THT 1556
| Known as: | THT 1556; Prelim. No. 464 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation transliteration). "THT 1556". 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-tht1556 (accessed 12 Sep. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation transliteration) |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Kotīviṃśāvadāna |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Avadāna |
| 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 | /// ·m· – – – ne • la nta meṃ ā śa ya ṣṣā te ṣa¯ ¯ñä ri¯ ¯ś – [ṅ]k· || ma kte |
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| a2 | /// – ṣme ñca [ś]· mai ś[k]e lye lya ko rmeṃ o ro tstsai ka tkau ñai te ta nma ṣṣu i sta |
| a3 | /// na ti ·[ā] rnta saṃ tke ntse yā tka ne || su śa mai śke la laṃ ṣke o lya – ts· |
| a4 | /// – w[ai] pe c[c]e tstse śro ṇe ko ṭi vi ṅśe te ma¯ ¯nt• ñe¯ ¯m• ne – n· || o /// |
| a5 | /// – – na ma la kka na • tu knai sa – /// |
| b1 | /// ·ra ·ts· nma ra kṣi yeṃ ne tu sa ne – – /// |
| b2 | /// ·t· – sa ke ke nu wa ā we rya ma ṣṣi yeṃ ·e (–) – ·o – ll· – /// |
| b3 | /// le (–) ṣṣ· lu ṣai a rtsa kauṃ pa ñä kte lkā tsi ve ṇu vaṃ [n]· yai – – [ṣa]¯ ¯ñä |
| b4 | /// [t]k· nta mpa pe pa kṣo¯ ¯s̝ yu¯ ¯s̝ ñe¯ ¯m• śwā tsi wa lo klā ṣṣi • [l]· ka śa ro y· |
| b5 | /// – tru mcu [ṣ]k· e nwe cce pi ṇḍi pā ltsa lāṃ¯ ¯nt wa rks̝a ltsa [ka] [r]ṣṣa – – – – |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·m· – – – ne • lantameṃ āśä yaṣṣāte ṣañ riś – ṅk· ॥ mäkte |
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| a2 | /// – ṣmeñca ś(a)maiśke lyelyakormeṃ orotstsai katkauñai tetanmäṣṣu ista |
| a3 | /// na ti(n)ārnta saṃtkentse yātkane ॥ su śamaiśke lalaṃṣke olya – ts· |
| a4 | /// – waipeccetstse śroṇe koṭiviṅśe te mant ñem ne – n· ॥ o /// |
| a5 | /// – – na ma la kka na • tu=knaisa – /// |
| b1 | /// ·rä ·ts· nma räkṣiyeṃne tusa ne – – /// |
| b2 | /// ·t· – sa kekenuwa āwer yamaṣṣiyeṃ(n)e – – ·o – ll· – /// |
| b3 | /// le – ṣṣ· lu ṣai artsa kauṃ pañäkte lkātsi veṇuvaṃn(e) yai – – ṣañ |
| b4 | /// (sa)tk(e)ntampa pepakṣoṣ yuṣ ñem śwātsi walo klāṣṣi • l· ka śa ro y· |
| b5 | /// – tru mcuṣk(e) enwecce piṇḍipāltsa lāṃnt warkṣältsa karṣṣa – – – – |
Translation
| a1 | ... he demanded from the king his head. |
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| a2 | ... (house)holder... having seen the boy, great joy having arisen in him, immediately... |
| a2+ | ... ordered him... dinars for the remedy... |
| a3+ | The boy, very soft... |
| a4 | ... a wealthy (person) named "Śroṇa Koṭīviṃśa"... |
| a5 | That way, ... |
| a5+ | ... they would extend... him... |
| b1 | ... thus... |
| b1+ | ... they would prepare for him... endowed with... |
| b2+ | ... every day, he would go to Vaṇuvana to see the Buddha... |
| b3+ | ... the king would bring food called yūṣa, cooked with medicaments... |
| b4+ | ... the prince... with power shot the king with an enweccejavelin... |
References
other
Online access
IDP: THT 1556; TITUS: THT 1556
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1556
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.
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.
