THT 3990.a
| Known as: | THT 3990.a; MIK III 274 a |
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| 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 Oct. 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 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | na m[o] nu – c· k· s· na m· [p]a ·[i] – sy· na mo n· pa po m· s· |
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| 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)
Transcription
| a1 | namo nu – c· k· s· nam· pa ·i – sy· namo n· pa po m· s· |
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| 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 pukä sa me to trä nä tsi me kwa |
(continues on THT 3990.b)
Commentary
Remarks
| 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. |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 3990; TITUS: THT 3990
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №3990
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sander, Lore. 1994. “Tocharische Dokumente im Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin.” In Tocharisch. Akten der Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Berlin, September 1990, edited by Bernfried Schlerath, 4:93–104d. TIES Suppl. Reykjavík: Málvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007a. “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” Thesaurus indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan collection. 2007. http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/tht.htm.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
