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W 21

Known as:	W 21; Or 6402A 2.9
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "W 21". 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-or6402a29 (accessed 10 May 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

Transliteration

a1	///
a2	/// – – ·ts· ko – ///
a3	– – – – ○ ri ñña • \|\| ra saṃ ca – • bhra – – – – – – –
a4	– – si ○ ntā pa • ka ru [ṇa] sā ri • śa ba – – – • pi ·i – –
a5	– – – [rk]· – [ka] – – – – ki – ·ā – – – – – – –
a6	///
b1	– – – [ca] – [tra] [nmā¯] [¯r] ··[ṃ] [tke] [nta] [•] [a] [ma] – [¯k] [pi] [śtro] [nta] – – –
b2	– – [lle] ·[e¯] [¯u] – ke sa pa kṣa lle ke – ye ku ñcī ta ṣṣe ṣa lype sa
b3	– – so no ○ pa lya ka [rts]e mā ka • \|\| cau tāṃ • [śkwa] [ś]·[o] • – [lu] [tpā¯] [¯l]
b4	– – – – ○ pi ppā¯ ¯l^• pi ssau ku rka ma ṣṣi ptsā – ṣe –
b5	– – – – – – – tā ·o ko¯ ¯s – sā ///
b6	///

Transcription

a1	///
a2	/// – – (n)ts(e) ko – ///
a3	– – – – riñña • ॥ rasaṃca(nä) • bhrä(ṅkaracä) – – – –
a4	– – sintāpä • karuṇasāri • śaba(raloträ) • pi(p)in1 (taka)¬
a5	¬(matyä) (e)rk(antse) ka – – – –n2 ki – (m)ā – – – – – – –
a6	///
b1	– – – ca – tranmār (sa)ṃtkenta • ama(lā)k piś tronta – – –
b2	(päkṣa)lle (c)e_u (śu)kesa päkṣalle ke(wi)ye kuñcītäṣṣe ṣalypesa
b3	(āśce) sonopälya kartse māka • ॥ cautāṃ • śkwaś(k)o • (ni)lutpāl
b4	– – – – pippāl pissau kurkamäṣṣi ptsā(ñä) ṣe –
b5	n3 – – – – – – – tā(n)o kos (॥) sā(tkenta) (wasto) (tot) ///
b6	///

Translation

a3	... \|\| Stibine, Wedelia calendulacea, ...
a4	... sel gemme, Dalbergia sisu (?), Symplocos racemosa, délayage de
a5	blé, ...
b1	racine de lotus blanc, ..., ... médicaments, myrobolan emblique, cinq trau ...
b2	à cuire avec cette substance, (urine) de vache, avec huile de sésame,
b3	... sont à oindre: très salutaire \|\| miel, ..., lotus bleu,
b4	... poivre long, aneth, stigmates de safran, un
b5	... graine, autant \|\| médicaments ... autant ...

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	Comments from Filliozat 1948: 7 akṣaras missing at the end of a5 and at the beginning of b5
n1	The i-diacritic on "pi" is very similar to how it is written in the cursive ductus. This is not the case in W 19 b2, on which the conjecture pi(p)i(takamatyä) is based.
n2	In the remnants of the akṣaras, you can barely make out what looks like a ñä, with the rest of a n(ā) before it. If so, we could conjecture tanāñ. This is obviously very tentative, so I haven't put it in the main text.
n3	The akṣaras that Filliozat/Broomhead transliterate at the end of this line aren't legible.

References

Online access

IDP: Or.6402A/2.9

Edition

Filliozat 1948: 72, 84; Broomhead 1962: 22

Translations

Carling 2000: b2 b3 (192); Thomas 1952: b3 (23); Thomas 1995: b2 b3 (64)