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A 388

Known as:	A 388; THT 1022
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 388". 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-a388 (accessed 14 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Bezeklik
Expedition code:	T III M 142.1
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Title of the work:	Bilingual
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 387-390
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// • pra tyu ktā ni • pka¯ ¯nt pka¯ ¯nt sva bhā wä ntu we wñu ///
a2	/// ·i dhaṃ • a ra mpā¯ ¯t • wä¯ ¯s̝t wä k[n]· ///
a3	/// k[a] saṃ sa sa kyā pa vi ṣe¯ ¯yä ///
a4	/// ā la mpaṃ ya si • mā ā lko¯ ¯nt i ndri ///
b1	/// lpa nāṃ tsu sa¯ ¯m a kmā nāṃ tsu • a rka tsaṃ pa ///
b2	/// ta ntu lka si cä mpa mi nā[¯] [¯ñä] ///
b3	/// [ā] ne ñci lkā¯ ¯s̝ ke ne tsru tā ///
b4	/// ¯p we ñlu ne yā śro tra • klo śnā ṣiṃ i ndri yi¯ – ///

Transcription

a1	/// • pratyuktāni • pkänt pkänt svabhāwäntu wewñu ///
a2	/// ·idhaṃ • arämpāt • wäṣt wäkn· ///
a3	/// kasaṃ sasäkyāpä viṣey ///
a4	/// ālampaṃ yasi • mā ālkont indri(ñ) ///
b1	/// (ka)lp{†ä} nāṃtsu säm ak mā nāṃtsu • arkätsäṃ pä ///
b2	/// täntu lkasi cämpamināñ ///
b3	/// āneñci lkāṣ ke ne tsru tā ///
b4	/// p weñluneyā śrotra • klośnāṣiṃ indriyi(s) ///

Translation

b1	it is (not) the ... [and] it is not the eye. From the burning sight ...
b2	then they are able to see

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).

References

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: THT 1022; TITUS: THT 1022

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 215; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 215