THT 201

Known as:	THT 201; B 201; Bleistiftnummer 2399
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 201". 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-tht201 (accessed 12 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Murtuk
Expedition code:	T III M 169.3
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Abhidharmakośa
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Abhidharma
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

lf	10 3
a1	tā ko yeṃ pra dhāṃ na no tsa mo ne sa lñe ṣṣe ne sa lñe ///
a2	sa śa kti ntse tsrā lñe ka rsa na ta¯ ¯r • śa kti bhe ///
a3	ke ya yā ta¯ ¯s̝ me nā ktsa cau a¯ ¯rth yā ts̝aṃ • ///
a4	yä kne ci lkā nta¯ ¯r • ta dbhe dā śca gha ṭā ṭi nā ma ///
a5	e vaṃ de va da tta vā syā di ṣva pi • kuse ·e ///
b1	ma pi śa kti nā nā tvaṃ : kuce s̝pa to yna [d]e ///
b2	pra jña pti ru pa tvā ca yu jya te • kṣa [ṇ]i ///
b3	ma ne pra dhā na ntse ra no śa kti sa ke ke no ///
b4	tvā ta dā tma bhū tā nāṃ śa kti nā ma pye ///
b5	ma¯ ¯nt • a tha ma nya thā • kwri sāṃ khye twe a lye ke ///

10-3

a1	tākoyeṃ pradhāṃ nano tsamo nesalñeṣṣe nesalñe ///
a2	sa śaktintse tsrālñe kärsanatär • śaktibhe ///
a3	ke yayātaṣ menāktsa cau arth yātṣäṃ • ///
a4	yäkneci lkāntär • tadbhedāś ca ghaṭāṭinām a ///
a5	evaṃ devadattavāsyādiṣv api • k_use (d)e ///
b1	m api śaktinānātvaṃ : k_uce ṣpä toyna de ///
b2	prajñaptirupatvāca yujyate • kṣaṇi ///
b3	mane pradhānantse rano śaktisa kekeno ///
b4	tvātadātmabhūtānāṃ śaktinām apy e ///
b5	mant • atha manyathā • kwri sāṃkhye twe alyeke ///

a1	... may they be...
a1	... now, exertion... being very...
a1+	... the separation of force (= śaktibheda) is known.
a2	śaktibheda...
a2+	... with capable (?) allegory, he tames the meaning.
a3+	... they appear... way...
a4	And the separation of this... ghaṭāṭinām...
a4+	... so... in the... of Devadatta etc. too...
a5	Who...
a5+	... the variety of force.
b1	And what those...
b1+	... designation and form fit (?).
b2	... moment...
b2+	... endowed with the power of exertion...
b3+	... of the forces that have become the self too...
b4+	... so...
b5	Then you believe.
b5	If you, a believer of sāṃkhya, other...

a2	... wird als śaktibheda verstanden. (Schmidt 1974: 213)