THT 1274
| Known as: | THT 1274; Prelim. No. 93 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1274". 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-tht1274 (accessed 14 Mar. 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 | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 3 |
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· – ce maṃ jñā tse ne spo rt[o] ta rse śai /// |
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| a2 | /// – ñā ka lka rī to yta rsu ne mce – /// |
| a3 | /// ·ā tsa ks̝ta rme ṣṣe k·e k·e ñe : ·e /// |
| b1 | /// we ntsi a ñme ce¯ ¯ts a lpa n· /// |
| b2 | /// ·n· yā ms̝a nme : ye kte śau lyi ta¯ ¯r /// |
| b3 | /// lmo ke kmo¯ ¯s̝ : ma nta sai ma ksa mā wa ste /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// k· – ce mäṃ jñātsene sportotär se śai /// |
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| a2 | /// (poyśi)ñ= ākalkä rītoytär su nemce(k) /// |
| a3 | /// ·ā tsäkṣtärme ṣṣek ·e k·e ñe : ·e /// |
| b1 | /// wentsi añme cets alpän· /// |
| b2 | /// ·n· yāmṣänme : yekte śaulyitär /// |
| b3 | /// lmo kekmoṣ : mänta saimä ksa mā waste ///n1 |
Translation
| a1 | ... this one... turns in jñātse(?)... |
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| a1+ | ... may he cherish the wish for Buddhahood... certainly... |
| a2+ | ... their... is burned... always... |
| a3+ | ... it is their wish to say... |
| b1+ | ... they make... them... |
| b2 | ... would live (only) briefly (?)... |
| b2+ | ... having come... |
| b3 | (There is) no refuge, no protection (besides the Buddha)... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | For this phrase, cf. THT 1193 and 2247 b4, and, b5. |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 1274; TITUS: THT 1274
other
Tamai 2007a: №1274
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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.
