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A 444.d

Known as:A 444.d; THT 1078d
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "A 444.d". 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-a444d (accessed 12 Dec. 2024).

Edition

Editor:Michaël Peyrot

Provenience

Main find spot:Kocho
Expedition code:T I D
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TA
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Manuscript:A 436-445
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):6.4 × 6.2 cm
Number of lines:4

Images

Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.

Transliteration

a1/// ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ku pre n· ///
a2/// – ¯s̝ plā ka¯ ¯m we wñu ///
a3/// – ka lpnā nta¯ ¯[r] k[u] ///
a4/// r·· ///
b1/// [r]· ///
b2/// ·ta pu klā tā k[e] [ñc]a ///
b3/// ·[t]· śo lnā ntsu || taṃ [n]e ///
b4/// – ta tmu ṣna sa [ma] ///

Transcription

a1/// (trä)ṅkäṣ kupren(e) ///
a2n1 /// – ṣ plākäm wewñu(räṣ) ///
a3/// – kälpnāntär ku ///
a4/// r·· ///
b1/// r· ///
b2/// ·t{†ä} puklā tākeñc{†ä} ///
b3/// ·t· śol nāntsu ॥ taṃne (wkänyo) ///
b4/// – tatmuṣ nasamä(s) ///

Translation

a1... says: «If ...»
a2... having said (= given) his permission ...
a3... they obtain ...
a4...
b1...
b2... if it is ... years ...
b3... is ... life. || In this manner ...
b4... we have been born ...

Commentary

Remarks

*In one frame with A 444, A 444.a-A 444.c and A 444.e-A 444.f. The upper margin of the recto (lower of the verso) is preserved.

Philological commentary

n1: cf. plākäm yāmuräṣ A 439 a6.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1078d

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.