A 231

Known as:	A 231; THT 864
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 231". 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-a231 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 68.19
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	MAV-α
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a1	/// ¯nt pa lko ra ṣṣa¯ ¯ts śa lpa nta¯ ¯r lo : 40 8 \|\| mai tre
a2	/// śo ṣyi¯ ¯s se ma śu nä kṣa¯ ¯nt klo pa¯ ¯nt pu¯ ¯k wä knā
a3	/// ·tu śla va ra¯ ¯s wa wī kwā ttse¯ ¯k mnu pa ltska¯ ¯s̝ : bra hmā yu yse
a4	/// ·e ntu we wñu ra¯ ¯s̝ : ne ṣā yā mu¯ ¯nt lya lypū ntu we wñu
a5	/// li skra¯ ¯nt tma¯ ¯s̝ wcaṃ tsa ṅkra¯ ¯ñcä ytsī o ñta¯ ¯r 2
a6	/// [s]sa śśa¯ ¯l : kā ṣā rṣi naṃ ta rkra¯ ¯s̝ ca¯ ¯m ñä kci ṣta
a7	/// ·n·¯ ¯k wā ka¯ ¯s̝ eṃ ṣke ṣa kka tse¯ ¯k : la ñcä¯ ¯s̝ a
b1	/// nyo : 4 la ltu ra¯ ¯s̝ wa ra¯ ¯ñä śpā lmeṃ wā kmtse
b2	/// mpra ṣtaṃ mā wa wä rṣu¯ ¯nt wa wä rṣu¯ ¯s̝ : 5 ā
b3	/// pre ri¯ ¯s ā¯ ¯nt ā skā cā syo mā kwä knā : sa
b4	/// ·pra ṣt· wso kaṃ pe ce smi pa ltska¯ ¯nt : ce mma ska nta rsa ñce
b5	/// ka ṣṣi pu kka rso : pra s̝ta śkaṃ kra sa ṣta mṣu rmā mā¯ ¯k wra sa
b6	/// rka nta rka ṣṣiṃ ṣā mnā¯ ¯ñä ā kṣi ñi ṣwa saṃ pttāṃ ñka¯ ¯t : pā
b7	/// ··ṃ : 9 wa wi ku pu¯ ¯k sa ñce ntu wi kṣa¯ ¯nt pe pu¯ ¯k sa

48d	a1 /// nt pälkoräṣṣ ats śalpantär lo : 40-8 ॥

*	maitre
a2	/// śoṣyis semäśu näkṣant klopant puk wäknā
a3

1a	14σ
1b	3σ /// ·tu ; śla varas ; wawīkw āttsek ; mnu pältskäṣ :
1c	brahmāyuy se ; a4 10σ
1d	14σ
2a	9σ /// ·entu ; wewñuräṣ :
2b	neṣā yāmunt ; lyalypūntu ; wewñu a5 5σ
2c	14σ
2d	4σ /// ; (ṣu)lis krant ; tmäṣ wcaṃ tsäṅkr añc ; ytsī oñtar 2
3a	a614σ
3b	12σ /// ssaśśäl :
3c	kāṣārṣinäṃ ; tärkräṣ cam ; ñäkci ṣta a7 4σ
3d	14σ
4a	6σ /// ·n· 1σ k ; wākaṣ eṃṣke ; ṣakk atsek :
4b	läñcäṣ a b1 11σ
4c	14σ
4d	13σ /// nyo : 4
5a	lalturäṣ wa;rañ śpālmeṃ ; wākmtse b2 5σ
5b	14σ
5c	14σ
5d	5σ /// m praṣtaṃ ; mā wawärṣunt ; wawärṣuṣ : 5
6a	ā b313σ
6b	14σ
6c	3σ /// (e)p;reris ānt ; āskācāsyo ; māk wäknā :
6d	sä b413σ
7a	14σ
7b	5σ /// ·praṣt(aṃ) ; wsokaṃ pe ces;mi pältskant :
7c	cem mäskantar ; sañce b5 8σ
7d	14σ
8a	9σ /// käṣṣi ; puk kärso :
8b	praṣt{†ä} śkaṃ krasaṣ ; täm ṣurmā ; māk wrasa b6 4σ
8c	14σ
8d	14σ
9a	1σ /// rkäntär käṣ;ṣiṃ ṣāmnāñ ; ākṣiñiṣ wa;säṃ pttāṃñkät :
9b	pā b713σ
9c	14σ
9d	14σ /// ··ṃ : 9
10a	wawiku puk ; sañcentu ; wikṣant pe puk ; sa

a1	... having seen..., they are liberated.
a1+	Maitreya...
a2+	... destroying the protector of the people, torments... in all manners...
a3	... the son of Brahmāyu, having really removed sense from his mind... together with smells...
a4	... having said (the four truths?), having said the deeds done before...
a5	... then you will start to go to the second peak of the good mountain.
a6	... with the beings...
a6+	From the reddish cloud... divine...
a7	... while... certainly breaks...
a7+	... will leave...
b1+	... having left, excellent and perfect smells ...
b2	... (that time)... having smelled the... not smelled...
b3	the front of the sky/airspace [is adorned?] with Kuśa-grass in many ways ...
b4	... (that) time, their thoughts (were) happy.
b4+	They are... doubt...
b5	... the all knowing teacher... will also know the time.
b5+	For that reason, many beings...
b6	... the monks will ask the teacher:
b6	"May the Buddha teach (the law) to us"
b7	Having dispelled all doubts and also dispelling all (doubts?)...

*	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.