THT 3990.a

Known as:	THT 3990.a; MIK III 274 a
Cite this page as:	"THT 3990.a". 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-tht3990 (accessed 16 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR
Collection:	Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Berlin)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Colophon
Object
Manuscript:	Pustaka
Following fragment:	THT 3990.b
Material:	ink on wood tablet
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	8 × 22.5 cm
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	na m[o] nu – c· k· s· na m· [p]a ·[i] – sy· na mo n· pa po m· s·
a2	ma na mo ma ha śva ra sya – – ta ma – ·c· – – – ci – pra
a3	yo ja – sa me ci d· ra sa l· dhya – t· tu – – – po [m]· pu ṣu
a4	mu la mi ṣo mi lo mi p· ·ñi – ca pu ru ṣa ci ā ca rṇa
a5	ya mi su ymaṃ pra ·ku [ṣ]e pi puka sa me to tra na tsi me kwa

(continues on THT 3990.b)

a1	namo nu – c· k· s· nam· pa ·i – sy· namo n· pa po m· s·
a2	ma namo mahaśvara sya – – ta ma – ·c· – – – ci – pra
a3	yo ja – sa me ci d· ra sa l· dhya – t· tu – – – po m· pu ṣu
a4	mu la mi ṣo mi lo mi p· ·ñi – ca pu ru ṣa ci ācarṇa
a5	ya mi su ymaṃ pra ·ku ṣe pi p_ukä sa me to trä nä tsi me kwa

(continues on THT 3990.b)

*	Wooden cover of the only complete Sanskrit pustaka book unearthed from Qizil, see Sander 1994. Only the inscription on the inner side is still legible.