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A 425.b
| Known as: | A 425.b; THT 1059b; Bleistiftnummer 3120 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation). "A 425.b". 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-a425b (accessed 16 Mar. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation) |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Sengim |
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| Expedition code: | T II S 52 |
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| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | Skt.; TA |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Udānavarga |
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| Passage: | 18.16-17 |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | A 418-426 |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 4.3 × 4.1 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 5 |
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Transliteration
| a3 | /// [k]· /// |
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| a4 | /// ma na saṃ [n]· /// |
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| a5 | /// maṃ kā ya mi [m]·[ṃ] /// |
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| b1 | /// – ka rṣto ra¯ ¯s̝ [t]· /// |
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| b2 | /// – ma¯ ¯ñcä me /// |
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| b3 | /// – /// |
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Transcription
| a3 | /// k· /// |
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| a4 | n1 /// (vyāsakta)manasaṃ n(aram) /// |
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| a5 | n2 /// (kumbhopa)maṃ kāyam im(a)ṃ /// |
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| b1 | n3 /// – kärṣtoräṣ t(maṃ) /// |
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| b2 | n4 /// – mäñc me(nāk) /// |
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| b3 | /// – /// |
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Translation
| a3 | ... |
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| a4 | ... Skt. ... |
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| a5 | ... Skt. ... |
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| b1 | ... thus destroying ... |
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| b2 | ... like (foam?) ... |
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| b3 | ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | The lower margin of the recto (upper of the verso) is preserved. |
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Philological commentary
| n1 | : this sequence occurs in Uv.18.14-16. It is probably Uv.18.16 in view of line a5. |
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| n2 | : this sequence occurs in Uv.18.17-18. In view of line a4, it is probably Uv.18.17. |
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| n3 | Following Peyrot 2016b: 193, we can restore kärṣtoräṣ t(maṃ) . |
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| n4 | Following Peyrot 2016b: 193, we can restore mäñc me(nāk) , which should correspond to Skt. phenopamaṃ ´like foam´, Tib. dbu ba ´dra ´id.´. |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 1059b
Bibliography
IDP
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot 2016b
Peyrot, Michaël. 2016b. “Further Sanskrit–Tocharian bilingual Udānavarga fragments.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 17: 153–211.
