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THT 1363.b

Known as:THT 1363.b; Prelim. No. 199
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1363.b". 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-tht1363b (accessed 16 Dec. 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:4

Images

Transliteration

a1/// – pe ṣṣa na st[ā] na ma ske nta
a2/// – ·k· ·me ko ka leṃ wai ptā rwā ya lyka
a3/// no pu we nta nrai nta ne la kle nta tu
a4/// – – – – nma ·e n·a ·o (– –)
b1/// wā rśa sa kre ntaṃ nā ka [ly]ñ· ///
b2/// snai la lyñe cce tra ṅko ne n·a – ///
b3/// pra – pa ñä kte bo dhi [s]ā tve kā ///
b4/// [mā] pā lkaṃ po sa a vi śne [ta] – ske tra ///

Transcription

a1/// (krau)peṣṣana stāna mäskenta
a2/// – ·k· ·me kokaleṃ waiptār wāya lyka
a3/// no puwenta nraintane läklenta tu
a4/// – – – – nma ·e n·a ·o – –
b1/// wārśasa krentaṃ nākälyñ(e) ///
b2/// snai lalyñecce traṅkone n·a – ///
b3/// prapañäkte bodhisātve ///
b4/// pālkaṃ posa aviśne ta(nmä)sketrä ///

Translation

a1... are group-trees (?)...
a1+... drove the wagons separately...
a2+... the spokes... torments in the hells...
a4+... reproaching the good...
b1+... in sin without exit...
b2+... Buddha... Bodhisattva...
b3+... if... doesn't see, ... is born in the Avīci-hell above all (?)...

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1363b; TITUS: THT 1363

other

Tamai 2007a: №1363

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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