A 94

Known as:	A 94; THT 727
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 94". 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-a94 (accessed 10 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 70.6
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Title of the work:	Nanda-Carita I
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// lyā¯ ¯k sne sa ra¯ – – – – – – – – – k· y·
a2	/// ka lkā lu ne lmā ·[u] n· w· ñlu ne pu¯ ¯k ci ñcra kka
a3	/// nmā rsne nā ka¯ ¯m ns̝a ṣṣa kri taṃ ku sśkaṃ tā¯ ¯s̝ : 2 su nda ri
a4	/// wtā ṣkā rā : ya ntra no ki wä¯ ¯s̝t ywā rckaṃ wni sa ṅkā ṣñi
a5	/// lpo¯ ¯nt lā¯ ¯nt pā ca¯ ¯r ā rā ntā ñcāṃ lā¯ ¯ts mā ca¯ ¯r : o
a6	/// sne [p]·· ·t· sne tu¯ ¯ṅk na slu ne : ā su tru ṅka¯ ¯ts ṣtā
b1	/// [cn]· – lte tā pa ki yo ṣmo ṣnā ñi eṃ tsa ṣtā¯ ¯r :
b2	/// ¯rk ma ślu – ¯s̝ : 5 ā ka rnuṃ tsā¯ ¯s a śä nyo ṣu yla
b3	/// [s]·¯ ¯s̝ : we ñā wä tkā¯ ¯lts ymā rku msa mmā nu tā pa¯ ¯rk
b4	/// kki śśi sa rkaṃ saṃ smā lo¯ ¯k wra so mnā ntsu ṣe¯ ¯s̝ : pu¯ ¯k
b5	/// sa¯ ¯m su nda ri : [ta] [myo] [pa] [re] ma rya tñi ma rke na tñi smā
b6	/// ke yä ntu [v]ra – – – – – – – l· – ñcaṃ ṣtā¯ ¯m

2a	a1 /// lyāk sne sarä – – – – – – – – – k·y· a2 ///
2b	kälkālune ; lmā(l)un(e) ; w(e)ñlune puk ; ciñcr-äkk a a3
2c	14σ
2d	2σ /// (ke)nmār ; sne nākäm ; nṣäṣṣ akri taṃ ; kus śkaṃ tāṣ : 2
3a	sundari a4 11σ
3b	11σ /// ; wtā ṣkārā :
3c	yantran oki ; wäṣt ywārckaṃ ; wnisäṅkāṣ-ñi ; a5 3σ
3d	14σ
4a	3σ /// lpont ; lānt pācar ; ārāntāñcāṃ ; lāts mācar :
4b	o a6n1 13σ
4c	6σ /// sne ; p(lān)t(o) sne tuṅk ; naslune :
4d	āsu truṅkäts ; ṣtā b1 9σ
5a	14σ
5b	1σ /// c n· 1σ (k_uya)lte ; tāpaki ; yoṣmoṣ nāñi ; eṃtsäṣtār :
5c	b214σ
5d	11σ /// rk ; mäślu – ṣ : 5
6a	ākärnuṃt sās ; aśänyo ; ṣu yla b3 5σ
6b	14σ /// s·ṣ :
6c	weñā wätkālts ; ymār kumsam ; mā nu tāpärk ; b4 3σ
6d	14σ
7a	1σ /// (śā)kkiśśi ; sarkaṃ saṃ ; smālok wrasom ; nāntsu ṣeṣ :
7b	puk b513σ
7c	10σ /// sam ; sundari :
7d	tämyo pare ; mar yat-ñi ; mar kenät-ñi ; smā b6 2σ

*	/// keyäntu vrä – – – – – – (ā)l(akä)ñcaṃ ṣtām

a1+	... smooth, without veins (visible?)...
a2+	(Her?) going, sitting, speaking is all lovely...
a3	I am called blameless;
a3	and who here is more shameless than me? ?
a3+	Sundarī...
a4	... again... backwards...
a4+	Like in a machine, s/he crushes me in twain (?)
a5	... the Arhant queen mother... the king father, having...
a6	... being without joy, without love...
a6+	(Like) a dry, hollow (tree)...
b1	... because he holds a mirror in front of me...
b2+	She... with her teary eyes... hither...
b3	I said:
b3	Surely he comes quickly.
b3+	Not now...
b4	... in the lineage (?) of the Śākyas, he had been a lonely being.
b5	... Sundarī...
b5	Therefore, do not blame me!
b5+	Do not call me... alone...
b6	... another tree...
a3

b5	Deshalb gib mir keine Schuld! Nenne nicht mich einen Lü(gner)! (Schmidt 1974: 96)

*	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).
*	Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009.

n1	The restoration p(lān)t(o) is due to Ilya Itkin (p.c. 18 November 2015).

Carling 2000: a4 (332); Hackstein 1995: a4 (181); Knoll 1996: a6 (109), b3 (145, 147); Schmidt 1974: b5 (96); Thomas 1957: b4 (303); Thomas 1958: b5 (300); Thomas 1993: a6 (195); Thomas 1997: a2 (87), a2 (96)