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A 452

Known as:A 452; THT 1086
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling. "A 452". 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-a452 (accessed 11 May 2026).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling

Provenience

Main find spot:Kocho
Expedition code:T I D 1
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:Skt.; TA
Script:late

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Manuscript:A 452-456
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:5

Transliteration

a1/// t[e]¯ ¯k [ś]ā tma ska ta¯ ¯r • ka ṭā he • e [s]· ///
a2/// lto wi nu¯ ¯nt pā kyo kka tsaṃ • vi saṃ vā [d]i ///
a3/// na nku ma ska ta¯ ¯r • – [ṣṭ]· saṃ jñā vi ///
a4/// ·[w]· wä sku • prā du rbhū ta • pre laṃ tu • a [saṃ] ///
a5/// [v]i jā rthi • se ṣu rma¯ ¯s̝ • bhai ṣa jā ///
b1/// v· sa rga su khaṃ • pre tskā lu ne ṣi ///
b2/// ¯s̝ • vra ṇa śo ca ya ta • i ndri prā ka ///
b3/// [cra] ki • bā hyāṃ • ś[ā] – – dra va ta • s[l]ā ///
b4/// lka¯ ¯r • ta llo ka vi dvi ṣṭa • sa¯ ¯m ·l· ///
b5/// [pa] ryā nā¯ ¯s lkā si • u dda [g]dhi kā • ///

Transcription

a1/// tek śāt mäskatär • kaṭāhe • es· ///
a2/// (ma)ltowinunt pākyo-kk atsaṃ • visaṃvādi ///
a3/// nanku mäskatär • – ṣṭ· saṃjñā vi ///
a4/// ·w· wäsku • prādurbhūta • pre laṃtu • asaṃ ///
a5/// vijārthi • se ṣurmaṣ • bhaiṣajā ///
b1/// v(i)sargasukhaṃ • pre tskāluneṣi ///
b2/// ṣ • vraṇa śocayata • indri prākä ///
b3/// craki • bāhyāṃ • śā – (•) dravata • slā ///
b4/// lkar • tallokavidviṣṭa • säm ·l· ///
b5/// paryānās lkāsi • uddagdhikā • ///

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

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: THT 1086; TITUS: THT 1086

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 244; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 244

Translations

Hackstein 1995: b1 (141); Thomas 1957: a3 (255)