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A 317

Known as:	A 317; THT 951
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 317". 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-a317 (accessed 08 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 69.19
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Title of the work:	Sonnenaufgangswunder
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 312-331
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	|| n[i] ṣṣa¯ ¯l yśa lma ñma rka mpa¯ ¯l ke ne ta¯ ¯m lā¯ ¯nt pu¯ ¯k [s]· ///
a2	wä ltā¯ ¯s̝ yśa lma spa¯ ¯t mä nwā sa rki wä rpnā tsi mā ka lpā ///
a3	lto saṃ tri yā tlu ne yntu yo pu kyo ka knu ṣe¯ ¯s̝ ///
a4	dha re śśi pko lye pe rā¯ ¯k ylā¯ ¯r pā ca rro ki tā¯ ¯k • pu[¯] [¯k] ///
a5	mā kaṃ saṃ ntra wra sa śśi : ta myo ka rsnā¯ ¯l lya lypu ri¯ ¯s ā ///
a6	lca¯ ¯m mā o¯ ¯k cä mṣṣā kna ssi ṣñi : || tma s̝sa¯ ¯m ji mu ta [k]e ///
a7	ype ṣi na¯ ¯s śkaṃ ā mā śā śśi [•] [ype] pā ṣlu ne ṣi nā sti ri ntu wa tku ra¯ ¯s̝ ///
a8	s̝pa ltsa ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ ṣo kyo – – – – tso pa tska rpa raṃ sa¯ ¯m nṣa csā s[pa] r·· ///
b1	cna mse¯ ¯ñcä pa rsko¯ ¯s̝ – – – – ·ñ· mrā¯ ¯cä śpā lyo kā tkmāṃ nā ntsu s̝·ä ///
b2	ke ne ta¯ ¯m lā¯ ¯nt se mā tā¯ – – ntu ne ṣiṃ sa¯ ¯rk ka rṣnā¯ ¯nt sa mta mtra ṅk·· ///
b3	la ntwā śśi mrā caṃ ka lymā¯ ¯r || tma ṣku mnä ṣwi dyā dha ra ki rti pu ro hi¯ ¯t pa [lsk]· ///
b4	tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ • pa lkā rpa lkā rse lā ntu ne ṣi wlā ñka kca¯ ¯s̝ ko ·e ///
b5	mu so sa¯ ¯s ṣo mnu ā ñcdho pe snā lā : mu lyu ntā to śā ///
b6	swa cku cca śśi wra mpa ltsa ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ ā ri ñcā : 1 klo śnaṃ ta rksa ṣswā ñce [n]·o ///
b7	wmā ri nu luka śnu¯ ¯nt lkā ntraṃ śre ñño ki : ta myo pa lke¯ ¯ts a kma lnaṃ ///
b8	lye¯ ¯k vi dyā dha re¯ ¯ñä lā¯ ¯śä ca ṣlā ntu ne ṣīṃ ma ññä kta¯ ¯cä śre ñ[ño] ///

Transcription

a1	॥ niṣ{ṣ→p}al yśalmañ märkampal ke ne täm lānt puk s· ///
a2	wäl tāṣ yśalmas pat mänwā särki wärpnātsi mā kälpā(t) ///
a3	l tosäṃ tri yātluneyntuyo pukyo kaknu ṣeṣ /// (vidyā)¬
a4	¬dhareśśi pkolye perāk ylār pācarr oki tāk • puk ///
a5	mā käṃsaṃnträ wrasaśśi : tämyo kärsnāl lyalypuris ā ///
a6	l cam mā ok cäm{ṣ→p}ṣā knässi ṣñi : ॥ tmäṣ säm jimutake ///
a7	ypeṣinäs śkaṃ āmāśāśśi • ype pāṣluneṣinās tirintu watkuräṣ ///
a8	ṣ pältsäṅkāṣ ṣokyo – – – – tsopats kär-paräṃ säm nṣac sāspär·· ///
b1	c nämseñc pärskoṣ – – – – ·ñ· mrāc śpālyo kātkmāṃ nāntsuṣ ·ä ///
b2	ke ne täm lānt se mā tā – (lā)ntuneṣiṃ sark kärṣnānt säm täm träṅk·· ///
b3	läntwāśśi mrācaṃ kälymār ॥ tmäṣ kumnäṣ widyādharakirti purohit pälsk· ///
b4	träṅkäṣ • pälkār pälkār se lāntuneṣi wlāñkäkn1 caṣ ko·e ///

1x	4σ b5 ; muso säs ; ṣom nu āñc dho ; pe snālā :
1x	mulyuntā to ; śā /// 9σ
1d	3σ b6 swac ; kucc aśśi ; wram pältsäṅkāṣ ; āriñcā : 1
2a	klośnaṃ tarksäṣ ; swāñcen(y)o ; /// 7σ
2x	4σ b7 ; wmāri nu ; lukäśnunt lkāntr-äṃ ; śreññ oki :
2x	tämyo pälkets ; akmal n-äṃ ; /// 7σ

b8	lyek vidyādhareñ lāś caṣ lāntuneṣīṃ mañ ñäktac śreññ o ///

Translation

a1	Who has possession, desires, law,n2 the king... all...
a1+	The king did not manage to enjoy this or desires (?) as he pleased.
a3	He was endowed with with all the three capabilities...
a3+	... he was like the prodigal, faithful, decrepit father of the Vidyādharas.
a4+	... all... they do not fulfill for the beings.
a5	Thus, the... of the deed is to be known.
a5+	... he was not able to fulfill the... of his own...
a6	Then, Jīmūtake...
a6+	... having ordered the manners of protecting the country together with local ministers...
a7+	... he thinks:
a8	The very... big, having turned dignity towards me...
a8+	... they gow in fear... with the crown of their head... having become glad...
b1+	... who has... he... prince... knowing the royal succession, he says this:
b2+	"I stand on top of..."
b3	Then comes the Purohita Vidyādharakīrti... thought...
b3+	(He) says:
b4	Look! Look!
b4	This Indra of a crown prince...
b4+	... he, having risen, having put down a single foot on purpose, having put... on his thigh...
b5+	... what thing does he think of in his heart for the (good?)...
b6	From the ear rings... with a ray...
b6+	... his shining jewels seem like stars.
b7	Thus, his face is shining.
b7+	(Other) Vidyādhara-kings (seem like) stars compared to this royal moon.

Other

b7	Juwelen aber werden an ihm gesehen, die wie Sterne leuchten. (Schmidt 1974: 232)

Commentary

Remarks

*	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).

Philological commentary

n1	wlāñkäk is likely a mistake for wlāñkät.
n2	This is the traditional trivarga: dharma, artha and kāma.

References

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: THT 951; TITUS: THT 951

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 173; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 173

Translations

Carling 2000: b3 (125), b6 (202, 211), b7 b8 (231); Hackstein 1995: b1 (68); Schmidt 1974: b7 (232); Thomas 1954: a2 (716); Thomas 1957: a3 (301); Thomas 1968: b8 (208)