THT 235
| Known as: | THT 235; B 235; Bleistiftnummer 2761 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 235". 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-tht235 (accessed 17 Aug. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 77 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 234-236 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [y]· nm[ā] sk· [p]· tpre k· – [ñ]y[a] kne e ṅku a w· sk· [t]t· /// |
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| a2 | /// nau ṣpre keṃ : k· [ka] l· mñe sa o tra ne mce ṣā rka te wa /// |
| a3 | /// sa 10 6 – – nne e we pa ssā re ne śā ma ne : sru /// |
| a4 | /// ··e [c]e¯ ¯u [p]ā l· – – la reṃ śau¯ ¯l ke lt[sa] s[ū] [10] [7] y[l]aṃ /// |
| b1 | /// [nn]· [p]· [ts]· – – – – [k]tm· n· : l· kl· s· n· [k]s· /// |
| b2 | /// [ai] na ke ska – (–) mā ka ke ltsa e rka tñe : ka ccā /// |
| b3 | /// 9 o ṅko lma – – e ṅ[s]a te ne wa lo ksa : e¯ ¯śä /// |
| b4 | /// te s[u] [k]o – lc·i sa – ke – su 20 [g]o t·e ṣai śe rwe /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// y(ä)nmāsk(au) p(oṃ)t prek(eṃ) (ta)ñ yakne eṅku aw(ā)sk(a)tt(e) /// |
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| a2 | /// nauṣ prekeṃ : k(e) käl(ṣa)mñesa ot ra nemce ṣārkate wa /// |
| a3 | /// sa 10-6 – – nne ewe passāre-ne śāmane : sru /// |
| a4 | /// ··e ceu pāl· – – lareṃ śaul keltsa sū 10-7 ylaṃ /// |
| b1 | /// nn· p· ts· – – – (o) ktm(a)n(e) : l(a)kl(e)s(a) n(e) ks(a) /// |
| b2 | /// ainake ska – – māka keltsa erkatñe : kaccā /// |
| b3 | /// 9 oṅkolma – – eṅsate-ne walo ksa : eś /// |
| b4 | /// te su ko – lc·i sa – ke – su 20 got·e ṣai śerwe /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... I reach... |
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| a1 | Having at all time seized (=emulated) your manner, unshakeable... |
| a1+ | ... in earlier times, through endurance of which he then truly surpassed... |
| a3 | ... they teared of his skin while he was still alive... |
| a3+ | ... the... he endured his dear life... |
| a4+ | ... 80 000... suffering... |
| b1+ | ... lowly... endured much hostility... |
| b3 | A king took him... as an elephant.. eye... |
| b4 | ... was a hunter... |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 139-140
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (282); Thomas 1957: b4 (32); Thomas 1995: b2 (58)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Thomas, Werner. 1995. Zur tocharischen Syntax. Adverbiales A māk, B māka “viel”. Vol. 2. SbWGF, XXXIII. Stuttgart: Steiner.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
