THT 229

Known as:	THT 229; B 229; Bleistiftnummer (?) 436
Cite this page as:	Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 229". 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-tht229 (accessed 14 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Hannes A. Fellner
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	(T III) MQR 108 (edition), T III MQ 46 (on the fragment)
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
Meter:	4343 (4x); 444 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 228-230
Preceding fragment:	THT 228
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

(continues from THT 228)

a1	pa lsko sā ra mā pa lsko¯ ¯ym kuce s̝pa ke ktse ñre ki sa [:] [10] 3 – [y]ś·
a2	ymai nne yne ma ne ko¯ ¯s s̝pa wä lke te pi ṅkte : ku ta ṅkma ne sa rwe
a3	caṃ s̝a ñyā mo rsa cme la ne : [sa] kula kle sā wa skā cce wä rsā i
a4	te ka rūṃ nṣe : a ra ñcña kta (– –) mñä¯ ¯ś po yśi ñā ka¯ ¯lk pre ñcai ṣe¯ ¯k :
a5	10 4 po pe lai kna¯ ¯ts s̝a – – – [rs]o[¯] [¯]y[m] wä tka¯ ¯l a raṃ n[ts]a : saṃ sā
lf	40 1
b1	rṣṣa na tse re kwa snai lyi [pra] – – – ma¯ ¯r : pi¯ ¯ś pa lsko ntse wa la
b2	ntsaṃ tsa tkwa tsñe nta śtwā ra s̝pa (–) – – wa loṃ a ra ñcñi cme lmeṃ cä
b3	me¯ ¯l mā ma rso¯ ¯ym : 10 5 [\|\|] \|\| po nta tss[ai] mo ka rtse ri
b4	tai a ñmā la ṣka : la kle na kṣi sa kwai ṣṣe ñcai ka ṣṣi pā nto : po kle
b5	śaṃ nma ne nku ma nte na kṣtā lye ṅka¯ ¯ts : po na kaṃ nmā yai ku yai tu

(continues from THT 228)

40-1

13d	pälskosā ra ; mā pälskoym ; k_uce ṣpä kektseñ ; rekisa : 10-3
14a	– yś· a2 ymainne ; ynemane ; kos ṣpä wälke t= epiṅkte :
14b	kutäṅkmane ; särwea3caṃ ; ṣäñ yāmorsa ; cmelane :
14c	säk_u lakles= ā;waskācce ; wärsā ia4te ; karūṃnṣe :
14d	aräñc ñakta ; (källo)m ñäś ; poyśiñ= ākalk ; preñcai ṣek : a5 10-4
15a	po pelaiknats ; ṣä – – ; – rsoym wätkal ; aräṃntsa :
15b	saṃsāb1rṣṣana ; tserekwa ; snai lyiprä – ; – – mar :
15c	piś pälskontse ; walab2ntsaṃ ; tsätkwatsñenta ; śtwāra ṣpä (:)
15d	– – waloṃ ; aräñc ñi ; cmelmeṃ cäb3mel ; mā märsoym : 10-5

*	॥ ॥

1a	pontäts saimo ; kärtse-rib4tai ; añmālaṣka :
1b	läkle näkṣi ; säkw aiṣṣeñcai ; käṣṣi pānto :
1c	po kleb5śaṃnma ; nenku n1 mänte ; näkṣt ālyeṅkäts :
1d	po nakäṃnmā ; yaiku yaitu ; 4σ

(continues from THT 228)

a1+	Walking on ways for however long, filling out forms of existence in births through my own deed, may I obtain a heart filled with the water of compassion, immovable by happiness and suffering, always carrying the wish for Buddhahood.
a5	May I know decisively the (causes) of the dharmas with my heart.
a5+	(May I know?) the delusions of the Saṃsāra completely, and also the five hindrances of the mind and the four errors.
b2	May they (not) envelop my heart.
b2+	May I not forget birth after birth.
b3+	Refuge of all, seeker of good, compassionate one, destroyer of suffering, giver of bliss, teacher, aid, having destroyed all your Kleśas, you destroy them for others, having made disappear all blame, decorated...

n1	This might be the most direct evidence that the diathesis of the preterite participle is middle.

Carling 2000: a3 (245); Hackstein 1995: a3 a4 (198); Krause 1952: b3 b4 (46), b4 (46); Thomas 1967c: b1 b2 (173); Thomas 1976a: b1 b2 (78); Thomas 1997: a4 (81), b3 (90)