A 186

Known as:	A 186; THT 819
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 186". 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-a186 (accessed 06 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 93.11
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 144-211
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// lyk· wra – – ·ś· wy· lmaṃ kl· – tsi ka ///
a2	/// k· – knā smāṃ ca mwi mā na¯ ¯cä kā tse yä¯ ¯s̝ ///
a3	/// ry[ā] we śä lwe śä¯ ¯l ā la mwca nā sā se y· ///
a4	/// [ā] la mctra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä o te ta preṃ kā wä ltu ///
a5	/// [ko] spreṃ ñä kciṃ pro pma hu ryo yta ṣli¯ ¯s ///
a6	/// swa rṇa su ttra syo ydhi si • o te ///
b1	/// ññā śśi : pa lko rā sa¯ ¯m ptā ///
b2	/// [kka]¯ ¯ts e ṅka lyo ka pśa ñi sa lpā lyī ///
b3	/// o ki to smā ṣiṃ tu ṅkyo ku p[r]e o ntaṃ ///
b4	/// ṅka¯ ¯s̝ \|\| phu lle naṃ \|\| nā ta¯ ¯k pra ca· kl· ///
b5	/// ṣṣo· w· mā naṃ snā kaṃ pa ñka¯ ¯nt ñä kte ññā¯ ¯ñä ///
b6	/// ṅka ṣ[p]i ṣtu – – ca mwi mā na c[kā] tse to sa¯ ¯m ///

a1	/// lyk· wra – – ·ś·wy·lmaṃ kl· – tsi kä ///
a2	/// k· – knāsmāṃ cam wimānac kātse yäṣ ///
a3	/// ryā weśäl weśäl ālam wcanā sāsey· ///
a4	/// ālamc träṅkiñc ote täpreṃ kāwältu ///
a5	/// kospreṃ ñäkciṃ propmahuryo ytäṣlis ///
a6	/// swarṇasutträsyo y{dhi→tä}si • ote ///
b1	/// ññāśśi : pälkorā säm ptā ///
b2	/// kk ats eṅkälyo kapśañi sälpālyī ///
b3	/// oki tosmāṣiṃ tuṅkyo kupre ontaṃ ///
b4	/// (trä)ṅkäṣ ॥ phullenaṃ ॥

1a	nātäk praca(r) ; kl· /// 10σ
1x	b53σ /// ṣ ṣo· 0σ ; w(i)mānaṃ ; snākaṃ päñ känt ; ñäkteññāñ (:)

*	///
b6	/// (trä)ṅkäṣ piṣ tu (nande) cam wimānac kātse tosäm ///

b2	... the body is burning with passion

*	Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009.
*	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).