A 271

Known as:	A 271; THT 904
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 271". 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-a271 (accessed 20 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 68.18
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Title of the work:	Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka
Passage:	Not yet identified
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	554443 (4x); 43434 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	M-β
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	/// naṃ \|\| cā kkra ṣiṃ ñe myo yuka ṣiṃ o ṅka
a2	/// rtti tsa lpā lu ne ā kā lyo : me tra
a3	/// ṅka¯ ¯cä mā su¯ ¯k o ṅkra cna¯ ¯s̝ mā lā
a4	/// śla su me ra stsa knä s̝ta¯ ¯r : ā bha
a5	/// [k]ma¯ ¯rt yā tlu ne ne ṣā ka lpā ma tpe
a6	/// t[l]· ne yo mā tri ka¯ ¯l : 2 \|\| ta mka klyu
a7	/// tā rwra sa skā swo ne yaṃ ri twä¯
a8	/// yä¯ ¯rk ya tsi ñā ssa
b1	/// a kaṃ tsu ne yä ntu
b2	/// b· dh· sa tvāṃ ca mta lke ṣiṃ yä
b3	/// w[o] rpu ma ñka tto ki pa rno ñcä swra sa
b4	/// ·ṣ· śśi ka ṣṣi • ksa rki koṃ u dai ṣu li
b5	/// nta śla o ko lu tka smāṃ ñä kta sna
b6	/// [t]u pha laṃ \|\| ywā rckā ta lke mā ñe yaṃ tpa
b7	/// śkaṃ wa s̝ta ṣla ntu¯ ¯s̝ ā kla ṣlye o ktmāṃ
b8	/// śtwa rwä¯ ¯lts lā ñcsa śśä¯ ¯l pu¯ ¯k wa rtsya

a1	/// naṃ ॥

1a	cākkräṣiṃ ñemyo ; y_ukaṣiṃ oṅkä a2 16σ
1b	17σ /// rtti ; tsälpālune ; ākālyo :
1c	metra a3 23σ
1d	/// ṅkac mā suk oṅkrac naṣ mā lā a4
2a	18σ /// śla sumeräs ; tsäknäṣtär :
2b	ābha a523σ
2c	/// (kā)kmart yātlune neṣā kälpāmät pe a6
2d	20σ /// tl· neyo ; mā trikal : 2 ॥

*	täm kaklyu¬
a7	¬(ṣuräṣ) /// tār wrasas kāswoneyaṃ ritwä¬
a8	¬(ṣ) /// yärk yatsi ñāss a
b1	/// akäṃtsuneyäntu
b2	/// b(o)dh(i)satvāṃ cam talkeṣiṃ yä
b3	/// worpu mañkätt oki parnoñcäs wrasa
b4	/// ·ṣ· śśi käṣṣi • ksärki koṃ udai ṣuli
b5	/// nt{†ä} śla oko lutkäsmāṃ ñäktas na
b6	/// (he)tuphalaṃ ॥

1a	ywārckā talke ; māñeyaṃ ; tpä b7 10σ
1x	6σ /// śkaṃ ; waṣtäṣ lantuṣ ; ākläṣlye ; oktmāṃ b8 2σ

*	/// śtwar wälts lāñcsaśśäl puk wartsya

a1+	WIth the name of the wheel... the elephant of a horse (?)...
a2	... with the liberation-wish...
a2+	... Maitreya...
a3+	... bliss is not eternal, nor (kingship?)...
a4	... burns... together with the Sumeru-mountains...
a5+	... we obtained lord-power earlier...
a6	... there is to be no confusion by (power)...
a6+	Having heard that...
a7+	... connects the beings with virtue...
a8+	... the desire to honor...
b1+	... possessions...
b2+	The Bodhisattva... of sacrifice...
b3+	... like the moon surrounded (by the stars), ... the glorious beings...
b4+	... the teacher of... in the dawn of the day of the Udaya mountain...
b5+	... turning fruitful the... the gods...
b6+	In the middle of the sacrificial hall (?)... high...
b7+	... and 8(4) 000 wandering monks, students...
b8	... together with (8)4 000 kings, the whole assembly...

*	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).
*	Fragment of a manuscript which includes A 251 - A 294 (cf. Geng et al. 2004a: 64-5).