THT 1250
| Known as: | THT 1250; Prelim. No. 65 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1250". 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-tht1250 (accessed 12 Apr. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Avadāna |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
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 | /// [k]· t[ai] s· ma nte klā ya – /// |
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| a2 | /// ·ts· rnta tai sa yā ta nte • ce¯ – /// |
| a3 | /// p· śyä kne sa plo ryaṃ ntā m[eṃ] sū ko¯ ¯cä – – /// |
| a4 | /// na we ñā re ne¯ ¯ś i ña kteṃ ne¯ ¯[s] – /// |
| a5 | /// s· ka śa rsa tse reṃ ñe nta¯ ¯ñ na [n]o sa l· – /// |
| b1 | /// ·ā [ñ]i śi nta lā nte wai pe cce nta ka lypi y· w· /// |
| b2 | /// lyka pi śo mmo ntse ksa ·ñ· kteṃ ñe¯ ¯m• m· – /// |
| b3 | /// – kā te pa lsko ne • kwri ñi¯ ¯ś pa ñä /// |
| b4 | /// lai kne pa nā kyä rmne po /// |
| b5 | /// – [m]eṃ py·ṃ tsa¯ ¯rñä sai mwa s· /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – tai s· mante klāya – /// |
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| a2 | /// ·ts· rnta taisa yātante • ce(nts) /// |
| a3 | /// p(i)ś yäknesa ploryaṃ ntā meṃ sū koc – – /// |
| a4 | /// na weñāre-neś iñakteṃ nes – /// |
| a5 | /// s· kä śarsa tsereṃñentäñ nano sa l· – /// |
| b1 | /// ·ā ñi śi nta lānte waipeccenta kälypiy(ā)w(a) /// |
| b2 | /// lyka pi śommontse ksa (y)ñ(a)kteṃ ñem m· – /// |
| b3 | /// – kāte palskone • kwri ñiś pañä /// |
| b4 | /// laikne panāk yärmne po /// |
| b5 | /// – meṃ py(ā)ṃtsarñ saim was(te) /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... fell up... |
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| a1+ | ... managed to... so... |
| a2 | Their... |
| a2+ | ... in five ways... flutes... up... |
| a3+ | ... they told him: |
| a4 | You are among gods... |
| a4+ | ... figured out. |
| a5 | The ones deceiving... again... |
| a5+ | ... stole possessions of king... |
| b1+ | ... of a person... among gods... name... |
| b2+ | ... in the mind: |
| b3 | If I... Buddha... |
| b3+ | ... law... only in a sandal (?)... all... |
| b4+ | ... make me (free?) from..., refuge and protection! |
References
other
Online access
IDP: THT 1250; TITUS: THT 1250
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1250
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2012. “The ‘Avadāna manuscript’ in Tocharian B.” Tokyo University Linguistic Papers 32: 109–243. http://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2261/52749/1/ggr032007.pdf.
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.
