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A 463

Known as:A 463; THT 1097
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling. "A 463". 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-a463 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling

Provenience

Main find spot:Kocho
Expedition code:T I D 13
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:Skt.; TA
Script:late

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Manuscript:A 460-466
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:5

Transliteration

a1/// nu || ka – – – – • ri t[i] – [¯r] || ni – sta ka sa pya ///
a2/// s· mā yi kā – – – – ṣi pe nu || vai na yi ///
a3/// yā mi ta¯ ¯r || e ka e va • sa «ssa»¯ ¯ts || sa dṛ ṣṭā ///
a4/// || pha la ñta ra yaṃ • o ko yaṃ pka¯ ¯nt || ///
a5/// [ba] hu pu ṇyaṃ pra sa ve [ta] • ·ā – re tmā [ṣ]i ta¯ ¯r || ni ḥ śṛ ///
b1/// ¯ñcä || sa sa pa tne • śla – – – lya [mu]· • śla yä slu ///
b2/// ·ru mā lo tā kā ta tri ku || pra pā tā tpra pa ///
b3/// śwnä¯ ¯s̝ pa¯ ¯t || [dvi] [t]i y· lo ke cca sū traṃ sa ///
b4/// ta s̝a rpā ṣi – – – [na] yu yaṃ dyā • [t]e mya
b5/// [ma] nye ta • – – – kri y·ā – || ku [tra] [nu] • [ā] śśi || ///

Transcription

a1/// nuka – – – – • ritirnistakasapya ///
a2/// māyikā – – – – ṣi penuvainayi ///
a3/// yāmitäreka evasass atssa dṛṣṭā ///
a4/// ॥ phalañtarayaṃokoyaṃ pkänt ॥ ///
a5/// bahu puṇyaṃ prasaveta·āre tmāṣitärniḥśṛ ///
b1/// ñcsasapatneśla – – – lyamu·śla yäslu ///
b2/// ·ru lo tākā tatrikuprapātāt prapa ///
b3/// śwnäṣ patdvitiy ·lokeccasūtraṃ sa ///
b4/// ta ṣärpāṣi – – – na yuyaṃdyātemy a
b5/// manyeta • – – – kri y·ā – ॥ kutra nuāśśi ॥ ///

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).
*Compared to Sieg and Siegling 1921, the recto/verso sides had to be reversed; cf. Couvreur 1967: 163.

Parallel texts

*Fragments A 460-A 466 seem to be a TA rendering of parts of the Dīrghagāma; parallels in TB can be found in PK NS 12 and PK NS 13 and 516. Cf. also Couvreur 1967 on this matter.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1097; TITUS: THT 1097

Miscellaneous

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 249; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 249

Translations

Schmidt 1974: a5 (421 n.3); Thomas 1957: b2 (290)