THT 1146
| Known as: | THT 1146; Prelim. No. 196; Pencil No. 2937 |
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| Cite this page as: | Georges-Jean Pinault (transliteration); Michaël Peyrot. "THT 1146". 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-tht1146 (accessed 07 Sep. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Georges-Jean Pinault (transliteration); Michaël Peyrot |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 91 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Garbhasūtra |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 7.9 × 7.3 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
| Interline spacing: | 2.0 cm |
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 | /// ·tsa [w]· [s]ś· /// |
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| a2 | /// – mwā la tkā¯ ¯ñä a /// |
| a3 | /// – – yo kt[s]i yo wā /// |
| a4 | /// ·ts·ā ta¯ ¯r [||] – /// |
| b1 | /// [r]a || sa /// |
| b2 | /// ·na [s̝t]a[¯] [¯]r k· [t]· [l]· /// |
| b3 | /// pśa ñi sne prā kro n· /// |
| b4 | /// – ā rlu [n]e l[ā] – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·ts{†ä} w·s ś· /// |
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| a2 | n1 /// – m wālätkāñ a /// |
| a3 | /// – – yoktsi yo wā /// |
| a4 | n2 /// · ts·ātär ॥ – /// |
| b1 | /// r{†ä} ॥ sa /// |
| b2 | /// (täm)näṣtär k· t· l· /// |
| b3 | /// (ka)pśañi sne prākron(e) /// |
| b4 | /// – ārlune lā – /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... |
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| a2 | ... turtles ... |
| a3 | ... drink ... |
| a4 | ... |
| b1 | ... |
| b2 | ... is born ... |
| b3 | ... body without solidity ... |
| b4 | ... ceasing ... |
Commentary
Remarks
| According to three different labels on the frame, this fragment may belong together with A 154. The reason for this is evidently the word wālätkāñ, which occurs in line a2 of this fragment as well as in A 154 a5. I have not yet found more precise matches proving that the two fragments belong to the same leaf. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | : cf. A 154 a5 tmäṣ tom wālätkāñ kaṣtyo miṣānt 'then these turtles were tortured by hunger'. The translation 'turtles' follows Schmidt 1974: 256. |
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| n2 | ts·ātär: perhaps ts(k)ātär 'will be pulled out', cf. A 154 a4 śākant 'were pulled out'. |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1146; TITUS: THT 1146
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1146
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
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.
