A 277

Known as:	A 277; THT 910
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 277". 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-a277 (accessed 10 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 64.01
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:	43434 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	M-β
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	/// kā pñu ///
a2	/// sn· ñā tse [p]a(·) ka – – ·ra – – – – nā ñwra – [p]· nu –
a3	/// [¯]r[m] \|\| ā lu ṣñi kā mlu ne y· – – ce¯ ¯m lyu tā [rme]
a4	/// pa ltsa¯ ¯k mā kā ta ṅkā s̝ta mne¯ ¯k tā mpra ṣtaṃ ce smi
a5	/// slu ne yä ṣprā ka rpra ska ta¯ ¯r ta mne kce mtā mpra ṣtaṃ ā
a6	/// [mp]ā sa ntra • wi re yā¯ ¯p ñä kci yā¯ ¯s kule wā spa lkā
a7	/// ka mā kā ta – – s̝a ku cpra ks̝a lna peṃ saṃ • mā ce –
a8	/// la pa śä – – – ñcä mṣi klo pā ṣli [s]·o – –
b1	/// \|\| sn· tā – – – pa ltsa kyo kā [rm]· ka· ś· – –
b2	/// ska ta rm • – – pa¯ ¯ts tu ṅkyo plā ryā sa rki [ñc]o ā
b3	/// lu o lru nyā kā ckya rsa ntra : ska ma¯ ¯t ā lu [sa]
b4	/// [l]· mwca śśä¯ ¯l plā nti¯ ¯ñcä ka śa¯ ¯l : ta nne ce smi ska¯ ¯m ā
b5	/// ska ma tkā rme ra ke tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä \|\| wso mi nāṃ ā rs̝la ṣṣo [ki]
b6	/// [a] rs̝a ntāṃ tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä nmi tsa rki [ñ]·o ·e [s]m· tsa rwe ñlu –
b7	/// tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä mā [p]e – – [ma] ·ā – – ¯ñcä ku ·o ·e [a] –
b8	/// ¯ñcä – – – – – – – – yo [wi] – – – – –

a1	/// kāpñu ///
a2	/// sn(e-)ñātse pä·kä – – ·rä – – – – nāñ wra – p· nu –
a3	/// rm ॥ ālu ṣñi kāmluney· – – cem lyutār me
a4	/// pältsäk mā kātäṅkāṣ tämne-k tām praṣtaṃ cesmi
a5	/// sluneyäṣ prākär praskatär tämne-k cem tām praṣtaṃ ā
a6	/// m pāsanträ • wire yāp ñäkciyās k_ulewās pälkā
a7	///n1 k{†ä} mā kātä(ṅkā)ṣ{†ä} kuc prakṣäl napeṃsaṃ • mā ce –
a8	/// lapaśä – – – ñcämṣi klopāṣlis (m)o(saṃ)
b1	/// ॥ sn(e) tā – – – pältsäkyo kārm· ka·ś· – –
b2	/// skatärm • – – pats tuṅkyo plāryā särkiñco ā
b3

*	/// skamat kārme rake träṅkiñc ॥ wsomināṃ ārṣläṣṣ oki
b6	/// arṣäntāṃ träṅkiñc nmit särkiñ(c)o (c)esm(i) tsär weñlu –
b7	/// träṅkiñc mā pe – – mä·ā – – ñc ku·o·e a –
b8	/// ñc – – – – – – – – yo wi – – – – –

a2	... without danger...
a2+	... by his own bringing... of someone else... they... beyond measure...
a4	Thought does not arise.
a4+	In this way at that time, their...
a5	... firmly fears being...
a5+	In this way, at that time they...
a6	... guard...
a6+	the young ones saw the divine women submitted
a7	... does not arise (among gods), let alone among men.
a7+	... not this... head... for the sake of making suffer (?)...
b1+	... without... with the mind... truth...
b2+	... the husband with love and reverence... finally...
b3	by solidarity with others do they evoke joy ...
b3+	... always... of another...
b4	... if they rejoiced with each other, their... would always...
b5	... they always tell the truth.
b5+	... like from a poisonous snake...
b6	... they say... evoking... sign...
b6+	Finally, their harsh... said...
b7	They say:
b7+	Not...

*	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).

*	YQ N.5; A 262

*	With A 262 corresponds to YQ N.5 (cf. Ji et al. 1998: 210-211 and Pinault 1999: 205).
n1	Cf. Carling and Pinault 2023 s.v. yāp.