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A 453
| Known as: | A 453; THT 1087 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 453". 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-a453 (accessed 14 Jun. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Kocho |
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| Expedition code: | T I D 2 |
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| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | Skt.; TA |
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| Script: | late |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Literary |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | A 452-456 |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Number of lines: | 5 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [kṣ]· nā¯ ¯s wä rta ntwaṃ • ma nāṃ [g]· /// |
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| a2 | /// lo bhā bhi bhū tā • ra pu rñe /// |
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| a3 | /// jñā ne kṛ tā vi – – – straṃ /// |
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| a4 | /// [ma] ntu • śra ma ne nai va gau ta me na vy· /// |
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| a5 | /// sa ñyā t[m]a ṣtā¯ ¯k • pra tya nu bh· /// |
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| b1 | /// a nu ba ddhā • nā pa¯ ¯k klā p·ā /// |
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| b2 | /// ṣṭa bdha • lyu tā¯ ¯r a ta ṅka¯ ¯cä klo /// |
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| b3 | /// ·ā nya te • pa twä[¯] [¯s̝] – – – śrā /// |
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| b4 | /// lyi ka ta¯ ¯r • sta ni tvā • ñ· /// |
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| b5 | /// [va] ti ṣta nte • ma ska ntra • a |
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Transcription
| a1 | /// k ṣ·nās wärtäntwaṃ • manāṃg· /// |
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| a2 | /// lobhābhibhūtā • rapurñe /// |
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| a3 | /// jñāne kṛtā vi – – – straṃ /// |
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| a4 | /// mäntu • śramanenaiva gautamena vy· /// |
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| a5 | /// sañyā tmäṣ tāk • pratyanubh· /// |
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| b1 | /// anubaddhā • nāpak klāp· ā /// |
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| b2 | /// (atyava)ṣṭabdha • lyutār atäṅkac klo /// |
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| b3 | /// ·ānyate • pätwäṣ – – – śrā /// |
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| b4 | n1 /// (śäktā)lyi katar • stanitvā • ñ· /// |
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| b5 | /// vatiṣtante • mäskanträ • a |
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Translation
| b2 | very much brought to a hold |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009. |
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| * | 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). |
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Philological commentary
| n1 | For the restoration (śäktā)lyi, cf. Siegling's personal copy of Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 245. The collocation of a form of "seed" and "they strewed" also occurs in A 221 b5. |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 1087; TITUS: THT 1087
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 245; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 245
