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A 358

Known as:	A 358; THT 992
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "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 08 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Šorčuq
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 78.5
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	M25
Object
Manuscript:	A 357-358
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Images

Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.

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 :

Transcription

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 ; lkeñci tuṅko ; pūk yärśār :
1c	pā«†ṃ»cyā(ṣ) (kä)a3lytär-ci ; vajrapā·i – ; (śā)lyās pracar ; ānant ṣāmaṃ ; wsokoneyo ; lkeñcy akmlac :
1d	ga – – a4ñi lāś ; śla a·s·rä – – ; – – – – ; – – li·o ; puk kälymentwāṣ ; yä«r»k ypeñci : 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 :

Translation

a1	... the Asura kings like princely servants carry you, the lotus of Buddha rank, in your lotus ...

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 992; TITUS: THT 992

Miscellaneous

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 199; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 199

Translations

Carling 2000: a1 (177); Thomas 1997: a1 a2 (113)

Bibliography

Carling 2000

Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.

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.

Thomas 1997

Thomas, Werner. 1997. Interpretationsprobleme im Tocharischen. Unflektiertes A puk, B po “ganz, all, jeder”. Vol. 3. SbWGF. Stuttgart: Steiner.

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.”