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THT 1150

Known as:THT 1150; Prelim. No. 196; Pencil No. 2129
Cite this page as:Georges-Jean Pinault (transliteration); Michaël Peyrot. "THT 1150". 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-tht1150 (accessed 02 Jul. 2025).

Edition

Editor:Georges-Jean Pinault (transliteration); Michaël Peyrot

Provenience

Main find spot:Shorchuk
Expedition code:T III Š 96.16
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):6.3 × 9.0 cm
Number of lines:4
Interline spacing:2.0 cm

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Transliteration

a1/// – (–) ·n· [ś]· ///
a2/// ·[k]· sāṃ tkaṃ wa ṣtu – ///
a3/// śva ra [da] tte traka¯ ¯s̝ ·[k]· ///
a4/// – (– –) ·[e] ·[e] k· ///
b1/// ·w· (– –) – – – ///
b2/// so me [t]raka¯ ¯s̝ hai ·ä ///
b3/// sma hu rsyo – ///
b4/// – pa r[k]o ṣ· ///

Transcription

a1/// – – ·n· ś· ///
a2/// ·k· sāṃ tkaṃ waṣtu – ///
a3n1 /// (i)śvaradatte träṅkäṣ ·k· ///
a4/// – – – ·e ·e ///
b1/// ·w· – – – – – ///
b2n2 /// some träṅkäṣ hai ·ä ///
b3/// s mahursyo – ///
b4/// – pärkoṣ · ///

Translation

a1...
a2... this earth ... houses ...
a3Īśvaradatte says, «...»
a4...
b1...
b2(...-) Soma says, «Hey, ...»
b3... with a diademe ...
b4... arisen ...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1(i)śvaradatte: cf. A 159 a3, A 160 b1, A 161 b4, A 164 a5. On the basis of this name, appurtenance to the Garbhasūtra can provisionally be assumed.
n2some: cf. A 318 and 319 b7. It may also be the last part of a longer name.

References

other

Tamai 2007a: №1150

Online access

IDP: THT 1150; TITUS: THT 1150

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Tamai 2007a

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.

TITUS

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.