A 156
| Known as: | A 156; THT 789 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 156". 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-a156 (accessed 18 Jul. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 92.18 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 144-211 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// e ka pu ṇḍa ri ka vai ja ya¯ ¯nt ṣtā ṅkaṃ ñä kcyā¯ ¯s wi mā ntwaṃ su /// |
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| a2 | /// kte : me¯ ¯s̝ tkaṃ ñkä¯ ¯t lyka¯ ¯lyä lyka¯ ¯lyä we na ntra pyā [pyā]¯ ¯ñä /// |
| a3 | /// || ta mka klyu ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ su nda ri ku cyä rmaṃ tsa rwa ta ra /// |
| a4 | /// [nda] vi hā ra pā laṃ ño¯ ¯m s̝ka¯ ¯s̝t sa¯ ¯rg ā¯ ¯r || /// |
| a5 | /// śo miṃ tsra ymā¯ ¯r ka kmu¯ ¯s [ka] re māṃ a kma lyo ślā [ñcā] /// |
| a6 | /// na¯ ¯s̝ : yo ke yu ttso ki /// |
| b1 | /// ya ṣka¯ ¯r : 1 || śla¯ ¯k śkaṃ /// |
| b2 | /// syo ye tu pra ca rṣe¯ ¯s̝ sa [m]p· nu [e] [ṅ]ka l[su] wra s[o] mṣ· /// |
| b3 | /// ki śrā va sti ṣi ñi wra sa¯ ¯ñä ca¯ ¯m ma śki tāṃ lkā tsi /// |
| b4 | /// khā vā skā¯ ¯ñcä kā tkmāṃ nāṃ tsu¯ ¯s ṣñi klo śnä ṣta rka¯ ¯s /// |
| b5 | /// swa mpe wā kma tsaṃ ptā ñka¯ ¯t ka ṣyā¯ ¯p ño¯ ¯m klyo ssi tu nā ñi /// |
| b6 | /// ā kṣi ñā[¯] [¯]s̝t na nde ma śki¯ ¯t wa s̝ta s̝la¯ ¯cä ṣā maṃ lo tā¯ – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ekapuṇḍarik{†ä} vaijayant ṣtāṅkaṃ ñäkcyās wimāntwaṃ su /// |
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| a2 | /// kte : meṣ tkaṃ-ñkät lykäly lykäly wenanträ pyāpyāñ /// |
| a3 | /// ॥ täm kaklyuṣuräṣ sundari kuc yärmaṃ tsarwatär{†ä} /// |
| a4 | /// ndavihārapālaṃ ñom ṣkäṣt sarg ār ॥ /// |
| a5 | /// śomiṃ tsrä ymār kakmus karemāṃ akmalyo śl= āñcā /// |
| a6 | /// näṣ : yokeyutts oki /// |
| b1 | /// yaṣ kar : 1 ॥ śla-k śkaṃ /// |
| b2 | /// syo yetu pracar ṣeṣ säm p(e)nu eṅkalsu wrasom ṣ· /// |
| b3 | /// ki śrāvastiṣiñi wrasañ cam mäśkitāṃ lkātsi /// |
| b4 | /// khā vāskāñc kātkmāṃ nāṃtsus ṣñi klośnäṣ tarkas /// |
| b5 | /// s wampe wākmatsäṃ ptāñkät käṣyāp ñom klyossi tu nāñi /// |
| b6 | /// ākṣiñāṣt nande mäśkit waṣtäṣ läc ṣāmaṃ lo tā – /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... in the ekapuṇḍarīka(and) vaijayantapalace, in the divine vimānas... |
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| a1+ | ... the earth shakes, |
| a2 | Flowers finely scatter... |
| a2+ | ... having heard that, to what degree is Sundari comforted? ... |
| a3+ | ... the sixth chapter named "(Na)ndavihārapālana" has ended. |
| a4+ | ... the girl, having come hard (and) hastily, with laughing face, with (hands in añjali-position)... |
| a5+ | ... thirsty, so to speak, ... |
| b1 | And in addition... |
| b1+ | ... the father was adorned with... |
| b2 | He also... a passionate person... |
| b2+ | ... the inhabitants of Śrāvastī... to see the prince... |
| b3+ | ... the laywoman, having become glad, ... earrings from her ears... |
| b4+ | ... the distinguished ornament, to hear the name of Buddha the teacher. |
| b5 | You are my... |
| b5+ | ... you proclaimed... |
| b6 | Prince Nande left home. |
| b6 | As a monk... |
Other
| a2 | Es bebt die Erde ganz fein, es sprießen die Blumen. (Schmidt 1974: 121, 132) |
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| a3 | Dies gehört habend, fasst Sundarī etwas [wtl. in irgendeinem Maße] Mut. (Schmidt 1974: 175) |
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
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 83-84; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 83, p. 84
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (152); Schmidt 1974: a2 (121, 132), a3 (175); Thomas 1957: a4 (210), b2 (305); Thomas 1967a: a4 (67); Thomas 1969: a2 (260)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Personal annotated copy of Wilhelm Siegling. Scanned by Douglas Q. Adams with the technical assistance of Michael Tarabulski and Kevin Dobbins. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Thomas, Werner. 1967a. “Zu den Ausdrücken mit A ñom, B ñem im Tocharischen.” Indogermanische Forschungen 72: 58–78.
Thomas, Werner. 1969. “Bemerkungen zum Gebrauch von toch. A ptāñkät [B pañäkte, pudñäkte], A koṃ [B kauṃ]: A koṃñkät [B kauṃñäkte] usw.” Orbis 18: 235–68.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
