A 358

Known as:	A 358; THT 992
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 358". 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-a358 (accessed 17 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 78.5
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	554443 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 357-358
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	si ddh[a] ki śi¯ ¯k [ba] [h]ū – ··ā kaṃ \|\| rā hū swa rbha ṇū a su re ñi la¯ ¯ñśä kau ma ryo ki pra ntä rcyo plaṃ pū tti śpa rṣiṃ o ppa lcu : nā
a2	ge ñi lāṃ śnu we nyo o ki – so¯ ¯s̝ ṣkā rā ṣñi ke¯ ¯k sne ptsa¯ ¯k lke ñci tu ṅko pū kyä rśā¯ ¯r : pā[ṃ] cyā –
a3	lyta rci va jra pā ·i – – lyā spra ca¯ ¯r ā na ntṣā maṃ wso ko ne yo lke ñcya kmla¯ ¯c : [g]a – –
a4	ñi lā¯ ¯śä śla a· s· ra – – – – – – – – [li] ·[o] [pu] kka lyme ntwā¯ ¯s̝ yä¯ ¯k ype ñci : 1 \|\|
b1	sa¯ ¯s sā ta¯ ¯k u tā – ··a m· : – – – – – – – – : – ·r· m· kā sā ta¯ ¯k mā sa si ku¯ ¯s̝ la mñä : – [p]· śñä –
b2	sa¯ ¯s vi ri śchā ·ā (–) m· ·ś· – ·kr· ṣi tra ka¯ ¯l :

a1	siddha kiśik bahū(dant)ākaṃ ॥

1a	rāhū swarbhaṇū ; asureñi lañś ; kaumary oki ; prantär-cy oplaṃ ; pūttiśparṣiṃ ; oppal cu :
1b	nāa2geñi lāṃś nu ; {kaṃ}wenyo oki ; – soṣ ṣkārā ; ṣñikek sne ptsäk ; lkeñ-ci tuṅko ; pūk yärśār :
1c	pā{†ṃ}cyā(ṣ) (kä)a3lytär-ci ; vajrapā·i – ; (śā)lyās pracar ; ānant ṣāmaṃ ; wsokoneyo ; lkeñcy akmlac :
1d	ga – – a4 ñi lāś ; śla a·s·rä – – ; – – – – ; – – li·o ; puk kälymentwāṣ ; yä{r}k ypeñ-ci : 1

*	॥
b1	säs sātäk utā – ··am· : – – – – – – – – : – ·r·m·kā sātäk mā sasikuṣ lamñä : – p·ś ñä –
b2	säs viriśchā·ā – m··ś· – ·kr·ṣi träkäl :

a1	In the Siddha-Kiśik-Bahudantaka-tune (?):
a1	The Asura kings like princely servants carry you, the lotus of Buddha rank, in your lotus.
a1+	The Nāga kings, like with knees... backwards, even without blinking, look with love all around.
a2+	On the right of you, there stands Vajrapāṇi;
a3	on the left, (your) father (and) Ānanda the monk look at your face.
a3+	The... kings... honor you from all directions.
a4+	... not overflowing... is to be said...

*	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.
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