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A 408.j

Known as:	A 408.j; THT 1042j; Bleistiftnummer 3111
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "A 408.j". 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-a408j (accessed 05 May 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Date of online publication:	2012-08-30
Provenience
Main find spot:	Sengim
Expedition code:	T II S 19.21
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 415-416
Leaf number:	– 7
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	2.6 × 5.1 cm
Number of lines:	3

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Transliteration

a1	/// [l]· – – ///
a2	[ta] ṣne 10 5 [mā] ///
a3	ṅ·e [y]ā ///
b1	[s̝]ma – (– – –) – ///
b2	p[w]i pa smāṃ a [n]e ///
b3	/// sa [s](·)āṃ – ///

Transcription

a1	/// l· – – ///
a2	täṣne 10-5 mā ///
a3	ṅ·e yā ///
b1	n1 ṣmä – – – – – /// (la)-
b2	-pn2 wipäsmāṃ ane ///
b3	/// sä s·āṃ – ///

Translation

a1	...
a2	... which ... 15 ... not ...
a3	...
b1	... is to sit down (?) ...
b2	... shaking [one's] head ... inside ...
b3	...

Commentary

Remarks

In one frame with A 408.k-A 408.r. The left margin is preserved. Although this fragment is not edited by Ogihara 2009, I think that täṣne directly preceding a number (see also A 408.o a1) can also be taken as an indication that this fragment belongs to the Bhikṣuṇī-Prātimokṣasūtra. Further, line b2 seems to be parallel to THT 322 b1, b2 (Ilya Itkin, p.c.). Therefore, it is assumed that it belongs to manuscript A 415-416, not to A 406-408.

Philological commentary

n1	[s̝]ma: the next akṣara could be l; a restoration ṣmä(l) is possible. A 3sg.prs. ṣmä(ṣ) is less likely.
n2	(la)p wipäsmāṃ ane: This line seems to be parallel to THT 322 b1, b2, which would imply that wipäsmāṃ means 'shaking', not 'making wet', as I suggested in August 2012. I owe this new interpretation and the restoration to (la)p to Ilya Itkin (p.c., 14 April 2015).

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1042j

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 thesis, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.