A 108

Known as:	A 108; THT 741
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 108". 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-a108 (accessed 13 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 80.05
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	4335 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// pka¯ ¯nt : swā sa¯ ¯s̝ pyā pyā¯ ¯s [maṃ] – –
a2	/// ṇ· kā rño¯ ¯m ṣtā¯ ¯m : su nda ri¯ ¯s lwo ā [rtt]· k· –
a3	/// ṣñyo kya na¯ ¯cä : śra lu ne yo pa pa lyku¯ ¯s su nda ri pra
a4	/// [na]¯ ¯s̝t : ylā ro ne yo sā sno [t]ku tā ta mlo ṣñā ri¯ ¯ñc tā
a5	/// [ṣtā] ñca¯ ¯m pa¯ ¯t wu na ṣṣo¯ ¯m wi lla wa taṃ ka¯ ¯r : pu
a6	/// mnu ca[¯] [¯m] tu ṅkyo ki ke ntra : 5 ā rki śo ṣṣaṃ ṣñi śo¯ ¯l
b1	/// kā p·e naṃ : ko sne ke ntra cu tu ṅkyo ta pre na¯ ¯k
b2	/// : 6 \|\| – n· wka nyo na nde ma śki¯ ¯t ṣñi tu¯ ¯ṅk ylā
b3	/// ·ā ā kru¯ ¯nt lyā s̝ta¯ ¯r tma s̝sa¯ ¯m sa ṅghā ṭi pa lko ra
b4	/// [w]· ru¯ ¯t nāṃ tsu kuya lte ku sne ca¯ ¯s̝ wsā¯ ¯l wsā¯ ¯nt puki
b5	/// ·o ki tsmo a¯ ¯ts ca¯ ¯s̝ wsā laṃ su nda ri ṣi tu ṅñi
b6	/// ·ai dhi ka ṣṣa ci śā stra ntu ā klu ka [k]l·

3a	a1 14σ /// pkänt :
3b	swāsäṣ pyāpyās ; mäṃ – – a2 10σ
3c	10σ /// ; (kar)ṇ(i)kār ñom ṣtām :
3d	sundaris lwo ; ārtt· 1σ k· – a3 9σ
4a	12σ /// ṣñy oky anac :
4b	śraluneyo ; papälykus ; sundari ; pra a4 4σ
4c	14σ /// naṣt :
4d	ylāroneyo ; sāsnotku ; tā täm lo ; ṣñ= āriñc tā a5 2σ
5a	15σ
5b	4σ /// ; ṣtāñcam pat ; wunäṣ ṣom ; wil lawat-äṃ kar :
5c	pu a614σ
5d	8σ /// m nu cam ; tuṅkyo =ki kenträ : 5
6a	ārkiśoṣṣaṃ ; ṣñi śol b1 9σ
6b	12σ /// kāp(ñ)e n-äṃ :
6c	kos ne kenträ ; cu tuṅkyo ; täpren-äk ; b2 5σ
6d	15σ /// : 6 ॥

*	(taṃ)n(e) wkänyo nande mäśkit ṣñi tuṅk ylā
b3	/// ·ā ākrunt lyāṣtär tmäṣ säm saṅghāṭi pälkorä
b4	/// w·rut nāṃtsu k_uyalte kus ne caṣ wsāl wsānt p_uki
b5	/// · oki tsmo ats caṣ wsālaṃ sundariṣi tuṅ ñi
b6	/// (v)aidhikäṣṣ aci śāsträntu āklu kakl·

a1	... separately...
a1+	... rains flowers...
a2	a tree named Karṇikāra ...
a2+	... sent by Sundarī... neglect...
a3	... like of him/herself...
a3+	... Sundari, tormented by separation, ...
a4	... you are...
a4+	Being permeated by weakness, where (will you put) away your own heart?
a5	... or you will yet send him/her one sign from two...
a6	... is being called by the love, as it were, ...
a6+	In the world... his own life...
b1	... is beloved by him/her...
b1+	How often she calls you with love, so often...
b2+	In this manner, prince Nanda... his own love... (weakness)...
b3	... wipes away tears...
b3+	Then he, having seen the waist-cloth...
b4+	... having become... because... of all who have donned this garment...
b5+	... like... in this garment, my love for Sundarī has grown...
b6	Having learned the teachings starting from Vaidhika...

a3	durch die Trennung gequält, Sundarī ... (Schmidt 1974: 97)
a5	… or if from the second he sends her just one wil. (Peyrot 2013b: 286)
a6	... aber ruft sie ihn gleichsam aus Liebe. (Schmidt 1974: 97)
b1	Wie sehr er [bzw. sie] dich aus Liebe ruft, so sehr ... (Schmidt 1974: 97)
b3	er wischt sich die Tränen ab / ... wischt er sich die Tränen ab. (Schmidt 1974: 326, 413, 498, fn. 3)
b4	Denn welche sich dies Gewand anzogen, ... (Schmidt 1974: 408)

*	Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009.
*	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).

Hackstein 1995: a3 (112), b4 (264); Kölver 1965: a4 (23), a6 (15); Peyrot 2013b: a4 (788), a5 (286); Schmidt 1974: a3 (97 n.2), a3 (97), a6 (97), b1 (97), b3 (326, 413, 498 n.3), b3 (326, 413, 498, fn. 3), b4 (408); Thomas 1957: b4 (229); Thomas 1967a: a2 (67)