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A 109

Known as:	A 109; THT 742
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 109". 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-a109 (accessed 06 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Šorčuq
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 92.14
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	M12a; M15
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Images

Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.

Transliteration

a1	/// ·m· – lko ra¯ ¯s̝ tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || ma da na bhā ra taṃ ||
a2	/// ṅku na¯ ¯s̝ : sne ka rye lmo ṣtā mpo saṃ na¯ ¯s̝t ka [k]su
a3	/// śśi swā raṃ wa śeṃ : mā pe nu lkā¯ ¯t tu¯ ¯ṅk a rs̝a ntā¯ –
a4	/// – ka r·e śu rā¯ ¯m wa wi ku nta¯ ¯cä wi nā sa¯ ¯m cwa¯ ¯cä : 1 ||
a5	/// ka llā – – ṣāṃ kuya lte maṃ tne sa¯ ¯s mā lwā śśi kraṃ –
a6	/// sā ra[¯] [¯s̝] [ś]· lpa tsi ske spa lta¯ ¯k a ru ta m·e – –
b1	/// mnu ne (–) wa ñyo ntaṃ : saṃ krā mṣā mnu ne ri (– –)
b2	/// [ā] [kru] – – lyā lyo ra¯ ¯s̝ mnu lu ta smāṃ tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝
b3	/// kuya lte || na nda vi lā paṃ || maṃ tne ā rkya¯ ¯nt wsā lu yo
b4	/// tñi a na pa¯ ¯r : ta mne pa lśā ca mpā¯ ¯k ṣtā¯ ¯m ā rkya –
b5	/// snu a dhi mu kta¯ ¯k ṣtā¯ ¯m nṣa cṣū nmo waṃ tnu ṣkā r[ā] –
b6	/// ṣ·ā [ma] ntu klya ntra nu to¯ ¯s̝ tswo : maṃ tne klyo miṃ s[a]

Transcription

a1	/// ·m· (pä)lkoräṣ träṅkäṣ ॥ madanabhārataṃ ॥
a2

1a	12σ
1b	10σ /// ṅku naṣ :
1c	sne kärye lmo ; ṣtām posaṃ naṣt ; kaksu a32σ
1d	12σ
2a	7σ /// śśi ; swāraṃ waśeṃ :
2b	mā penu lkāt ; tuṅk arṣäntā ; – a44σ
2c	12σ /// (:)
2d	kär(y)e śurām ; wawikuntac ; wināsam cwac : {1/2} ॥

a5	/// källā – – ṣāṃ kuyalte mäṃt ne säs mā lwāśśi kräṃ(tso)
a6	/// sāräṣ ś·lpatsi ske spaltäk aru täm (n)e – –
b1	/// mnune – wañy ontaṃ : saṃkrām ṣāmnune ri – –
b2	/// ākru – – lyālyoräṣ mnu lutäsmāṃ träṅkäṣ
b3	/// kuyalte ॥ nandavilāpaṃ ॥

1a	mäṃt ne ārkyant ; wsāluyo ; b48σ
1b	11σ /// tñi anapär :
1c	tämne pälśā ; campāk ṣtām ; ārkya – b56σ
1d	15σ
2a	1σ /// s nu adhi;muktak ṣtām ; nṣac ṣū nmo ; waṃt nu ṣkārā –
2b	b615σ
2c	7σ /// ; ṣ(t)āmäntu ; klyanträ nu toṣ tswo :
2d	mäṃt ne klyomiṃ ; sa

Translation

a2	... without concern you are sitting under a tree ...
a4	I honour you, who has made sorrow and trouble disappear. 1.
b2	... confused ...

Commentary

Remarks

	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.

References

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: THT 742; TITUS: THT 742

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 61-62; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 61, p. 62

Translations

Carling 2000: a2 (329), b4 (405); Hackstein 1995: b2 (243); Thomas 1957: a2 (248)

Bibliography

Carling 2000

Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Hackstein 1995

Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Sieg and Siegling 1921a

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921a. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.

Thomas 1957

Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

TITUS

Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”