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A 127

Known as:	A 127; THT 760
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 127". 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-a127 (accessed 11 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 101.15
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	w· tka¯ ¯s̝ śka ta mpe yu¯ ¯m ///
a2	ri ta nā ṭkaṃ na nda pra vrā jaṃ ño ///
a3	pe ka¯ ¯nt ka sa nā ki tsa ///
a4	sa pra cre sa śśä¯ ¯l [ṣ]i ya ///
a5	wä rpā lu ne ṣi nā¯ ¯ñä [l]· ///
a6
lf	– 7
b1	///
b2	– ·tā ki s̝a¯ ¯m ku spa tnu ///
b3	ddha toṃ lā¯ ¯nt kā ñcu kiṃ [ma] ///
b4	saṃ krā maṃ ye¯ ¯t dī rghā yu ///
b5	ra¯ ¯s̝ śu ddha doṃ wä¯ ¯l na ṣlyu [kr]· ///
b6	m·· s̝ta rko¯ ¯r ypa maṃ ta¯ ¯m ā ///

Transcription

lf

– 7

a1	w(ä)tkäṣ śka tampeyum /// (nandaca)¬
a2	¬ritanāṭkaṃ nandapravrājaṃ ño(mā) ///
a3	pekant kasanāki tsa ///
a4	s{†ä} pracresaśśäl ṣiya ///
a5	wärpāluneṣināñ l· ///
a6	///
b1	///
b2	– ·tākiṣ-äm kus pat nu ///
b3	ddhatoṃ lānt kāñcukiṃ mä ///
b4	saṃkrāmaṃ yet dīrghāyu ///
b5	räṣ śuddhadoṃ wäl näṣ lyukr· ///
b6	m·· ṣ tärkor ypam-äṃ täm ā ///

Translation

b3	the eunuch of the king Śuddhodana

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

Online access

IDP: THT 760; TITUS: THT 760

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 70; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 70