THT 183
| Known as: | THT 183; B 183; Bleistiftnummer 2045 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 183". 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-tht183 (accessed 18 Jul. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Sengim |
| Expedition code: | T II S 79.1 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Abhidharmakośa |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Abhidharma |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Abhidharmakośa β |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// bhā¯ ¯p • e nte gh[ā] a kṣā¯ ¯r w[e] kuse cau gh· a kṣā ra mpa |
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| a2 | /// ·k· ta¯ ¯r tu meṃ a kṣa rā laṃ ba ne pa lsko tse ṅke ta¯ ¯r ṭā |
| a3 | /// ¯r we śe ña pa¯ ¯stä a ti¯ ¯t tā kaṃ tu meṃ vi ka lpa |
| a4 | /// a kṣā ra nta ā laṃ ba ntsa ṣu kta nte pa lsko tse ṅke |
| a5 | /// [wa] ṣe tsā¯ ¯k śtwā ra ā ya ta nta ai śai ya ma |
| b1 | /// m·[ṃ] a lle¯ ¯k ñe mmā tā ko¯ ¯yä nā ma laṃ ba |
| b2 | /// [y]ä ma ske ta rno a rtha ntse ka rsa lñe te sa ai – |
| b3 | /// m· • pa dā ka ṣṣi krau pi ma kcai • a kṣa ra pā ri pū ri re |
| b4 | /// – ra lñe i ñc[e] wre ki ne a¯ ¯rthä plye tke ma ne ra¯ ¯mtä |
| b5 | /// [¯][rthä] pla tku lkā ta¯ ¯r me ñe n[ts]e ka ·e – i [t]au [ñ]e [ma] |
Transcription
| a1 | /// bhāp • ente ghā akṣār we kuse cau gh(ā) akṣārämpa |
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| a2 | /// ·k· tär tumeṃ akṣarālaṃbane palsko tseṅketär ṭā |
| a3 | /// r weśeña päst atit tākaṃ tumeṃ vikalpa |
| a4 | /// akṣāränta ālaṃbantsa ṣuktante palsko tseṅke |
| a5 | /// waṣetsāk śtwāra āyatanta aiśai yama |
| b1 | /// m(e)ṃ allek ñem mā tākoy nāmalaṃba |
| b2 | /// y{†ä} mäsketär no arthantse karsalñe tesa ai – |
| b3 | /// m· • padākäṣṣi kraupi mäkcai • akṣarapāripūrir e |
| b4 | n1 /// – ralñe iñcew rekine arth plyetkemane ramt |
| b5 | /// rth plätku lkātär meñentse ka ·e – itauñe mä |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | The first akṣara is either a or ā (cf. Sieg and Siegling 1953: 105). |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
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Online access
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
