THT 204

Known as:	THT 204; B 204; Ms. Otani
Cite this page as:	"THT 204". 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-tht204 (accessed 11 May 2026).
Provenience
Collection:	Tokyo National Museum
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	rn[e] rñe ṣṣe o no lmeṃ¯ ¯ts : po ntaṃ¯ ¯ts ka rtse¯ ¯ś a lā lycu ta¯ ¯ñä pe rne rñe wi nā skau : 20 5 se ksa pe
a2	rne¯ ¯ñcä o no lmi ceṃ twe po sa ṣā rka tai • pi¯ ¯ś cme la ṣṣeṃ o no lmeṃ¯ ¯ts pe rne rñe¯ ¯ś ṣe¯ ¯k
a3	spe lke ssu : śau la nma ṣṣe pi to sa ce pe rne rñe krau pa tai : ta¯ ¯ñä pe rne rñe sai¯ ¯m yā mo¯ ¯s̝
a4	pe rne¯ ¯ñcä ka po klau tkā re : 20 6 pe rne rñe nta ai ṣṣe ñcai trai dhā tu¯ ¯k po saṃ sā r[ṣ]ṣe·¯ ¯ts : ce clu ṣa rkau¯ ¯cä
b1	pe rn[e] nto ytā ri klyo mñai a ksa sto : snä tkū we ṣta¯ ¯ñä pe rne sa i ndri nta śle¯ ¯k ke ktse ñe : pe rne rñe sa
b2	tsa tsai ka¯ ¯s̝ po sa pe rne¯ ¯nt wi nā skau¯ ¯cä 20 7 pe rne rñe [dra] vyā ksa sta tsa rśa lñe nta la kle
b3	ṣṣeṃ : pe rne rñe sa e ka sta e ṅka lñe ṣṣeṃ ñe mna po : pe rne rñe ṣṣe ā ga tstsa śo nai ṣṣe
b4	wse ne ka sta : pe rne rñe sa yai ka sta a knā tsaṃ ñe ṣṣo rka mñe : 20 8 pe rne rñe sa ma kā ntso yā ta

25c	7σ ; (pe)a1rnerñeṣṣe ; onolmeṃts :
25d	pontaṃts kartseś ; alālycu ; tañ pernerñe ; wināskau : 20-5
26a	se ksa pea2rneñc ; onolmi ; ceṃ twe posa ; ṣārkatai •
26b	piś cmelaṣṣeṃ ; onolmeṃts ; pernerñeś ṣek ; a3 spelkessu :
26c	śaulanmaṣṣe ; pitosa ; ce pernerñe ; kraupatai :
26d	tañ pernerñe ; saim yāmoṣ ; a4 perneñc ka po ; klautkāre : 20-6
27a	pernerñenta ; aiṣṣeñcai ; traidhātuk po ; saṃsārṣṣe(ṃ)ts :
27b	ceclu ṣar kauc ; b1 pernento ; ytāri klyomñai ; aksasto :
27c	snätkūweṣ tañ ; pernesa n1 ; indrinta śle-k ; kektseñe :
27d	pernerñesa ; b2 tsatsaikaṣ ; posa pernent ; wināskau-c 20-7
28a	pernerñe dravy= ; āksasta ; tsärśalñenta ; läkleb3ṣṣeṃ :
28b	pernerñesa ; ekasta ; eṅkalñeṣṣeṃ ; ñemna po :
28c	pernerñeṣṣe ; āgatstsa ; śonaiṣṣe b4 wse ; nekasta :
28d	pernerñesa ; yaikasta ; aknātsaṃñeṣṣ= ; orkamñe : 20-8
29a	pernerñesa ; makāntso ; yātä 5σ

a1	... glorious... of beings...
a1	I worship your glory, you who work tirelessly for the good of everyone.
a1+	Whichever glorious beings there are, you have surpassed all of them.
a2+	Always zealous for the glory of the beings of five births, you gathered this glory with the price of lives.
a3+	All who have (ever) take refuge in your glory have turned glorious.
a4	You, having raised your glorious hand high, have anounced the noble way to all (beings) of the threefold Saṃsāra, oh you who give glories.
b1	(Your) senses along with your body are permeated by your glory.
b1+	I honor you, who are made of glory, most glorious of all.
b2+	You told of glory, substance (?) and the pains of suffering.
b3	Through glory, you understood all the names of desire.
b3+	Through the antidote of glory, you destroyed the poison of enmity.
b4	Through glory you made disappear the darkness of ignorance.
b4	Through glory... you tamed (?)... of many...

a1	O du zum Heil aller Unermüdlicher, ich verehre deinen Glanz. (Schmidt 1974: 414-5)
a1+	Was auch immer für glanzvolle Wesen [da sind], du hast diese in allem übertroffen. (Schmidt 1974: 511)
a3	Durch den Preis von Leben hast du diesen Glanz gesammelt. (Schmidt 1974: 402)
b1+	Dich, den durch Glanz Geformten, den Allerglänzendsten, verehre ich. (Schmidt 1974: 414)

*	Note the use of pernesa instead of pernerñesa - metri causa?

Hackstein 1995: b4 (85); Schmidt 1974: a1 (414f), a1 (414-5), a1 a2 (511), a3 (402), b1 b2 (414), b4 (452 n.6); Sieg and Siegling 1983: b1 (172), b4 (250); Thomas 1957: a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 (170), b1 (266); Thomas 1958a: b1 b2 (149); Thomas 1967c: b1 (175); Thomas 1979d: b1 (162); Thomas 1989: a1 (35), b1 b2 (35); Thomas 1993: a1=B203b2 (169), a1 a2 (190), a3 a4 (170), b3 b4 (169); Thomas 1997: a1 (89), a3 a4 (93), a3 a4 (98), b3 (100)