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A 338

Known as:	A 338; THT 972
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 338". 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-a338 (accessed 15 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 69.24
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 332-339
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	9

Transliteration

a1	/// ··ṣ·¯ ¯cä ā la mwä¯ ¯cä : 1 || u dde śa ///
a2	/// pu tti śpa rṣṣāṃ wle¯ ¯s wle ssi kri tā ///
a3	/// [a] bhi dha rma ṣṣa ci ma rka mpa la ntu ā kla ssi ka ///
a4	/// ṣlyu tā rśkaṃ ā kla ṣlye śśi knā nmu ne ya¯ ¯cä ā ///
a5	/// ñi ā kla ṣlye knā nmā na¯ ¯s̝ wä tkā ltse ti ks̝[n]a ///
a6	/// cä mpa¯ ¯s̝ ko sne knā nmā na ṣ·ā ///
a7	/// twä ssi : knā nmā na s̝ka rse¯ ¯ñcä ///
a8	/// pu tti śpa rṣiṃ wle¯ ¯s mska ta rñi ///
a9	/// ṣyā¯ ¯p we ñlu ne sne ā la k··ṃ ///
b1	/// lmā ñaṃ ṣi prā ti mo ka¯ ¯s̝ [ṣ]s[ū] ///
b2	/// pa ti ā kṣi ññu¯ ¯nt kri ypa māṃ ///
b3	/// ṣṣi nä ṣśra lu ne ṣiṃ klo pyo o ///
b4	/// ma : kuca cnu ta mtā pa¯ ¯rk ko naṃ tri ///
b5	/// lpnā mtra : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝ ptā ñka tka ṣṣī na wa ka ś[ś]i ///
b6	/// [kaṃ] pu te re • ṣā maṃ mā ño mā ke nä lmā pe nu [k]· ///
b7	/// [śi] ya¯ ¯l ma rka mpa lṣiṃ tu ṅkyo ā ri ñciṃ se ///
b8	/// yo • spa ltkaṃ ri twā ṣlu ne yo plya ///
b9	/// te rā śśi yä¯ ¯rk śkā yā me[¯] [¯ñcä] ///

Transcription

a1	/// ··ṣ·c ālam wäc : 1 ॥ uddeśa ///
a2	/// puttiśparṣṣāṃ wles wlessi kri tā ///
a3	/// abhidharmaṣṣ aci märkampaläntu āklässi kä ///
a4	/// ṣ lyutār śkaṃ ākläṣlyeśśi knānmuneyac ā ///
a5	/// ñi ākläṣlye knānmānäṣ wätkāltse tikṣnä ///
a6	/// cämpäṣ kos ne knānmānäṣ ·ā ///
a7	/// twässi : knānmānäṣ kärseñc ///
a8	/// puttiśparṣiṃ wles mskatär-ñi ///
a9	/// ṣyāp weñlune sne ālak··ṃ ///
b1	/// l māñaṃṣi prātimokäṣ ṣ sū ///
b2	/// pati ākṣiññunt kri ypamāṃ ///
b3	/// ṣṣinäṣ śraluneṣiṃ klopyo o ///
b4	/// m{†ä} : kucac nu täm tāpärk konaṃ tri ///
b5	/// (kä)lpnāmträ : 1 ॥ tmäṣ ptāñkät käṣṣī nawakäśśi ///
b6	/// käṃ pu tere • ṣāmaṃ mā ñomā kenäl mā penu k· ///
b7	/// śi yal märkampalṣiṃ tuṅkyo āriñciṃ se ///
b8	/// yo • spaltkaṃ ritwāṣluneyo plya ///
b9	/// terāśśi yärk śkā yāmeñc ///

Translation

a3	... to teach the doctrines ...
a4	... for the wisdom of the disciples ...
b6	... he is not be called "monk" ...
b7	... the son of his heart

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.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 972; TITUS: THT 972

Miscellaneous

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 185; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 185

Translations

Carling 2000: b4 (299); Thomas 1952: b6 (17)