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A 399

Known as:	A 399; THT 1033; THT 1033a; THT 1033b
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 399". 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-a399 (accessed 01 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Siŋgim
Expedition code:	T II S 19.5
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 399-404
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a1	/// ·ma pra bhe bo dhi sa tt· – ·k· tā ñcāṃ pa ///
a2	/// ne lkā¯ ¯s̝ tā¯ ¯m kule kā ru ṇyo lā ta ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ pa śśäṃ • pa ltsa ṅkā si mā ski ///
a3	/// me tra¯ ¯k tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ tā pra tā m[pa] lkā raṃ ne po kāṃ – śnä¯ ¯s̝ tso ptsāṃ ///
a4	/// s̝s̝aṃ klyo mi ne pa śnä[¯] [¯s̝] – [św]ā¯ ¯s̝ || jva la pra bhe bo dhi sa ttu tra ṅka ///
a5	/// || me tra¯ ¯k tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ta nne mo kka¯ ¯ts te mi ma śki ·e tā mkule yaṃ ka ryā lo tklu ne ///
a6	/// wso ko ne ṣiṃ wä rks̝a lyo śkā śi nā ssi cä mpa¯ ¯s̝ tā pa rnu mā – lyi ku[ya] ///
a7	/// pu¯ ¯k lyka[¯] [¯lyä] ā ne ñci • pa lkā rte [m]i ///
b1	/// [¯m] ska¯ ¯m eṃ ts· – • wā kma¯ ¯ts ka ryā l· ·ku ///
b2	/// nā ssi : 1 || ma ṇi jvā le bo dhi sa ttu tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ klyo¯ ¯m me tra – mā o[¯] [¯k] ///
b3	/// śkā¯ ¯k [ś]k·¯ ¯k śwā¯ ¯l wrā ta ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ || me tra ktra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ṣo kyo prā ka¯ ¯r sā mma śki¯ ¯t ///
b4	/// nä¯ ¯k pu tti śpa rṣi ā [k]· – – lska kupā¯ ¯r a ne yi s̝aṃ || tma ṣsā¯ ¯m pa t[m]· ///
b5	/// pā ka rla ma raṃ • lā laṃ ṣkā[ṃ] sne na tyāṃ wa kyo tā – kule ya¯ ¯cä tra ///
b6	/// ñi || tma¯ ¯s̝ pa dmā va ti ma śki¯ ¯t : śla ā ñcā lyi tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ || pra śā nta ///
b7	/// mṣu rma¯ ¯s̝ : kā rme ma rka – [¯l] ka rsā lune ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·maprabhe bodhisatt(u) (mäś)k(i)tāñcāṃ pä ///
a2	/// ne lkāṣ tām kule kāruṇyo lātäṅkāṣ päśśäṃ • pältsäṅkāsi māski ///
a3	/// metrak träṅkäṣ tāprä tām pälkāräṃ ne pokāṃ (pä)śnäṣ tsoptsāṃ ///
a4	/// ṣṣäṃ klyomine päśnäṣ – śwāṣ ॥ jvalaprabhe bodhisattu träṅkä(ṣ) ///
a5	/// ॥ metrak träṅkäṣ tanne mokk ats temi mäśki·e tām kuleyaṃ käryā lotklune ///
a6	/// wsokoneṣiṃ wärkṣälyo śkā śināssi cämpäṣ tāpär nu mā – lyi kuya ///
a7	/// puk lykäly āneñci • pälkār temi ///
b1	/// m skam eṃts· – • wākmats käryā l··ku ///
b2	/// nāssi : 1 ॥ maṇijvāle bodhisattu träṅkäṣ klyom metra(k) mā ok ///
b3	/// śkāk śk(ā)k śwāl wrātäṅkāṣ ॥ metrak träṅkäṣ ṣokyo prākär sām mäśkit ///
b4	/// näk puttiśparṣi āk· – – lska kupār ane yiṣ-äṃ ॥ tmäṣ sām patm· ///
b5	/// pākär lamaräṃ • lālaṃṣkāṃ sne natyāṃ wakyo tā(m) kuleyac trä ///
b6	/// ñi ॥ tmäṣ padmāvati mäśkit : śla āñcālyi träṅkäṣ ॥ praśānta(hāraṃ) ///
b7	/// m ṣurmaṣ : kārme märka(mpa)l kärsālune ///

Translation

b7	... knowledge of the true Law

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

Online access

IDP: THT 1033a, THT 1033b; TITUS: THT 1033

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 222-223; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 222, p. 223

Translations

Carling 2000: a9 (247); Hackstein 1995: a6 (79); Knoll 1996: a2 (48), b4 (63, 142, 149), b5 (109); Krause 1952: a6 (121); Peyrot 2013a: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 (175-177); Thomas 1997: a7 (113)

Bibliography

Carling 2000

Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Hackstein 1995

Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Knoll 1996

Knoll, Gabriele. 1996. “Die Verwendungsweisen der Adjektive im Tocharischen.” PhD thesis, Universität Frankfurt am Main.

Krause 1952

Krause, Wolfgang. 1952. Westtocharische Grammatik, Band I. Das Verbum. Heidelberg: Winter.

Peyrot 2013a

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013a. “Die tocharische Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā.” In Die Erforschung des Tocharischen und die alttürkische Maitrisimit, edited by Yukiyo Kasai, Abdurishid Yakup, and Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, 17:161–82. Silk Road Studies. Turnhout: Brepols.

Sieg and Siegling 1921a

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921a. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.

Thomas 1997

Thomas, Werner. 1997. Interpretationsprobleme im Tocharischen. Unflektiertes A puk, B po “ganz, all, jeder”. Vol. 3. SbWGF. Stuttgart: Steiner.

TITUS

Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”