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A 420

Known as:A 420; THT 1054
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling. "A 420". 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-a420 (accessed 06 Jun. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling

Provenience

Main find spot:Sengim
Expedition code:T II S 51.3
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:Skt.; TA
Script:late

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Manuscript:A 418-426
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:5

Transliteration

a1/// tñi ma rka mpa ///
a2/// m· va • ṣñi ñe mi ///
a3/// ja la jai ri va • lyä¯ ¯m ṣñi ///
a4/// tsko ntyo • sva ni rvā nte na ///
a5/// lā śa śi pra bhā • ṣi ///
b1/// śśi • pra ti pā ta bo ///
b2/// va nā me ya • ta mne wä kn[ā] ///
b3/// [ra] ma sti te • pa loṃ ṣi [n]· ///
b4/// ja no na ne ṣṭe na ///
b5/// ·m·¯ ¯l kā kro pu ///

Transcription

a1/// tñi märkampa ///
a2/// (svaratnair) (ākara)m (i)va • ṣñi ñemi ///
a3/// (saraḥ) (sva)jalajair iva • lyäm ṣñi ///
a4/// tskontyo • svanirvāntena ///
a5/// (saka)lā śaśiprabhā • ṣi ///
b1/// śśi • pratipātabo ///
b2/// vanāmeya • tämne wäknā ///
b3/// ram asti te • paloṃṣi n· ///
b4/// jano na neṣṭena ///
b5/// ·m·l kākropu ///

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 1054; TITUS: THT 1054

Miscellaneous

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 231; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 231

Translations

Hackstein 1995: a4 (141)