THT 119

Known as:	THT 119; B 119; Bleistiftnummer 2677
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 119". 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-tht119 (accessed 08 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 24
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Rājavṛtti
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 117-132
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a1	le ke nne re [ṅ]wa [ññ]· – – – – s̝s̝a[ṃ] ke ktse nne [l]· ///
a2	ktse¯ ¯ñä tu sa [r]saṃ mu sn[ā] tra – ·[ka] s̝s̝aṃ po kai ne • ///
a3	s̝aṃ • ka rstau – ma rma nma ta rko ṣpo [m]· ///
a4	po pa[¯] [¯]s[t] sru ke [n]tra • a ra ñci sa rpa rka śā mā n[e] ///
a5	tno cme la ne yā mwā yā mo rnta • yo lai na kre nta wa tp· ///
a6	pi ka tkau ñña ma ske tra yo lo pi me nt[s]i • kre ntya laiṃ ca me lne cme lñe ntse ///
a7	mi ś[k]e la kle ssu o tma ske ta rra s·e – se y· – yo lyi yai ñä[¯] – – mai ///
lf	80 4
b1	mo rnta mā kai kne no śau mo ntse kuse yā [m][wa] tā k· • wro tsa ka tk[au] [ñ]ñ· cpi [ma] ///
b2	śai ṣṣe ne se ña [k]e ra ṅka tsi [w]e ñau pa plā ntau • tai kne sa sru ka lye pre [k]· ///
b3	ra ñcy[sa] pe ke [k]tse ñṣe i ndri cpi kuse lyī pra tā kaṃ • ·e ///
b4	ññe • y[ä] r[p]a lle ntso re ra ṣe ā ke nne yaṃ i ///
b5	nta rā bha [vn]· 20 3 so lmo na i ndri – ·o ///
b6	mā te sa ra ta nma st· pa rna • [ma] kte ra śce mne ksa ///
b7	ñtsa mā ṣo tri lk· – – – – [k]o sau kmā cme tra ///

80-4

a1	lekenne r= eṅwaññ· – – – – ṣṣäṃ kektsenne l· /// (ke)¬
a2	¬ktseñ tusa rsaṃ musnāträ (mäl)käṣṣäṃ pokaine • ///
a3	ṣäṃ • kärstau(wa) marmanma tärkoṣ po m· ///
a4	po päst srukenträ • aräñci särpar ka śāmāne /// (k_use) (wa)¬
a5	¬t no cmelane yāmwā yāmornta • yolaina krenta wat p· /// (kreñce)¬
a6	¬pi katkauñña mäsketrä yolopi mentsi • krent y{a→o}laiṃ camelne cmelñentse /// (a)¬
a7	¬miśke läklessu ot mäsketär räs(kr)e (•) se y(am) yolyiyai ñä(ś) (ya)mai /// (krenta) (yā)¬
b1	¬mornta mākaikne no śaumontse k_use yāmwa tāk(aṃ) • wrotsa katkauññ(a) cpi mä(sketär) /// (ñäkciye)
b2	śaiṣṣene se ñake räṅkatsi weñau paplāntau • taiknesa srukalye prek(e) /// (a)¬
b3	¬räñc ysäpe kektseñṣe indri cpi k_use lyīprä tākaṃ • ·e ///
b4	ññe • yärpall= ents= ore ra ṣe āken-ne yaṃ i /// (a)¬
b5	¬ntarābhavn(e) 20-3 solmona indri(nta) (n)o ///
b6	mā tesa ra tänmäst(rä) parna • mäkte ra =ścemne ksa /// (kektse)¬
b7	¬ñtsa mā ṣotri lk(ātär) (20-4) kosau-k mā cmeträ ///

a1	... in the beds of men (?)... in the body...
a1+	... thus he streches his body, raises and folds his arms.
a3	... letting go of the cut off blood vessels (?) ... all...
a3+	... all die off.
a4	The hearts beat, living...
a4+	The deeds which have been done in a life, good or bad... for a good (deed) there is joy, for a bad (deed) sorrow.
a6	In a good or bad life... birth...
a6+	... is exceedingly despondent and suffering.
a7	As such a one I... the bad path...
a7+	By whom (good) deeds are done for a person in many ways, he will have great joy...
b1+	He is pleased to climb in the (divine) world, I will say.
b2+	Which bodily sense will remain near the heart...
b3+	... envy is to be taken care of like dirt.
b4	Alone they drive him (?).
b4	He goes...
b4+	... in another existence.
b5	All the sense organs...
b5+	... outside of this... is not born.
b6	Like... in a brick...
b6+	... no sign appears on the body.
b7	As long as... is not born...

a2	Daher reckt er (seinen) Körper, hebt [seine] Arme auf [und] legt [sie] zusammen. (Schmidt 1974: 327)
a6	Dem (Guten) ist Freude, dem Bösen Kummer. (Schmidt 1974: 110)
b1	By whom (good) deeds are done for a person in many ways, he will have great joy… (Peyrot 2013b: 713)
b2	He is pleased to climb in the (divine) world now, I will say. (Peyrot 2013b: 656)

Carling 2000: a5 (244), a6 (403), b4 (179); Peyrot 2013b: b1 (713), b2 (656); Schmidt 1974: a2 (327), a6 (110); Thomas 1952: b2 (34); Thomas 1958a: a7 (169); Thomas 1979b: b2 (51)