A 247

Known as:	A 247; THT 880
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Hannes A. Fellner; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 247". 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-a247 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Hannes A. Fellner; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 79.25
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Title of the work:	Buddhastotras: Mātṛceṭa's Varṇāhavarṇa
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	554443 (4x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// ra¯ ¯m wi nā sa mci sā¯ ¯rthä ā śä ntāṃ sne lyu tā¯ ¯r 10 7 t·· [ky]·¯ ¯k sa vā sa· ñ· ka¯ ¯s̝t –
a2	/// rsnā¯ ¯l wra¯ ¯m a ta ṅka¯ ¯t lkā tkā ru ṇi¯ ¯k : pū¯ ¯k tri pra s̝taṃ twaṃ i me tñi ska¯ ¯m
a3	/// śpa rṣiṃ ṣo kyo ā ṣtraṃ knāṃ mu ne : klyo mi nāṃ ytā rṣiṃ sne wa¯ ¯rs ā ṣtraṃ wraṃ lā le ku
a4	/// sa ntā na¯ ¯s̝ : tma kyo¯ ¯k lu kśa nu¯ ¯nt ṣo kyā ṣtraṃ klyo ma¯ ¯nt wi nā sa mcū ño mka lywā
b1	/// kra tsu ne yo w[a] wru ṣñ· ā ñcä ma pñi ña re pu kwa wī ku na¯ ¯s̝t sne tra ṅklu ne [p]u
b2	/// taṃ ska¯ ¯m tñi sa¯ ¯m pa ltsa¯ ¯k wi nā sa mci ṣo kyo ā ṣtraṃ ṣo kyo li tko¯ ¯nt mnu pa «†[ltsa]»
b3	/// mnā śśi kli sā ṣlu ne sa¯ ¯m wā saṃ ño mā tma kyo¯ ¯k wlo tñi knā nmu ne yi¯ ¯s pka nta
b4	/// nā saṃ pukaṃ mā ta ṅka ṣtā rwi nā sa mci kā su tsa lpo¯ ¯nt ri ṣa kaṃ 10 9 lkā tsi mā siṃ s̝a –

17d	a1 /// räm ; wināsam-ci ; sārth āśäntāṃ ; sne lyutār 10-7
18a	t(m-ä)k y(o)k savāsa(ṃ) ; ñ(a)käṣt – a2 8σ /// (kä)rsnāl wram ; atäṅkät lkāt ; kāruṇik :
18b	pūk tri praṣtäṃtwaṃ ; ime tñi skam a3 5σ /// ; (putti)śparṣiṃ ; ṣokyo āṣträṃ ; knāṃmune :
18c	klyomināṃ ytārṣiṃ ; sne wars āṣträṃ wraṃ ; lāleku a4 9σ /// ; santānäṣ :
18d	tm-äk yok lukśanunt ; ṣoky= āṣträṃ klyomänt ; wināsam cū ; ñom-kälywā b1n1 8σ /// (10-8)
19a	– kratsuneyo ; wawru ṣñ(i) āñcäm{†ä} ; pñi ñare puk ; wawīku naṣt ; sne träṅklune ; pu b2 2σ
19b	4σ /// taṃ ; skam tñi sam pältsäk ; wināsam-ci ; ṣokyo āṣträṃ ; ṣokyo litkont ; mnu pä b3 1σ
19c	(kärṣto) (brā)mnāśśi ; klisāṣlune säm ; wāsaṃ ñomā ; tmäkyo-k wlo tñi ; knānmuneyis ; pkänta b4 1σ
19d	7σ /// nāsaṃ p_ukaṃ ; mā täṅkäṣtār ; wināsam-ci ; kāsu tsälpont ; riṣakäṃ 10-9
20a	lkātsi mā siṃṣä –

a1	... I honor you leading the caravan unsurpassed ...
a1	Therefore, you destroyed... together with the impressions...
a1+	... (whatever) thing is to be known, you see unimpeded, compassionate one.
a2+	In all three times, your mind always (is directed towards?) the exceedingly pure knowledge of Buddha-rank.
a3+	(You), having washed the pure, stainless matter of the noble way, ... from succession...
a4+	Therefore, I honor you, the shining, excedingly pure, noble one, famous...
b1+	You, having purified yourself with emptiness, have made all virtue and sin disappear, without attachment...
b2	... you always have this thought.
b2+	I honor you who are exceedingly pure, exceedingly having removed... sense...
b3	the somnifacient for the brahmins, named [wrong] imagination, has been cut off ...
b3+	Therefore, the obstacle to knowledge has been shattered by you.
b4	In all... you are not hindered.
b4	I honor you, the well liberated sage.
b4	... not satiate... to see...

b3+	(Abgeschnitten worden) [ist] das Schlafmittel der (Bra)hmanen namens [falsche] Vorstellung. Eben dadurch [ist] von dir zerspalten worden (jegliche) Hinderung des Verstandes. ... in allem [bzw. in allen ... ] wirst du nicht gehemmt. (Schmidt 1974: 210-1)

*	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.

*	Mātṛceṭa's Varṇāhavarṇa II.

*	For the correspondence with Skt. see Schmidt 1987:
n1	ñare: The meaning here seems to be 'sin, bad deed' rather than the usual 'hell'. Cf. VAV2.37 prahīṇapuṇyapāpāya "Dem, der Vergehen und Verdienst aufgegeben hat" (Hartmann JU 1987: xx).

Carling 2000: a3 (130); Hackstein 1995: a1 (85f), b4 (296); Knoll 1996: a4 (119); Schmidt 1974: b3 b4 (210f), b3 b4 (210-1); Thomas 1957: b3 (283); Thomas 1958a: a3 (161), a4 (161), b2 (161); Thomas 1967a: b3 (65); Thomas 1972: a3 (447), a4 (469); Thomas 1997: b1 (87), b4 (96)