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A 306

Known as:	A 306; THT 939
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Hannes A. Fellner. "A 306". 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-a306 (accessed 10 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Hannes A. Fellner
Provenience
Main find spot:	Šorčuq
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 91.13
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Title of the work:	Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	M-δ
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Images

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Transliteration

a1	/// nāṃ swā ñce nyo kā ru ///
a2	/// [kaṃ] ṣa¯ ¯nt suka ṣi nā¯ ¯s ā ///
a3	/// dha rmaṃ ptā ñkte [w]e ///
a4	/// ska ma¯ ¯t śä k·· ///
a5	/// śo ṣṣi¯ ¯s s[uka] cku sne [p]ñi ///
a6	/// ·[ā¯] [¯l] [p]u [tti] śpa rṣi : ca m[w]i ///

Transcription

a1	/// (maiträṣi)nāṃ swāñcenyo kāru(ṃ) ///
a2	/// käṃṣant sukaṣinās ā(kāläntu) ///
a3	/// (abi)dharmaṃ ptāñkte we(wñunt) ///
a4	/// skamat śäk·· ///
a5	/// śoṣṣis sukac kus ne pñi ///
a6	/// ·āl puttiśparṣi : cam wi ///

Commentary

Remarks

	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.
	Fragment of a manuscript which includes A 306, A 307, A 308, A 309 and A 310.

Parallel texts

	A 251, A 252

References

Online access

IDP: THT 939; TITUS: THT 939

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 164; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 164

Bibliography

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Sieg and Siegling 1921a

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921a. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.

TITUS

Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”