THT 1681
| Known as: | THT 1681; Prelim. No. 443 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1681". 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-tht1681 (accessed 16 Feb. 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 |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
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
| lf | 2 100 80 7 |
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| a1 | pa lsko nta pa lska na ma ne pra dyo te lā nte tke lñe a ṣa nī k· /// |
| a2 | mai ña ke pra dyo te lā nta ā nte ā nte mpa we /// |
| a3 | ne a ṣa nī ke upā dhyā ye wra nts[ai] – – – /// |
| a4 | sa ā ksa • rme rma ne kā tyā ya /// |
| a5 | (–) ya ma ṣṣa wa pa rc[c]au k·e n·a ·ā – /// |
| b1 | – m·¯ ¯s̝ ne sa lle • ña ke p· – /// |
| b2 | ntse na ka nma a kṣā ne we rsa nuṃ /// |
| b3 | ñke¯ ¯k nrai ṣṣa na pwā ra sa tske m· [ra] – ·r· /// |
| b4 | we ṣṣaṃ ne¯ ¯ś• krui mā ra tsa klau tka lle tā – /// |
| b5 | pa¯ ¯stä wṣi yau pai ntsa kuse tā kaṃ • tu meṃ kau na ntse yai po r·eṃ /// |
Transcription
| lf | 2-100-80-7 |
| a1 | pälskonta pälskanamane pradyote lānte tkelñe aṣanīk(e) /// |
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| a2 | mai ñake pradyote lānta ānte āntempa we /// |
| a3 | ne aṣanīke upādhyāye wrantsai – – – /// |
| a4 | sa āksa • rmer ma ne kātyāya /// |
| a5 | – yamaṣṣawa parccau k·e n·a ·ā – /// |
| b1 | – m·ṣ nesalle • ñake p· – /// |
| b2 | ntse nakanma akṣā-ne wersa nuṃ /// |
| b3 | ñke-k nraiṣṣana pwārasa tske m· rä – ·r· /// |
| b4 | weṣṣaṃ neś krui māratsa klautkalle tā – /// |
| b5 | päst wṣiyau paintsa kuse tākaṃ • tumeṃ kaunantse yaipor(m)eṃ /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... thinking thoughts, Pradyota... tkelñeof the king... the worthy... |
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| a1+ | ... now Pradyota... the king... face to face... |
| a2+ | ... towards the worthy Upādhyāya... |
| a3+ | ... woke up. |
| a4 | Quickly... Kātyāyana... |
| a5 | ... I did... |
| a5+ | ... to be... |
| b1 | Now... |
| b1+ | ... he told him of the reproaches of... |
| b2 | With hatred... |
| b2+ | ... (burning?) in the flames of hell now... |
| b3+ | ... says to him: |
| b4 | If... is to turn... |
| b4+ | ... whoever is..., after the sun has set... |
Commentary
Remarks
| Same leaf as THT 1681 and THT 2981.f. |
References
other
Online access
IDP: THT 1681; TITUS: THT 1681
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1681
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.
