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Km-050-KN-L-03.01

Known as:	Km-050-KN-L-03.01
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Km-050-KN-L-03.01". 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-km050knl03_01 (accessed 07 Feb. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kumtura
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	ink on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	[e] – [su] [me] [d]·· ·[e] [pa] r[w]e ṣṣe [pa] ñä kta [ññ]· – lsko e rsa [t]e – – [o] pp[ī] loṃ ṣa¯ ¯ñ [w]· – pa ñä kte ntse re ksa ||

Transcription

a1	e(nte) sumed(dhas)e pärweṣṣe pañäktäññ(eś) (pa)lsko ersate – – oppīloṃ ṣañ w(assi) pañäktentse reksa ॥

Translation

a1	Then, Sumeddhase roused his mind to first Buddhahood.
a1	He spread out threads (?) and his own clothes for the Buddha.

Other

a1	彼时 Sumeddhase 发心向初佛果......。他为佛陀铺上......织缕与自己的衣服。|| (Zhao and Rong 2020: 245)

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 245

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (245)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

Zhao, Li, and Xinjiang Rong, eds. 2020. Cave inscriptions in Ancient Kucha. Shanghai: Zhongxi Book Company.