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Is-001-ZS-Z-02

Known as:	Is-001-ZS-Z-02
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Is-001-ZS-Z-02". 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-is001zsz02 (accessed 14 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Ishek
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	engraving on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	śa ko¯ ¯k kṣu[ṃ] ntsa ṣka [ś]ce meṃ ne pi ś[m]e ña [n]tse [n]e na wā ke ka lyā na ra kṣi te [r]e [tk]e ye¯ ¯[yä] lau ka meṃ [c]e pre [ṣ]ti ly[ā] ka pa lka si śka ma sa

Transcription

a1	n1 śak-ok kṣuṃntsa ṣkaśce meṃne piś meñantse ne nawāke kalyānarakṣite retke yey laukameṃ ce preṣti lyāka palkasi śka masa

Translation

a1	In regnal year eighteen, in the sixth month, on day of the month five, the novice Kalyāṇarakṣite was going to the army.
a1	From the distance, he saw this preṣṭin2 .
a1	He went to observe it.

Other

a1	十八年六月五日，少年僧 Kalyanarak$ite（过去曾经）参军。他从远方看（军队）这次开拔。他为了观看而出来。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 331)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1

Ching 2017: [c]e[tk]eye[rś]

n2

preṣṭi is obscure, but likely a term denoting the location in which the inscription is written (Ishek-Grottoes). In Zhao and Rong, it is connected to a non-existent Sanskrit word preṣṭi that is supposed to be derived from Sanskrit preṣ- "send". The editors there also have to assume an otherwise unattested meaning for the imperfect as "was once in the past" - i.e. "went to the army once in the past".

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 331; Ching 2017: 316

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (331)