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THT 1253

Known as:THT 1253; Prelim. No. 68
Cite this page as:"THT 1253". 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-tht1253 (accessed 13 Apr. 2026).

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

Transliteration

a1/// kt· na sa śā sta – (–) ·y· ·ñ· ///
a2/// – ste – ·sā mo cai śā lyi ·pe – ///
a3/// ka ·s·¯ ¯ys̝pä cwī śa na sa ntse śle¯ ¯k śta ///
a4/// – mo rk·o ko wä rpna ntra • tse mi ra
a5/// ·ā ·e (–) ·ai ·te – [ś]au ś· lle snā cau we n[t]a ///
b1/// [s]s· ś· (–) – ke klyau (–) – ·t· ka¯ ¯r ñe¯ – ///
b2/// ñ· – kl[ā] vi ssu ta ni ke ntse pe lai ///
b3/// ñī ñe mkla vi su ṣe sa sā ṅka mu a ///
b4/// – (–) – vai śā li ·i – ///
b5/// ·ä – rī na ne ·o (–) – ///

Transcription

a1/// kt· na śāstä – – ·y· ·ñ· ///
a2/// – ste·sā mo cai śā lyi ·pe – ///
a3/// ka ·s·yṣp cwī śana sa ntse śle-k śta ///
a4/// – mo rk·o ko wärpnanträtse mi ra
a5/// ·ā ·e·ai ·teśau ś· lle snā cau we nta ///
b1/// ss· ś· – – keklyau – – ·t· kar ñe – ///
b2/// ñ·klāvissu n ikentse pelai ///
b3/// ñī ñem klavisu ṣesa sāṅkä mu a ///
b4/// – – – vaiśāli ·i – ///
b5/// ·ä na ne ·o – – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*Same leaf as THT 3056.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1253; TITUS: THT 1253

other

Ogihara 2012

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №1253

Bibliography

IDP

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

Ogihara 2012

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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