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THT 209.a

Known as:THT 209.a; B 209; B 209a; Bleistiftnummer 2694
Cite this page as:"THT 209.a". 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-tht209 (accessed 14 May 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:T III MQR 55
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Add. linguistic characteristics:archaic
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:verse

Object

Manuscript:THT 203-209
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:4

Transliteration

a1– – – ·[t]· n[a]¯ ¯ś ci w[ī] na sk· – ///
a2– sta śa kta lye śka ñce śa k·au – ///
a3///
b3l· r· – ci wī na skau ///
b4– wa wa yau wa ntre [ai] s[i] ///

Transcription

a1n1 – – – ·t· naś ci wīnask(au) – ///
a2(śta)sta śaktalye śkäñce śak (k)au(m) ///
a3///
b3l· r· – ci wīnaskau ///
b4– wawayau wantre aisi ///

Commentary

Remarks

*By Sieg and Siegling 1953: 124-125 edited as "Nr. 209". In one frame with THT 208 and THT 209.b. Lines a4 and b1-2 are lost. On IDP, recto and verso are reversed compared to Sieg and Siegling 1953: 125.

Philological commentary

n1w[ī]nask(au): with either ī or i.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008A3
Tamai 2011C5
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 209a; TITUS: THT 209

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 124-125