A 370
| Known as: | A 370; THT 1004; SHT 396; Lüders no. S 291 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 370". 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-a370 (accessed 18 Apr. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 78.4 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | Skt.; TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Invitation to and praise of donation to the monastery |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Donation |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 7 × 41.5 cm |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| b4 | pa klyo ssū pi ssa ṅkṣi ñe mi ña kta [s]nai vā si kā śśi dha rma tāṃ ā yi¯ ¯s̝ • ku sne ña kta¯ ¯ñä nai vā si kā¯ ¯ñä tri ñe mi ntu pā s·i wra po¯ ¯s̝ • bra mñä¯ ¯t wlā ññä¯ ¯t śtwa· ś· – – |
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| b5 | [k]ci ñi lā¯ ¯ś vi ṣṇu ma hi śva¯ ¯r ska ndha kumā re nä ṣṣa ci • vi ki o ka tpi tā śśi nā¯ ¯ñä ya k[ṣ]ā¯ ¯ñä ku mpā ntā¯ ¯ñä kī nta re ñka ndha ru vī¯ ¯ñä tkaṃ ṣi ñi e ppre ṣi ñi ku spa t[nu] ña kta¯ ¯ñä – – – |
Transcription
| b4 | n1 päklyossū pissaṅkṣi ñemi ñaktas naivāsikāśśi dharmatāṃ āyiṣ • kus ne ñaktañ naivāsikāñ tri ñemintu pās(s)i wräpoṣ • bramñät wlāññät śtwa(r) ś· – – |
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| b5 | kciñi lāś viṣṇu mahiśvar skandhakumārenäṣṣ aci • viki-okät-pi tāśśi nāñ yakṣāñ kumpāntāñ kīntareñ kandharuvīñ tkaṃṣiñi eppreṣiñi kus pat nu ñaktañ – – – |
Translation
| b4 | ...Which gods [and] Naivāsikas, [who have] consented to guard the three jewels ... |
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| b5 | ... which are the terrestrial or the heavenly gods |
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 | supplementation and translation of a4 kus ne ... wräpoṣ: Schmidt 1986: 122. |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 1004; TITUS: THT 1004
Edition
Lüders 1930: 31; Lüders 1940: 619; Sieg and Siegling 1921: 205; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 205
Translations
Knoll 1996: a5 (107, 111); Schmidt 1974: a4 (237f); Schmidt 1986: a4 (122)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Knoll, Gabriele. 1996. “Die Verwendungsweisen der Adjektive im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Frankfurt am Main.
Lüders, Heinrich. 1930. Weitere Beiträge zur Geschichte und Geographie von Ostturkestan. Vol. 1930/1. Sitzungsberichte der Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Berlin: Verlag der Akadamie der Wissenschaften.
Lüders, Heinrich. 1940. Philologica Indica. Ausgewählte kleine Schriften. Festgabe zum 70. Geburtstag am 25. Juni 1939 dargebracht von Kollegen, Freunden und Schülern. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1986. “Fragmente eines buddhistischen Ordinationsrituals in westtocharischer Sprache. Aus der Schule der Sarvāstivādins. Text, Übersetzung, Anmerkungen und Indizes.” Habilitation.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Personal annotated copy of Wilhelm Siegling. Scanned by Douglas Q. Adams with the technical assistance of Michael Tarabulski and Kevin Dobbins. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
