different.
a6+	Thus, I know... certainly...
b1	... the goddess says:
b1+	Sundarī does good in becoming a nun...
b2	In the ?-twaṃ-tune:
b2+	The homes... by Nanda... like divine...
b3	... like... they so quickly no longer shine.
b3+	This way, (she?) sees... the earth...
b4	... where Nanda was letting go of love for Sundarī.
b4+	... the four directions were filled by me with with their suffering.
b5+	Flower... was good.
b6	Now her's/his is golden (?)

b4	... wo sich Nanda mit Sundarī der Liebe hinzugeben pflegte. (Schmidt 1974: 319)

*	Transcription and references have been transferred from the "Text and Reference Database of the Tocharian A Language" (Gerd Carling Lund University) (funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation and SCAS).
*	Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009.

*	1/2 fgm

Krause 1952: b5 (178); Peyrot 2012a: a2 (202); Schmidt 1974: b4 (319); Thomas 1957: a1 (240), a3 (230), b4 (81)