I. Itkin, S. Malyshev. Three Unedited Sanskrit / Tocharian A Bilingual Texts of the Varnarhavarnastotra

I. Itkin

Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS,
National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Moscow, Russia

E-mail: ilya.borisovich.itkin@gmail.com

S. Malyshev

Independent researcher, Moscow, Russia

E-mail: sjerjozha@yandex.ru

Three Unedited Sanskrit / Tocharian A

Bilingual Texts of the Varnarhavarnastotra 

Abstract. In this article we present three unpublished Sanskrit / Tocharian A bilingual texts of Matrceta's Varnarhavarnastotra from the Berlin Turfan Collection: THT 1495, THT 1649 fgm. a and THT 1886. We analyze the Tocharian text, propose conjectures for lacunae and discuss the problem of the metrical structure of the Tocharian translation. The most important text, THT 1495, allows shedding light on the meaning of the obscure Tocharian A noun muki.

Key words: Tocharian, manuscripts, Berlin Turfan Collection, Brahmi script, palaeography, Buddhism, Matrceta, buddhastotras, Varnarhavarnastotra, bilingual texts, Sanskrit

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