W 14
| Known as: | W 14; Or 6402A 1.2 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "W 14". 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-or6402a12 (accessed 13 Sep. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
| Collection: | British Library (London) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project and the British Library.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | – – – – [ke] ktse¯ ¯ñä sa nā pa tsi • wre nte – – – – – – |
| a3 | – – ··[ts]· – ○ ske nta¯ ¯r• || la – – [ssau] – – – – – – |
| a4 | kkā[¯] – [s]mu¯ ¯r ○ [sa] cca ṣṣa [wi] – [ko] • kle ṅka rya – – – – – |
| a5 | yä kṣī ye • te tai ltsa ṣpä rkka s̝s̝a lle • kra ṅkai ññe mai ki sa ly· – |
| a6 | – [ne] ño rī ya kā tso o [r]o ttsa [tā] – te sa pa¯ ¯st ṣa ma[ṃ] || o ka – |
| b1 | – [śkwa] śko • smu¯ ¯r• [kra] ṅk· ñai m[ai] ki sa kau cä ca ṅke sa kā tso so [no] – |
| b2 | lya • śā¯ ¯r kā tsa sa wa la na lle śa nma s̝s̝a lle ca ṅke ne nau ttse ma – |
| b3 | ta¯ ¯r• || me ta • ○ ma hā me ta • k· ko ṭi • kṣ· ra kā ko – – – |
| b4 | [rṣa] – ¯k• ○ mu dga va rṇi • – – • ma – – – – – – |
| b5 | – – – – – – na mī [sa] mpa a ṣi ye ma – – – – – – – |
| b6 | /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | – – – (po) kektseñ sanāpatsi • wrente – – – – – – |
| a3 | n1n2 – – (ts)ts(a) (mä)skentär ॥ la – (pi)ssau – – – – – (śa)¬ |
| a4 | ¬kkā(r) smur saccaṣṣa wi(tsa)ko • kleṅkarya – – – – – |
| a5 | yäkṣīye • te tailtsa ṣpärkkaṣṣälle • kräṅkaiññe maikisa ly· – |
| a6 | – ne ñorīya kātso orottsa tā(kaṃ) tesa päst ṣamäṃ ॥ oka(ro) |
| b1 | – śkwaśko • smur kräṅk(ai)ñai maikisa kaucä caṅkesa kātso (sonopa)¬ |
| b2 | ¬lyan3 • śār kātsasa walanalle śanmäṣṣälle caṅkene nauttse mä(ske)¬ |
| b3 | ¬tär ॥ metä • mahāmetä • k(ā)koṭi • kṣ(ī)rakāko(ṭi) – – |
| b4 | rṣa(bha)k mudgavarṇi • – – • ma(ñcäṣṭä) – – – – |
| b5 | n4 – – – – – – na mīsampa aṣiye ma(lkwersa) – – – – – |
| b6 | /// |
Translation
| a2 | ... oindre tous les téguments, ... |
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| a3 | ... sont. || Laque, aneth, ... su- |
| a4 | -cre, racine de ..., Vanda roxburghii, ... |
| a5 | ..., ce ... est à diluer, ... huile |
| a6 | ... abdomen grands [?], ensuite avec cela, après, ... Acorus calamus, |
| b1 | ... ? ... l’abdomen avec ... est à |
| b2 | oindre; à bien couvrir à l’abdomen [?], à lier; sont à lui en ... |
| b3 | || Gymnema aurantiacum, Xanthium indicum, Gymnema balsamicum, Gymnema lactiferum, ... |
| b4 | Carpopogon pruriens, Phaseolus trilobus, ..., garance, ... |
| b5 | ... avec du lait de chèvre ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | Maybe (mots)ts(a) or (mits)ts(a). |
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| n2 | I don't know wether the Filliozat/Broomhead reading lākṣ is possible. |
| n3 | There's much confusion about cankene nauttse. There appears to be a parallel in THT 214. I believe it would be best to interpret caṅkene as a locative, i.e. "he becomes brilliant on the chest". |
| n4 | Filliozat/Broomhead: mī ṣa nma. This is obviously nonsense. |
References
Online access
Edition
Filliozat 1948: 70, 82-3; Broomhead 1962: 16
Translations
Carling 2000: a2 (192), b1 b2 (192), b2 (74, 340); Thomas 1952: b2 (65); Thomas 1954: a2 (748)
Bibliography
Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
Filliozat, Jean. 1948. Fragments de textes koutchéens de médecine et de magie. Texte, parallèles sanskrits et tibétains, traduction et glossaire. Paris: Librairie d’Amérique et d’Orient Adrien-Maisonneuve.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Thomas, Werner. 1952. Die tocharischen Verbaladjektive auf -l. Deutsche Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Institut für Orientforschung 9. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
Thomas, Werner. 1954. “Die Infinitive im Tocharischen.” In Asiatica. Festschrift Friedrich Weller. Zum 65. Geburtstag, gewidmet von seinen Freunden, Kollegen und Schülern, edited by Johannes Schubert and Ulrich Schneider, 701–64. Leipzig: Harrassowitz.
