THT 1554
| Known as: | THT 1554; Prelim. No. 463 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1554". 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-tht1554 (accessed 18 Aug. 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 | |
| Manuscript: | Avadāna |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// – ma¯ ¯r• tu meṃ bo dhi sa tve ka ccā¯ ¯p n[e] te wa rkṣa¯ ¯l tse /// |
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| a2 | /// ltu we¯ ¯s̝• ma na rkai sa ka meṃ bo dhi sa tve la lā /// |
| a3 | /// ske mta¯ ¯r tu ·ā ksa ye¯ ¯s pā ṣṣ· ta¯ ¯ñ – /// |
| a4 | /// [ksa] o (– – –) c·a yo lo ka – ·t[e] /// |
| b1 | /// ·s· • cwi ·t· (– –) – na – va śi rṣṣe – – /// |
| b2 | /// [sa] twe we s̝s̝aṃ kuce – knā ṣṣī ta¯ ¯r• [y]ā mtsi cai – /// |
| b3 | /// mā¯ ¯s̝ la la śce¯ ¯r mā ye¯ ¯s ci mpa lyi ne śce¯ ¯r• – /// |
| b4 | /// ·t·¯ ¯t• e nte ñi¯ ¯ś• pa ñä ktaṃ ñe pe rne ka llau o¯ ¯t• ye /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – mar tumeṃ bodhisatve kaccāp nete warkṣaltse /// |
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| a2 | /// ltuweṣ manarkaisa kameṃ bodhisatve lalā /// |
| a3 | /// skemtär tu ·ā ksa yes pāṣṣ· täñ – /// |
| a4 | /// ksa o – – – c·a yolo kä – ·te /// |
| b1 | /// ·s· • cwi ·t· – – – na – vaśirṣṣe – – /// |
| b2 | /// satwe weṣṣäṃ kuce (pä)knāṣṣītär yāmtsi cai – /// |
| b3 | /// mā ṣ lalaścer mā yes cimpalyi neścer – /// |
| b4 | /// ·t·t ente ñiś pañäktäṃñe perne kallau ot ye /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... then the Bodhisattva (like) a turtle... powerful... |
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| a1+ | ... the monks came to the bank of a river. |
| a2 | The Bodhisattva... exerted... |
| a2+ | ... you... protect (?)... |
| a3+ | ... evil... |
| a4+ | ... his... of diamond... |
| b1+ | The Bodhisattva says: |
| b2 | Whatever he would intend to do, they... |
| b2+ | ... and you do not exert yourselves. |
| b3 | You are not able... |
| b3+ | ... when I obtain Buddhahood, then (you)... |
Other
| b3 | And you do not make effort, [and] you will not be able. (Peyrot 2013b: 342) |
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Commentary
Remarks
| Same leaf as THT 3112. |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1554; TITUS: THT 1554
other
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1554
Translations
Peyrot 2013b: b3 (342)
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2012. “The ‘Avadāna manuscript’ in Tocharian B.” Tokyo University Linguistic Papers 32: 109–243. http://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2261/52749/1/ggr032007.pdf.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
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.
