A 401
| Known as: | A 401; THT 1035 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling; Angelo Mascheroni (translation). "A 401". 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-a401 (accessed 23 Jul. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling; Angelo Mascheroni (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Sengim |
| Expedition code: | T II S 19.07 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 399-404 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ka¯ ¯r kā tkm·ṃ nāṃ tsu ñ· /// |
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| a2 | /// [ya] [k]s̝a¯ ¯s̝ tṣaṃ ā kṣi tñi kā ru ṇi /// |
| a3 | /// tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ pa klyo s̝ma lka rteṃ pu[¯] [¯k] /// |
| a4 | /// ca¯ ¯r ga rda bha ke ya ka /// |
| a5 | /// kta sna peṃ śśi· ·i /// |
| a6 | /// ā kka¯ ¯ts • ysi sa /// |
| a7 | /// a śä nyo pa [l]· /// |
| b1 | /// tpu kñā¯ ¯nt • ṣo /// |
| b2 | /// ñka¯ ¯t ā ṭa vi kṣi /// |
| b3 | /// mā¯ ¯r ku pre ñ· /// |
| b4 | /// ·k· wi kā¯ ¯m || tma¯ ¯s̝ /// |
| b5 | /// ṣt· tsa lpa¯ ¯s̝ tma śśä¯ ¯l tā skmāṃ /// |
| b6 | /// ¯cä tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä || ka ru ṇa pra lā /// |
| b7 | /// ṣo kyo prā ka r·ā pñe yo /// |
Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// kär kātkm(ā)ṃ nāṃtsu ñ· /// |
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| a2 | n2 /// yakṣäṣ tṣaṃ ākṣit-ñi kāruṇi(k) /// |
| a3 | /// träṅkäṣ päklyoṣ mälkärteṃ puk /// |
| a4 | /// car gardabhake yakä(ṣ) /// |
| a5 | /// (ñä)ktas napeṃśśi··i /// |
| a6 | /// ākk ats • ysi sä /// |
| a7 | /// aśänyo päl· /// |
| b1 | /// tpukñānt • ṣo /// |
| b2 | /// ñkät āṭavikṣi /// |
| b3 | /// mār kupre ñ· /// |
| b4 | /// ·k· wikā-m ॥ tmäṣ /// |
| b5 | /// ṣt· tsalpaṣ tmaśśäl tāskmāṃ /// |
| b6 | n3 /// c träṅkiñc ॥ karuṇapralā(paṃ) (॥) /// |
| b7 | /// ṣokyo prākär (k)āpñeyo /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... having become glad ... |
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| a2 | ... by the yakṣa. May you teach me here, oh Compassionate One, ... |
| a3 | ... says: "Listen, o dear! All ... |
| a4 | ... the yakṣa Gardabhaka ... |
| a5 | ... of gods and mortals ... |
| a6 | ... to go ... |
| a7 | ... (looking?) with the eyes ... |
| b1 | ... they were hidden. ... |
| b2 | ... the Buddha (?) ... belonging to Āṭavaka ... |
| b3 | ... if ... |
| b4 | ... (he) disappeared to them. Then ... |
| b5 | ... he will be redeemed ... resembling that, ... |
| b6 | ... they say to ... In the karuṇapralāpa-tune ... |
| b7 | ... quite firmly ... with love ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | A tentative restoration might be (prā)kär, cf. Carling and Pinault 2023: 309. |
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| n2 | Given the context, it seems possible to restore kāruṇi(k). |
| n3 | Considering Carling and Pinault 2023: 96, we could probably restore karuṇapralā(paṃ) (||)in the text. |
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 1035; TITUS: THT 1035
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 224; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 224
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Personal annotated copy of Wilhelm Siegling. Scanned by Douglas Q. Adams with the technical assistance of Michael Tarabulski and Kevin Dobbins. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
