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THT 216

Known as:THT 216; B 216; THT 1674
Cite this page as:"THT 216". 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-tht216 (accessed 17 May 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:T III MQ 17.23
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 215-219
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:4

Transliteration

a1/// – – r· k· a ñc· [l]s̝a
a2/// – – lsk· po pa lsko [s]·[ā]
a3/// – – : 30 9 kuce ñ· [śña] –
a4/// ·[ñ]· ś[m]oṃ la kṣā nta po –
b1/// – (–) – ·o – [k]· ///
b2/// tme lmeṃ [wi] nā skau
b3/// k· l· – [c]ñ· kpe n·
b4/// s̝s̝aṃ – tk[o] lle m· [ā] lo

Transcription

a1/// – – añc(ā)l ṣä¬
a2¬(rne) /// – – lsk· po palsko s·ā
a3/// – – : 30-9 kuce ñ(i)ś ña(ke)
a4/// ·ñ·śmoṃ lakṣānta po
b1/// – – – ·o ///
b2/// tmelmeṃ wināskau
b3/// cñ· kpen·
b4/// ṣṣäṃ (klau)tkolle ālo

Commentary

Remarks

*The manuscript THT 216 was thought to be missing and has been given the new number THT 1674.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008A3
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 216, THT 1674; TITUS: THT 216, THT 1674

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 129; Tamai 2007a: №1674