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Kz-213-ZS-Z-04

Known as:	Kz-213-ZS-Z-04
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kz-213-ZS-Z-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-kz213zsz04 (accessed 24 Jan. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	archaic
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Material:	charcoal on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	i ke śpa
a2	ba hu da ntä kke ne ne | i ke śpa lme¯ ¯n yu rvā ṣkā [ṣ]i nä le ne kra ntä [sä] [s]pe lke so ñco [wi] na ññ[e] nta¯ ¯r
a3	śa ddha : [ä] – ṣi ññä ·(·)[i]

Transcription

a1	ike śpa
a2	n1 bahudantäk kenene । ike śpalmenn2 yurvāṣkāṣinä le(ṃ)ne kräntäsä spelkesoñco winaññentär
a3	śaddha : ä – ṣi ññä ·(·)i

Translation

a1	"The excellent place"
a2	In the Bahudantäk-tune: In the monastic cell of the excellent place that is Yurvāṣka the zealous among the good find delight.

Other

a1	《胜地》 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 140)
a2	调寄 Bahudantdäk* | 胜地兮耶婆瑟鸡，寺舍（昔）属众贤者（？），舍中勤行者皆欢喜。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 140)
a3	［不可译］ (Zhao and Rong 2020: 140)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	The transliteration has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 140.
*	The transcription has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 140.
n1	kränta[nä]
n2	The phrase ike śpālmeṃ also occurs in THT 384 a5.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020; Ching 2017: 116

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (140), a2 (140), a3 (140)

Bibliography

Ching 2017

Ching, Chao-jung. 2017. 吐火罗语世俗文献与古代龟兹历史 – Tocharian secular texts and the history of Ancient Kucha. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Zhao and Rong 2020

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