THT 228

Known as:	THT 228; B 228; Bleistiftnummer (?) 359
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 228". 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-tht228 (accessed 17 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 107
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	archaic
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 228-230
Following fragment:	THT 229
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	mā sta rsa yū ko rmeṃ : tsa lpa ṣṣi ma¯ ¯r śai ṣṣe ce kle śa nma ṣṣeṃ sā
a2	naṃ nmeṃ : 10 prā bhā se wlo pa rwe ṣṣe si ddha rthe s̝pa po sta ññe : te
a3	e pi ṅkte saṃ sā rne ko sā ra ñci ta ka re¯ ¯c : ceṃ a ra ñca¯ ¯ts po yso
a4	mo po yśi ññā ka¯ ¯lk pre ñcaṃ ṣe¯ ¯k : ce a ra ntsa yne śra mno yä rke
a5	ñä kta yā ma skau¯ ¯c : 10-1 snai ypa rwe nau¯ ¯s̝ saṃ sā rne kaṃ nte o kta
lf	40
b1	kle śa nma : au ṣu wa ñ[i] a ra ñcne wai ptā¯ ¯r wi tskaṃ wa wa yw(·) : t· kl(·) [śa]
b2	nma[¯] [¯]t[s] sa tko rsa pi ścme la ṣṣeṃ o no lme¯ ¯ts : la kle nta ṣṣe nau ske ne ñau
b3	sku wa ñä¯ ¯ś a ra ñcaṃ : 10 2 pwā ka lka nta ai ṣṣe ñcai ci me(·) a
b4	ka¯ ¯lk ñä ske ma¯ ¯r : ce cä me ltsa wä rñai ñä¯ ¯ś eṃ ṣke kse lyai pre ścyai ścä
b5	sa naṃ ntsrā no kau ṣe ntaṃ¯ ¯ts a ra ñcä ntse mi yä ṣlyñe :

(continues on THT 229)

a1	m āstärsa yūkormeṃ : tsälpaṣṣimar śaiṣṣe ce kleśanmaṣṣeṃ sā
a2	naṃnmeṃ : 10 prābhāse wlo pärweṣṣe siddharthe ṣpä postäññe : te
a3	epiṅkte saṃsārne kos āräñci takare-c : ceṃ aräñcats po yso
a4	mo poyśiññ= ākalk preñcaṃ ṣek : ce aräntsa yneś ram no yärke
a5	ñäkta yāmäskau-c : 10-1 snai ypärwe nauṣ saṃsārne käṃnte oktä
b1	kleśanma : auṣuwa ñi aräñcne waiptār witskaṃ wawayw(a) : t· kl(e) śa
b2	nmats sätkorsa piś cmelaṣṣeṃ onolmets : läklentaṣṣe nauskene ñau
b3	skuwa ñäś aräñcaṃ : 10-2 pw ākalkänta aiṣṣeñcai cime(ṃ) a
b4	kalk ñäskemar : ce cämeltsa wärñai ñäś eṃṣke kselyai preścyaiścä
b5	sanaṃnts rāno kauṣentaṃts arañcäntse miyäṣlyñe :

(continues on THT 229)

a1+	Having defeated... with an arrow, may I liberate this world from the enemies that are the Kleśas.
a2	First king Prabhāsa and last Siddhārtha:
a2+	How many minds you have head in between this, of those minds all comprehensively (are) always carriers of the wish for Buddhahood.
a4+	With this (= such a) mind, I now honor you, god, directly, as it were.
a5+	From the very beginning in the Saṃsāra, the 108 Kleśas have dwelled in my heart (and) spread their roots.
b1+	Through the spread of the Kleśas, in the painful oppression of the beings of five births, I have oppressed my mind.
b3+	I ask for a wish from you, who grants all wishes:
b4+	For this whole life until the time of extinction, may I not even in my mind think of the damage to the mind caused by enemies who are killers, let alone (experience it) with my body and word!

(continues on THT 229)

a1+	... mit dem Pfeil (namens) ... besiegt habend, möchte ich diese Welt von den Kleśa-Feinden erlösen! (Schmidt 1974: 508)
b3+	O du alle Wünsche Gewährender, von dir erbitte ich einen Wunsch: Von dieser Geburt an bis zur Zeit des Erlöschens möchte ich nicht an die Schädigung des Herzens selbst tötender Feinde auch nur in Gedanken denken, geschweige denn mit Körper [und] Wort. (Schmidt 1974: 81, 155, 182)

Carling 2000: b4 (351); Hackstein 1995: a1 (98), b1 (218), b1 b2 b3 (181); Krause 1952: b2 b3 (178); Schmidt 1974: a1 a2 (508), b3 b4 b5 THT 229 a1 (155), b3 b4 b5 THT 229 a1 (81, 155, 182), b4 b5 THT 229 a1 (81, 182); Thomas 1952: b4 b5 THT 229 a1 (33); Thomas 1957: a2 a3 a4 a5 (231), a5 b1 (282); Thomas 1960a: b1ff (199); Thomas 1967c: a2 (174); Thomas 1997: a2 a3 (114), a4 (81)