A 109

Known as:	A 109; THT 742
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "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 12 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 92.14
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	444 (4x); 4335 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

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]

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

1a	12σ
1b	10σ /// ṅku naṣ :
1c	sne kärye lmo ; ṣtām posaṃ naṣt ; kaksu a3 2σ
1d	12σ
2a	7σ /// śśi ; swāraṃ waśeṃ :
2b	mā penu lkāt ; tuṅk arṣäntā ; – a4 4σ
2c	12σ /// (:)
2d	kär(y)e śurām ; wawikuntac ; wināsam cwac : {1→2} ॥

a5	/// källā – – ṣāṃ k_uyalte 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	/// k_uyalte ॥ nandavilāpaṃ ॥

1a	mäṃt ne ārkyant ; wsāluyo ; b4 8σ
1b	11σ /// tñi anapär :
1c	tämne pälśā ; campāk ṣtām ; ārkya – b5 6σ
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

a1	... having seen... says:
a1+	In the madanabhārata-tune:
a2	... has seized...
a2+	You are sitting under a tree, without worries, extinguished...
a3	... in the sound... voice... of the...
a3+	You also do not see... by the one evoking love...
a4	I make worship to you, who has made worry and sorrow disappear.
a4+	... because, as he... not... of the animals...
a6+	... having made an attempt and effort to escape from (Saṃ)sāra, in this way...
b1+	... pleasure... monastery... monkhood... (gave up?)...
b2	Having wiped away his tears, losing his mind, he says:
b2+	... because:
b3	In the nandavilāpa-tune:
b3+	... as with white clothes... before you..., in this way the Campaka-tree shone (with) white (flowers)...
b5	... the Adhimuktaka-tree has bent towards me.
b5	The wind... back...
b6	... those trees stand (now)...
b6	Like... noble...

*	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.

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