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A 111

Known as:	A 111; THT 744
Cite this page as:	Véronique Kremmer. "A 111". 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-a111 (accessed 17 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Véronique Kremmer
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 79.05
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	554443 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

Transliteration

a1	/// ta myo yu tko¯ ¯s lmo sṣe¯ ¯s̝ tma ṣvyā se śla po to ·[ma]
a2	/// ñcyo wā tsa ka¯ ¯l e ssi pu ta¯ ¯k na ṣnā śye pā¯ ¯k yṣaṃ
a3	/// [ta]¯ ¯k sa mta mkā ma¯ ¯t yṣaṃ rpā tsi ka¯ ¯lk • \|\| ṣe ra śi ni
a4	/// kyāṃ tkaṃ rā¯ ¯p skā¯ ¯nt yṣa naṃ ske ya syo : pu kwra sa¯ ¯ñä ā
a5	/// [y]pe ṣi ñi wra sa¯ ¯ñ kñā ññā¯ ¯nt ri ṣa kaṃ
a6	/// l· – tku ma rsa¯ ¯m wa saṃ ype y[i]¯ ¯s śā p[t]ā ṣka
b1	/// ·i yä s̝la¯ ¯cä vyā se ri ṣa kna cye¯ ¯s̝ ślā mā
b2	/// ma ska tā¯ ¯r mā ā ṣāṃ na¯ ¯s̝t tāṃ wle¯ –
b3	/// cwā mā pe nu le¯ ¯k ka¯ ¯lk s̝a¯ ¯t a kma lyo rā pa kka¯ ¯ts
b4	/// pe nu lā¯ ¯nt pra ska ñi śpā lmeṃ kla ṅkā lmo ra¯ ¯s̝
b5	/// [u] mpa¯ ¯r brā hmaṃ tu kuya lte mā ya¯ ¯t lā¯ ¯nt wa tku :
b6	/// śśi tkaṃ rā rpu : taṃ ne pe tra ṅkmāṃ mā sa¯ ¯m pre ka[¯] [¯]l[k] r· –

Transcription

a1	/// tämyo yutkos lmos ṣeṣ tmäṣ vyāse śla poto (n)mä(smāṃ)
a2	(tränkäṣ) /// ñc yo wātsakäl essi putäk näṣ nāśye pāk yṣaṃ
a3	(rāpam) /// (wo)täk säm täm kāmat yṣaṃ rpātsi kälk • ॥ ṣeraśi-ni¬
a4	¬(ṣkramāntaṃ) ///

1x	(mäccā)kyāṃ tkaṃ rāp skānt yṣanaṃ skeyasyo :
1x	puk wrasañ āa5(rar) (wlessi) ///
1x	ypeṣiñi wrasañ kñāññānt riṣakäṃ a6///

*	/// (ākā)l (kākä)tku mar säm wasäṃ ypeyis śāp tāṣ kä
b1	/// (r)iyäṣ läc vyāse riṣaknac yeṣ śl= āmā(śās)
b2	/// – mäskatār mā āṣāṃ naṣt tāṃ wle(s)
b3	(wlessi) /// – cwā mā penu lek kälk ṣät akmalyo rāpäkk ats
b4	/// penu lānt praskañi śpālmeṃ klaṅkā lmoräṣ
b5	///

x	(yāmäṣt) umpar brāhmaṃ tu k_uyalte mā yat lānt watku :
x	b6/// (na)ś-śi tkaṃ rārpu :
x	taṃne pe träṅkmāṃ mā säm pre kälk r(aryu)

Translation

a1	Because of this, she was worried and remained seated. Then, Vyāsa (bowing with respect, says):
a2	“... Give command to give (me) a (spade) and a basket! I shall (dig) the lady’s share of the ditch.”
a3	She ordered [to give him these implements]. He carried this and went to dig the ditch. In [the tune] ṣeraśi‑ni(ṣkramāntaṃ):
a4	He dug the earth (itself). They scratched in the trench with efforts. All beings
a5	(stopped working). [...] The inhabitants of the country recognized the sage.
a6	(The wish) arose (to the people): “He should not put a curse on our land!”
b1	He [the king] went out of the city. He was going to the sage Vyāsa with his ministers.
b2	“You are [a Brahmin / sage?]. You are not worthy of [doing] this work.”
b3	... by you.” He also did not go away. He kept digging indeed face down.
b4	Also, she, being afraid of the king, having mounted a splendid vehicle ...
b5	“You (have done) an evil deed, Brahmin, because you did not execute the king’s command.”
b6	“It is for your sake that this ground has been dug!” Speaking also in this way, this one [sage] did not come out, (having given up [his tools]) (?).

Other

a6	Nicht soll er auf unser Land einen Fluch legen. (Schmidt 1974: 480)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	The story of Vyāsa and the courtesan Kāśisundarī is also told in Prajñāvarman's Viśeṣastavaṭīkā, edited and translated from Tibetan by Udbhaṭasiddhasvāmin and Prajñāvarman 1993.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 744; TITUS: THT 744

Edition

Kremmer 2022; Sieg and Siegling 1921: 62 Siegling's personal copy p. 62, Siegling's personal copy p. 63

Translations

Carling 2000: b4 (237); Knoll 1996: b2 (19, 42, 46); Kölver 1965: a4 (112), b3 (17), b4 (35); Schmidt 1974: a6 (480); Thomas 1954: b2 (743); Thomas 1957: a1 (302); Thomas 1958: a6 (306)