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THT 1274

Known as:THT 1274; Prelim. No. 93
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 22 Jun. 2025).

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

Transliteration

a1/// k· – ce maṃ jñā tse ne spo rt[o] ta rse śai ///
a2/// – ñā ka lka rī to yta rsu ne mce – ///
a3/// ·ā tsa kta 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/// ce mäṃ jñātsene sportotär se śai ///
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 waste ///n1

Translation

a1... this one... turns in jñātse (?)...
a2... may he cherish the wish for Buddhahood... certainly...
a3... their... is burned... always...
b1... it is their wish to say...
b2... they make... them... ... would live (only) briefly (?)...
b3... having come... (There is) no refuge, no protection (besides the Buddha)...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1For this phrase, cf. THT 1193 and 2247 b4, and, b5.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1274; TITUS: THT 1274

other

Tamai 2007a: №1274

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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