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A 389

Known as:	A 389; THT 1023
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 389". 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-a389 (accessed 19 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Bezeklik
Expedition code:	T III M 146.10
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	/// rñe kro pi¯ ¯s kño¯ ¯m • ku pre
a2	/// ·th· – p· pṣu ne wka tkā lu ne kle
a3	/// ma¯ ¯rśä pla¯ ¯k nāṃ tsu || ta tra pa ñcā
a4	/// [dhā] tu ṣi e ṅka¯ ¯l • pra tha ma • saṃ
b1	/// rth· • u pā dāṃ ṣi a¯ ¯rthä nāṃ tsu • ka
b2	/// t[i] • maṃ tne e tu ṣu rma¯ ¯s̝ po¯ ¯r twa
b3	/// w· nyo • u pa «nā» ha «†ta» nā rtho vā
b4	/// ā ñcä¯ ¯m wä ntā lu ne

Transcription

a1	/// rñe kropis{ä}k ñom • kupre
a2	/// ·th· (•) p(ā)pṣune wkätkālune kle°
a3	/// marś pläk nāṃtsu ॥ tatra pañcā
a4	/// dhātuṣi eṅkäl • prathama • saṃ
b1	/// rth· • upādāṃṣi arth nāṃtsu • ka
b2	/// ti • mäṃt ne etu ṣurmaṣ por twa
b3	/// w·nyo • upanāhanārtho vā
b4	/// āñcäm wäntālune

Translation

b1	... being an object pertaining to the clinging ...
b2	... how because of which cause (?) he lit (?) the fire
b4	/// the enveloping [of] oneself

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

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: THT 1023; TITUS: THT 1023

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 216; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 216