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Kz-213-ZS-Z-03

Known as:Kz-213-ZS-Z-03
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kz-213-ZS-Z-03". 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-kz213zsz03 (accessed 08 Sep. 2024).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil
Collection:in situ

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:archaic
Script:archaic
Verse/Prose:prose

Object

Material: charcoal on wall
Form:Graffito

Transliteration

a1/// pa lka i ke kre ·(·)[e] /// [s]e ta cme ñai ka lka po ne kuno la kle sa¯ ¯k śa yeṃ¯ ¯m : a na [nta] [ma] śau[¯] [¯u] mi se ce i k[e] [m]· l[ya] ku : blank [rya] ma va nta ta
a2ne śe mo te ṣo tri
a3pai yka : blank

Transcription

a1/// pälka ike kre ·(·)en1 /// se ta cme ñai kä lka po neku no läkle säk śayeṃm : anantamaśauumi se ce ike m· lyaku : /// ryamavanta tä
a2ne śemo te ṣotri
a3paiyka : ///

Translation

a1... light up... good place... ... I will/if I destroy all... suffering and bliss...
a1+Anantamaśauᵤmi... this place... ?-ryamavanta... cam here...e
a2+He wrote this as proof.

Other

a1/// ......此（？）处发光了。［善］［草泥层大面积崩落]......但是我将会灭除一切出生的......与苦乐。我们要活下去。 ： 这 Anantamaśauᵤmi（？）从（？）此处......。 ： 一一－ Ryamavanta（？） (Zhao and Rong 2020: 139)
a2-a3来此。题此记。: --- (Zhao and Rong 2020: 139)

Commentary

Philological commentary

The transliteration has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 139.
The transcription has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 139.
n1kre(ñc)[e][pi)
n2The editors suggest cmeñai from cmelñai.
n3From näk- 'destroy, wipe out'.
n4Ogihara 2020: 60: śayeṃs
n5l[ya]ku[r y]·

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (139), a2-a3 (139)

Bibliography

Ogihara 2020

Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2020. “A magical practice to protect children from the demons in Kuchean Buddhism: Research on THT 3998 kept in the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Berlin.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 20: 163–89.

Zhao and Rong 2020

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