THT 1548.a
| Known as: | THT 1548.a; Prelim. No. 442 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1548.a". 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-tht1548a (accessed 17 Aug. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 138 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Jyotiṣkāvadāna |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddha legend |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
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 | /// ·s· ntse¯ ¯k• • sū śa no klā te ma kte o sta meṃ • tā wä mpa – /// |
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| a2 | /// – wa ki ce pi e pa sti ye pi wa pāṃ ntsa ntse wa sa • pa lka moṃ [l]· /// |
| a3 | /// n·¯ ¯ś• pa¯ ¯s̝• twe cwī śpā lmeṃ ke te ka rtse ca stra pa ri kṣ· keṃ pi to pe·¯ ¯r /// |
| a4 | /// – ·ai • ta ne ri ye ksa mā ne saṃ o rpo ṅka mā ne saṃ • tu m[e]ṃ /// |
| a5 | /// [ne]¯ ¯·• cau • kā r·a ·e (–) – pi to yā m·i yā – /// |
| b1 | /// – n· ma kte yo lme (– –) – ¯l tu mpa ta [s]· [m]· – /// |
| b2 | /// – kc· y· ka re pā kri tā ka¯ ¯ś r[i] ye stā ṅsa ra ṅko r[m]eṃ ñi – /// |
| b3 | /// jo ti ṣki pā ce¯ ¯r su bhā dre o sta ṣme ñca o ro cce te ki ne kā rpa /// |
| b4 | /// ka ntse sru ko rmeṃ wa lo bi mba sā re cau jo ti ṣkeṃ kā lyśkeṃ śpā [lm]· /// |
| b5 | /// – r·¯ ¯ñcä ka ryo¯ ¯r ya tsi au ntsa nte • a sa ṣṣai wra ṣṣai y·o ·i /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·s· ntsek • sū śano klāte mäkte ostameṃ • tāwämpa – /// |
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| a2 | /// – wakicepi epastiyepi wapāṃntsantse wasa • pälkamoṃ l· /// |
| a3 | /// n·ś paṣ twe cwī śpālmeṃ kete kärtse castra parikṣ· keṃ pito pe·r /// |
| a4 | /// – ·ai • tane riye ksa mā nesäṃ orpoṅkä mā nesäṃ • tumeṃ /// |
| a5 | /// ne – cau • kā r·a ·e – – pito yām·i yā – /// |
| b1 | /// – n· mäkte yolme – – – l tumpa ta s· m· – /// |
| b2 | /// – kc· y· ka re pākri tākaś riye stāṅsa räṅkormeṃ ñi – /// |
| b3 | /// jotiṣki pācer subhādre osta-ṣmeñca orocce tekine kārpa /// |
| b4 | /// käntse srukormeṃ walo bimbasāre cau jotiṣkeṃ kālyśkeṃ śpālm· /// |
| b5 | /// – r·ñc karyor yatsi auntsante • asaṣṣai wraṣṣai y·o ·i /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... he himself brought his wife as if from home. |
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| a1 | With her... |
| a1+ | ... he gave... to a distinguished, skilled weaver. |
| a2 | Luminous... |
| a2+ | ... give you to him who is best, whose good castra... the examiners... price... |
| a4 | No city is there. |
| a4 | There is no market place. |
| a4 | Thus... |
| a4+ | ... to make price (=evaluate?)... |
| a5+ | ... as a pool... with that... |
| b1+ | ... the city appeared to you. |
| b2 | Having climbed on the palace... |
| b2+ | ... Jyotiṣka's father, Subādhre, the householder, descended into a great illness... |
| b3+ | ... after the death of... king Bimbasāra... the excellent boy Jyotiṣka... |
| b4+ | ... they began to engage in trade... |
| b5 | ... of water... |
Commentary
Remarks
| This is a fragment of the Jyotiṣkāvadāna, a text that is also attested in Gāndhārī Baarvig and Liland 2010: 62-65. |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1548a; TITUS: THT 1548
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1548
Bibliography
Baarvig, Jens, and Fredrik Liland, eds. 2010. Traces of Gandhāran Buddhism. An exhibition of ancient Buddhist manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection. Oslo: Hermes Publishing. https://www.indologie.uni-muenchen.de/dokumente/publ_hartmann/exhibition_catalogue.pdf.
“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.
