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A 396.a
| Known as: | A 396.a; THT 1030a; Bleistiftnummer 3102 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation). "A 396.a". 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-a396a (accessed 13 Sep. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation) |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Sengim |
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| Expedition code: | T II S 50 |
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| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TA |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Priyadatta |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | A 395-396 |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 4.7 × 2.5 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 3 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ā paṃ wā /// |
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| a2 | /// – ṣṣi śā [k]· /// |
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| a3 | /// p·ā [ñ]· /// |
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| b1 | /// [s]t· – /// |
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| b2 | /// lpnā tra [||] /// |
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| b3 | /// [pnā]¯ ¯l || pra /// |
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Transcription
Translation
| a1 | ... in the river ... |
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| a2 | ... the teacher (?)... |
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| a3 | ... the Buddha-lord ... |
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| b1 | ... |
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| b2 | ... obtains ... |
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| b3 | ... |
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Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | A tentative restoration might be (kä)ṣṣi , maybe followed by śāk(yamuni) or by śāk(ke) , or a derivative of the latter. |
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| n2 | Another possible reading might be (käl)pnāl . |
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Remarks
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1030a
Bibliography
IDP
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg and Siegling 1921
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
