A 396.b

Known as:	A 396.b; THT 1030b; Bleistiftnummer 3102
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni. "A 396.b". 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-a396b (accessed 05 May 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni
Provenience
Main find spot:	Sengim
Expedition code:	T II S 52
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Priyadatta
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	A 395-396
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	5.0 × 4.2 cm
Number of lines:	3

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Transliteration

a1	/// k· ///
a2	/// p[l]· te mā k – ///
a3	/// – ·kt· mra k· mpa l·a ///
b1	/// – s·e te¯ ¯s̝ [g]a ///
b2	/// [t]· wa saṃ ka ///

Transcription

a1	/// k· ///
a2	n1 /// pl· te mā k – ///
a3	/// (ptāñ)kt(e) mräk(a)mpal ·ä ///
b1	/// – s·e teṣ ga ///
b2	/// t· wasäṃ kä ///

Translation

a1	...
a2	... not ...
a3	... the Buddha-lord ... the Law ...
b1	...
b2	... our ...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	Considering the last akṣara of line a2, one might be tempted to read mā kä instead of mā k

Remarks

	In one frame with A 396, A 396.a and A 396.c. This fragment was not edited in Sieg and Siegling 1921; the word mrakampal was cited in the introduction to the manuscript on p. 219, but the same word occurs also in A 396.c. Possibly the lower margin of the recto (upper of the verso) is preserved. If so, the fact that this margin is larger on the side that is now the verso, could be an indication that that was in fact the recto.

In one frame with A 396, A 396.a and A 396.c. This fragment was not edited in Sieg and Siegling 1921; the word mrakampal was cited in the introduction to the manuscript on p. 219, but the same word occurs also in A 396.c. Possibly the lower margin of the recto (upper of the verso) is preserved. If so, the fact that this margin is larger on the side that is now the verso, could be an indication that that was in fact the recto.