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A 363

Known as:	A 363; THT 997
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 363". 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-a363 (accessed 13 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 94.20
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TA
Script:	cursive
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	roll-α
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Scroll
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a1	/// śśi ā mpa rṣi wä rtaṃ ///
a2	/// ¯cä \| dha rmaṃ de śa ya ///
a3	/// klo¯ ¯p klo ·i ///
a4	/// \| ā ryaṃ cā ṣṭā ṅgi kaṃ mā rgaṃ \| klyo mi [n]· ///
a5	rvā ṇa gā mi na¯ ¯m^• \| sne ñā se yu mi nāṃ ksa lu ne ya¯ ¯c ///
a6	stā bha ga v[ā]ṃ – – – ·ā ñi nu ka ṣṣi ño mka lywā¯ ¯ts \| ///
a7	tā \| ca mi [ñ]· – – – – wa [ñ]i yu miṃ \| ta sya ///

Transcription

a1	/// śśi āmparṣi wärtaṃ ///
a2	/// c । dharmaṃ deśaya ///
a3	/// klop klo·i ///
a4	/// । āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ । klyomin· ///
a5	rvāṇagāminam । sne ñāseyumināṃ ksaluneyac ///
a6	stā bhagavāṃ – – – ·āñi nu käṣṣi ñom-kälywāts । ///
a7	tā । cami ñ· – – – – wañiyumiṃ । tasya ///

Translation

a1	... in the mango forest

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 997; TITUS: THT 997

Miscellaneous

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 202-203; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 202, p. 203

Translations

Carling 2000: a5 (248)