SHT 221
| Known as: | SHT 221 |
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| Cite this page as: | "SHT 221". 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-sht221 (accessed 13 Mar. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Colophon |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 6.8 × 6 cm |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| b4 | || [c]e po sta¯ ¯k ṣa [m]ā /// |
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| b5 | /// lai kne ṣṣe nau ·i /// |
Transcription
| b4 | ॥ ce postak ṣamā(ne) /// (paiykāte) /// |
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| b5 | /// (pe)laikneṣṣe nau(m)i(ye) /// |
Translation
| b4 | ... This book (wrote) monk ... |
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| b5 | ... the jewel of the law ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| This colophon is found at the end of Mātṛceṭa's Prasādapratibhodbhava. |
References
other
Peyrot 2014: 133, 134
Online access
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2014. “Notes on Tocharian glosses and colophons in Sanskrit manuscripts I.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 15: 131–79.
