THT 135

Known as:	THT 135; B 135; THT 135,1 = T III MQR 40 , THT 135,2 = T III MQR 44
Cite this page as:	Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 135". 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-tht135 (accessed 16 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Hannes A. Fellner
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQ 46 (on the fragment), T III MQR 40 (on the frame), T III MQR 44
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	archaic
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	45 (4x); 4343 (1x), 56 (2x), 4343 (1x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 133-147
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	(·)s· p· cp[ī] pr[e]¯ ¯u tk· nts[e] 10 9 śai ṣṣe ysa [l]ts· /// /// ·tra 20 a ṅkai· p[i] [l]k· ///
a2	ste wro ttse ce¯ ¯u meṃ kla yaṃ ka tkre klo yo /// /// ··i kre ntya mo rpo pe stc[e] ///
a3	ka lpa skeṃ pe lai kne ste ce nmeṃ /// /// ka llā tsī pe lai kne ste ///
a4	si ñpa lsko ntse ka rkau¯ ¯u to ntsā [m]· /// /// pe lai kne ke¯ ¯t sū ///
a5	sū me lyä tra 20 4 po kle śa /// /// 20 5 cpī kau na nts· ///
a6	kte ṣṣe pī la kutse wña ste /// /// s̝a¯ ¯ñ pya ppyai ntsa [mā] ///
a7	nā ntra : po pu dñä kti ma ·[e] ///
a8	o tce¯ ¯u yū kseṃ [s]sā naṃ ///
b1	l· e mpe lle yo l[o] ///
b2	ta pe lai kne ntse kuce kw[ä] ///
b3	nte ṣu kta nte 20 7 \|\| se /// /// – dñä kte : ai [ṣṣ] ///
b4	lmeṃ mā ka pa la nte pe lai [k]n· /// /// tne yä rmke śa : ā ///
b5	rntse o ko s̝ka ssñä kcyī śai ṣṣī /// /// w[ai] pe cce ntse mā ñe ///
b6	ñä s̝ta rkuse : ce¯ ¯u śva lme we ña pe /// /// [l]· kne ṣṣe śva lmeṃ ā yo¯ ¯r ///
b7	mce kra tsa ai s̝a lle : aiṃ krui wai [v]· /// /// we ñī s̝a ñno śī lsū ///
b8	ña ñmra mtā a nai śai po pa ṣṣī tra : [pa] /// /// h[m]ā ṇe wä tno sa ·[ī] ///

19d	3σ a1·s· ; p· cpī pre_utk(e)ntse 10-9
20a	śaiṣṣe ysälts(a) ; /// 5σ
20b	9σ
20c	9σ
20d	8σ /// ·trä 20
21a	aṅkai(ṃ) pilk(o) ; /// 2σ a2ste wrottse
21b	ce_umeṃ klayaṃ ; kätkre kloyo° /// 1σ
21c	9σ
21d	9σ
22a	8σ /// ··i
22b	krent yamor po ; pest ce a3kälpaskeṃ
22c	pelaikne ste ; cenmeṃ /// 3σ
22d	9σ
23a	9σ
23b	6σ /// källātsī
23c	pelaikne ste ; /// 1σ a4°siñ pälskontse
23d	kärkau_u tontsā ; m· /// 5σ
24a	9σ
24b	9σ
24c	6σ /// pelaikne
24d	ket sū /// 3σ a5°sū melyäträ 20-4
25a	po kleśä /// 6σ
25b	9σ
25c	9σ
25d	9σ /// 20-5
26a	cpī kaunänts(e) ; (pūdñäkti)a6kteṣṣepī
26b	läk_utsewña ste ; /// 5σ
26c	9σ
26d	9σ
27a	9σ ///
27b	ṣäñ pyappyaintsa ; mā /// 2σ a7°nānträ :
27c	po pudñäkti ; mä·e /// 3σ
27d	9σ
28a	a8ot ce_u yūkseṃ ; ssānäṃ /// 3σ
30x	1σ b1l· empelle yolo ///

b2	°ta pelaiknentse k_uce kwä° ///
b3	°nte ṣuktänte 20-7 ॥ se ///

1a	14σ
1b	8σ /// (pu)dñäkte :
1c	aiṣṣ° /// 4σ b4°lmeṃ māka palante
1d	pelaikn(e) /// 11σ
2a	14σ
2b	7σ /// tne yärm keśä :
2c	ā° /// 3σ b5°rntse ; oko ṣkäss ñäkcyī śaiṣṣī
2d	/// 14σ
3a	14σ ///
3b	waipeccentse mā ; ñe° /// 2σ b6ñäṣtär k_use :
3c	ce_u śvalme weña ; pe° /// 5σ
3d	14σ
4a	10σ /// (pe);l(ai)kneṣṣe
4b	śvalmeṃ āyor (ne)b7m;cek ra tsa aiṣälle :
4c	aiṃ kr_ui waiv(e) /// 7σ
4d	14σ
5a	7σ /// ; weñī ṣäñ no ; śīl sū /// 1σ
5b	1σ b8°ñ añm ramtā a;naiśai po paṣṣīträ :
5c	pa° /// 10σ
5d	14σ
6a	2σ /// (bra)hmā;ṇe wät no ; sa·ī /// 5σ

*	The left-hand fragment THT 135,1 is in one frame with THT 136; the right-hand fragment THT 135,2 is in one frame with THT 140.