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A 408.a
| Known as: | A 408.a; THT 1042a; Bleistiftnummer 3112 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "A 408.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-a408a (accessed 15 Nov. 2025). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Sengim |
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| Expedition code: | T II S 19.20, T II S 19.19f |
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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: | Bhikṣuṇī-Prātimokṣasūtra? |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Vinaya |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | A 415-416 |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 6.4 × 3.8 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 5 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// – || a śśe sne /// |
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| a2 | /// ktsu ○ /// |
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| a3 | /// [kl]u ṣṭaṃ ○ /// |
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| a4 | /// – ka tra ○ /// |
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| a5 | /// – ka¯ ¯rm – /// |
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| b1 | /// [s]·¯ ¯[r]k – /// |
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| b2 | /// – ¯ñä ○ /// |
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| b3 | /// ·[ā] li ○ /// |
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| b4 | /// ppi ○ /// |
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| b5 | /// – ca ṣprā • [c]· /// |
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Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// – ॥ aśśe sne /// |
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| a2 | n2 /// ktsu /// |
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| a3 | /// klu ṣṭaṃ /// |
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| a4 | /// – kä trä /// |
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| a5 | /// – karm – /// |
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| b1 | /// s(a)rk – /// |
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| b2 | /// – ñ /// |
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| b3 | /// ·āli /// |
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| b4 | /// (aka)ppi /// |
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| b5 | /// – caṣ prā • c· /// |
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Translation
| a1 | ... || Of the nun without ... |
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| a2 | ... foolishness (?) ... |
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| a3 | ... |
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| a4 | ... |
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| a5 | ... |
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| b1 | ... cycle ... |
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| b2 | ... |
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| b3 | ... |
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| b4 | ... impurity ... |
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| b5 | ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | In one frame with A 408 and A 408.b-A 408.i. The left part of the string hole space, which covers lines 2-4, is preserved. Although this fragment is not edited by Ogihara 2009, the word aśśe may be an indication that it belongs to the Bhikṣuṇī-Prātimokṣasūtra. Therefore, it is provisionally assumed that it belongs to manuscript A 415-416, not to A 406-408. |
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Philological commentary
| n1 | aśśe: this could be the attestation noted in Sieg et al. 1931: 87 as "Frgm.". |
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| n2 | /// ktsu ///: possibly (ā)ktsu(ne). |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 1042a
Bibliography
IDP
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Ogihara 2009
Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2009. “Researches about Vinaya-texts in Tocharian A and B [Recherches sur le Vinaya en tokharien A et B].” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Sieg et al. 1931
Sieg, Emil, Wilhelm Siegling, and Wilhelm Schulze. 1931. Tocharische Grammatik. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
