THT 214

Known as:	THT 214; B 214; Bleistiftnummer 2651
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 214". 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-tht214 (accessed 09 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 65 (on the frame), T III MQ 49 (on the fragment)
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
Meter:	444 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 210-214
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	pa rka me ñe wno lme ntsa ta¯ ¯ñä • ·[m]· /// /// vai yne ye tspo wā ka ṣṣa sta • ai yśa mñe
a2	ṣṣai la kutsau wñai ysa lu kṣta¯ ¯r śai yṣṣeṃ /// /// tsta ṅwa ññä ññe cī ne yai ypu 100 50 ai yksā
a3	tai yra saṃ sā rṣṣa na p[o] /// /// nta : cä mpmo no ṣai ytnau wṣai klā wa stsi saṃ sā
a4	rmeṃ twe • mā cme tsyā ñme ma nta kno ·e /// /// rttā tai : ai ytta ṅka po ka ru ṇntsa ka we sa¯ ¯ñä
a5	ka rtse¯ ¯śc 100 50-1 śī lai yśa mñe /// /// [p]ai yne yai yto¯ ¯s̝ • va jjro pa mo sa mā dhi ṣṣe
lf	80 7
b1	cä ṅke nau ttse • snai yko rñe ṣṣe ·[au] /// /// [¯]ñ[ä] ā śce i me ṣṣa • ñe mka lywe ṣṣe ma hu
b2	rsa s̝a ñta rne yai ytu 100 50 2 [kt]· /// /// ma lkau kre ñcä sa mā ka ne • e mpreṃ pi lko wa
b3	rñai kre nta o ktpo kai yñ· • [ai] /// /// ·[ś]· mñe ṣṣeṃ ye peṃ e ṅku wai yptā rma śne : wi kṣṇu ne
b4	stwe po yśi ññe ṣṣe po yu kṣe ñcai /// /// ntai ytsñe ṣṣai wrā kai pā yā sta kle nau ntsai :
b5	po yśi ññe ṣṣa la cwe śe ñña po [ś]ai /// /// hmñä kte sa wa rñai lā¯ ¯ñcä kuse ṣpke na ṣṣi • ke

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150a	4σ a1 ; parka meñe ; wnolmentsa täñ •
150b	·m· /// 4σ /// ; vaiyneyets po ; wākäṣṣasta •
150c	aiyśamñea2ṣṣai ; läk_utsauwñaiysa ; lukṣtar śaiyṣṣeṃ
150d	/// 4σ /// ts ; täṅwaññäññe ; cīne yaiypu 100-50
151a	aiyksāa3taiy ra ; saṃsārṣṣana ; po (läkle)nta :
151b	cämpmo no ṣaiyt ; nauwṣai klāwastsi ; saṃsāa4rmeṃ twe •
151c	mā cmetsy āñme ; mantak no (tw)e ; (śaul) (a)rttātai :
151d	aiyttaṅka po ; karuṇntsa ka ; wesäñ a5 kärtseśc 100-50-1
152a	śīl aiyśamñe ; (cakkarwisa) ; paiyne yaiytoṣ •
152b	vajjropämo-;samādhiṣṣe ; b1 cäṅke nauttse •
152c	snai-ykorñeṣṣe ; (n)au(myesa) (tä)ñ ; āśce imeṣṣa •
152d	ñem-kälyweṣṣe ; mahub2rsa ṣäñ ; tärne yaiytu 100-50-2
153a	kt· /// 3σ /// ; mälkau kreñcä ; samākane •
153b	empreṃ pilko ; wab3rñai krentä ; okt pokaiyñ(o) •
153c	ai(y)ś(a)mñeṣṣeṃ ; yepeṃ eṅku ; waiyptār maśne :
153d	wikṣṇu neb4s= twe ; poyśiññeṣṣe ; po yukṣeñcai (100-50-3)
154a	(spä)ntaiytsñeṣṣai ; wrākai pāyāsta ; klenauntsai :
154b	b5 poyśiññeṣṣa ; lac weśeñña ; po śai(ṣṣenne) (:)
154c	(bra)hm-ñäktesa ; warñai lāñc ; k_use ṣp kenaṣṣi •
154d	ke 11σ

a1	... your moon arose to the beings.
a1	... you separated... of all vaiyneyets...
a1+	thou dost illuminate worlds by the light of [thy] knowledge
a2	... having entered dearness towards you...
a2+	as you had come to know all the pains of the saṃsāra,
a3+	you were able to report previous (events) from the saṃsāran1
a4	It is not (your) wish to be born.
a4	You have never praised life, for the good of us, with total compassion.
a5	(Your) feet are adorned with the wheels moral behavior and knowledge;
a5+	(Your) chest of thunderbolt-like-meditation is brillant (?).
b1	Your head that is your thought (is adorned) with the jewel of diligence.
b1+	The crown of your own head is adorned with the diadem of good fame.
b2	... having put on the two good samāka... (?)n2
b2+	True insight, etc. are the eight good arms.
b3	Having seized the weapons of knowledge in each hand, you are Viṣṇu, all knowing, all conquering.
b4	You blew the resounding shell of faith.
b4+	The Buddha-voice emerged in all worlds.
b5	Starting with Brahma, the kings and those who... of the land...

a1+	Mit der Leuchte der Erkenntnis erleuchtest du die Welten. (Schmidt 1974: 468)
a2+	Du hast auch wissen lassen alle Saṃsāra(leidenden), denn du warst fähig, das Frühere zu erzählen aus dem Saṃsāra. (Schmidt 1974: 457)
a4	Nicht [ist dir] der Wunsch geboren zu werden [gewesen]. Niemals fürwahr hast du (das Leben) gepriesen. (Schmidt 1974: 170)

n1	Translation adapted from Winter apud Malzahn 2010: 544. It is not clear what nauwṣai means.
n2	Interpreting kreñcä samākane as a dual.

Adams 2012a: a1 a2 (26); Hackstein 1995: a1 (128), a1 a2 (124), b4 (98); Krause 1952: a2 a3 a4 (187); Peyrot 2013b: b4 (772); Schmidt 1974: a1 a2 (468), a2 a3 a4 (457), a4 (170); Thomas 1954: a2 a3 a4 (739); Thomas 1957: a1 (214), a2 (261), a2 a3 (174), a4 (175), a5 (264), b1 (264), b3 (175); Thomas 1969: a1 (253), b5 (238); Thomas 1993: a1 a2 (201); Thomas 1997: b3 b4 (85)