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Km-050-KN-R-02.04

Known as:Km-050-KN-R-02.04
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Km-050-KN-R-02.04". 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-km050knr02_04 (accessed 01 May 2025).

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

a1gu [ṇa] [va] rme pa rwe ṣṣe pa ñä kta ñe [śpa] lsko e rsa te [tu] wa sa [ā] yo¯ [¯r] [•]

Transcription

a1guṇavarme pärweṣṣe pañäktäñeś palsko ersate tun1 wasa āyor

Translation

a1(When) Guṇavarme first roused his mind towards Buddhahood, he gave perfumen1 as gift.

Other

a1Guṇavarme 发心向初佛果。他布施香(?)。[•] (Zhao and Rong 2020: 241)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1tu is probably a mistake for tuñ.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 241

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (241)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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