Km-034-ZS-R-01

Known as:	Km-034-ZS-R-01; paroi de gauche
Cite this page as:	Melanie Malzahn. "Km-034-ZS-R-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-km34 (accessed 06 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Melanie Malzahn
Date of online publication:	2015-09-04
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kumtura
Specific find spot:	Cave no. 34
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Add. linguistic characteristics:	late
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Painting caption
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Manuscript:	Km 34
Following fragment:	Km-034-ZS-Z-01
Material:	ink on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a4	\|\| tu meṃ w[ā] s[a] vi lā nte tkā ce¯ ¯r ra tna śi khiṃ dī pa mā lṣa e ka ññe wa sa \|\|
a5	pra ṇā deṃ ri śka kā tai ñu mka pta nma tsai ka tai \|\|
a6	ṣe ma ṅka rsa kwa rsa¯ ¯r o ro cce pa¯ ¯t laṃ ṣā tai \|\|
a7	brā hma ṇe śrī sa mbha veṃ l[y]ā [ka] ytā ri sa wṣe ñai wsā ne \|\|
a8	rṣā k[e] ṣai¯ ¯t k[au] ṇḍi nye ntse w· pai ne wṣe ñai wsā sta o ko nta s̝pa \|\|
a9	di pa ṅka rsa ṣu ktu ppā lnta ṣa lā sta brā hmaṃ ñe kā lśke ṣai¯ ¯t \|\|
a10	rṣā ke ṣai¯ ¯t su da rśa neṃ pa ñä kte wra ntsai la¯ ¯cä \|\|
a11	na no rṣā ke ṣai¯ ¯t su ne tri wa rto ne ya rk[e] y[ā] mṣa sta \|\|
a12	– ṣṭ· – [dh]ṛ [ti] rā ṣṭre ntse kuṣā tre – [y]· [r]·e ///

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a4	n1 ॥ tumeṃ wāsavi lānte tkācer ratnaśikhiṃ dīpamālṣa ekaññe wasa ॥
a5	praṇādeṃ riś kakātai ñumka ptanma tsaikatai ॥
a6	ṣemaṅkarsa kwarsär orocce pat laṃṣātai ॥
a7	n2 brāhmaṇe śrīsambhaveṃ lyāka ytārisa wṣeñai wsā-ne ॥
a8	n3 rṣāke ṣait kauṇḍinyentse w(i)-paine-wṣeñai wsāsta okonta ṣpä ॥
a9	dipaṅkarsa ṣukt uppālnta ṣalāsta brāhmaṃñe kālśke ṣait ॥
a10	rṣāke ṣait sudarśaneṃ pañäkte wrantsai lac ॥
a11	nano rṣāke ṣait sunetri wartone yarke yāmṣasta ॥
a12	– ṣṭ· – dhṛtirāṣṭrentse k_uṣātre(sa) y(a)r(k)e ///

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a4	Thereupon the daughter of king Vāsava gave Ratnaśikhin the equipement for a lamp garland.
a4+	You invited Praṇāda to the city;
a5	you built ninety stūpas.
a5+	During [the age of] Kṣemaṅkara, you established a one-league large stūpa.
a6+	A Brahmin saw Śrīsambhava;
a7	on the way he gave him a resting place.
a7+	You were a Rṣi;
a8	to Kauṇḍinya you gave a footstool and fruits.
a8+	On Dipaṅkara you threw seven lotus [flowers];
a9	you were a Brahmin boy [then].
a9+	You were a Rṣi;
a10	you went out towards the Buddha Sudarśana.
a10+	Again you were a Rṣi;
a11	to Sunetra you did homage in the forest.
a12	... (with) a parasol (you did) homage to Dhṛtarāṣṭra ...

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*	The reading is based on Xinjiang Kucha Academy et al. 2014: 5-9, the translation on Pinault 1994a: 179.
n2	Note that Xinjiang Kucha Academy et al. 2014: 7 read l[y]ā[ka] 'he saw' instead of [katko]ṣ\, as per Pinault 1994a: 175.
n3	Note that Xinjiang Kucha Academy et al. 2014: 7 read okonta 'fruits' instead of okronta, as per Pinault 1994a: 175 and 182.

*	Drawings in Xinjiang Kucha Academy et al. 2014: 5-9; photos in Su 1989: 127-128, pl. 163, 164.

n1	Note dīpamālṣa (thus read by Xinjiang Kucha Academy et al. 2014: 5 with fn. 1 contra Pinault 1994a: 175 with fn. 2, p. 176), which stands either for masculine dīpamālṣe or for fem. dīpamālṣai.