THT 240

Known as:	THT 240; B 240; Bleistiftnummer 2532
Cite this page as:	"THT 240". 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-tht240 (accessed 21 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 54.1
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// pa s̝s̝a lle • ci la re nmeṃ ri lña ṣṣā pro sko ke tra mā ne sa[ṃ] [•] ///
a2	/// śi mā śa mpa sse pra kre ñci • so mo tka ññe la rau ññe tsa mtsi skai ///
a3	/// [ñ]w[ä] ntre ai śe ñca • klyo moṃ mai mtsā s̝a ñyä kne ra me¯ ¯r ce wä śpo sla ṅ[k]· ///
a4	/// py· yä kne śai ṣṣe ntse la reṃ la kle ya ma s̝aṃ • ta nno sa swa se a ///
a5	/// ta¯ ¯r • 20 a ttai y[aṃ] ñke śai ṣṣe ntse ī me pa lsko ai śa mñe • ta [ñ]·· ///
a6	/// [k](·)· m[eṃ] sa k[s](·)· – ·ā yā • 20-1 s·ä nt[s]e s̝a rm· la [r]au [ñe] ·ai ·[e] ///
b1	/// t[o]· po • ta [ṅwsa] [c]·¯ ¯ścä sla ṅka ll· [c]· mpr· nts· ///
b2	/// [•] tu sai śau mye ri ñi tra po la re [na]ṃ cī ka mā 20 3 ñ[i] no ñä kt· ///
b3	/// ni kka lpa skau • pre ke śa nmaṃ tu meṃ ñä¯ ¯ś o ko te ntse r[ī] ta [ma][¯] [¯][r] ///
b4	/// [n]· ṣcme l· ne ma kte ṣai¯ ¯t cau kyä kne ne spā rto yñä ś • ta ñra [m]·[ā] ///
b5	/// rpa tto ko ma ske tra pa pā la rsa cī ñä kta • ṣe me ślo ksa [p]a lā ///
b6	/// pa lau na¯ ¯ts • pā la ma rci po ta ṅwsā pe te ño ko [ṣu] [ṣy]e ra¯ ¯mt ///

a1	/// paṣṣälle • ci larenmeṃ rilñaṣṣā prosko ket ra mā nesäṃ • ///
a2	/// śi mā śampasse prakr= eñci • somotkäññe larauññe tsämtsi skai ///
a3	/// (ṣa)ñ wäntre aiśeñca • klyomoṃ maimtsā ṣäñ yäkne rämer cewäś po släṅk(trä) (•) ///
a4	/// py· yäkne śaiṣṣentse lareṃ läkle yamaṣäṃ • tän no säswa se a(kālk) ///
a5	/// tar • 20 attai yaṃ ñke śaiṣṣentse īme pälsko aiśämñe • täñ·· ///
a6	/// k··meṃ säks·· – ·āyā • 20-1 s(kw)äntse ṣärm(tsa) larauñe (ś)ai(ṣṣ)e(ntse) ///
b1	/// to(ṃ) po • täṅwsa c(i)śc släṅkäll(e) c(o)mp r(i)nts(i) ///
b2	/// • tus= aiśaumye riñiträ po larenäṃ cī ka mā 20-3 ñi no ñäkt(a) ///
b3	/// (se)nik kälpäskau • preke śänmaṃ tumeṃ ñäś oko tentse rītamar ///
b4	/// n(au)ṣ cmel(a)ne mäkte ṣait cau-k yäknene spārtoy= ñäś • täñ ram·ā ///
b5	/// (ai)rpätt= oko mäsketrä papālarsa cī ñäkta • ṣeme śloksa palā ///
b6	/// palaunats • pālamar ci po täṅwsā pete-ñ oko ṣuṣye ramt ///

a1	... is to be guarded...
a1	No one has fear of abandonment from dear you (?).
a1+	... not haughty, firmly grasping, ... (try) to equally increase dearness...
a2+	... knowing his own matter....
a3	With noble thought, he pulls his own behavior (?) fully towards him.
a3+	... he makes suffering dear to the world... manner...
a4	This wish of yours, lord...
a5	Away now goes the mind, thought, wisdom of the world...
a6	Because of happiness, the dearness of the world...
a6+	... all the...
b1	(The behavior?) is to be pulled towards you with love, to renounce that...
b2	... my... god...
b2+	... I recieved... under my care...
b3	The time will come
b3	and I will seek the fruit thereof...
b3+	... as you were in former births, just so may I be.
b4	Your...
b4+	... the fruit of praising you is passive (?), god.
b5	I praised (you) with one verse:
b5+	... of praises...
b6	I will praise you with all my love.
b6	Give me the fruit like ṣuṣye...
b3	... If the [right] time comes, then I will look for the fruit of it.
b6	... I will praise you with all [my] love; give me a resounding result, as it were!

b2	Deshalb soll der Weise alle Lieben aufgeben, nur dich nicht! (Schmidt 1974: 417)
b3	If the [right] time comes, then I will look for the fruit of it. (Peyrot 2013b: 670)
b6	I will praise you with all [my] love; give me a resounding result, as it were! (Peyrot 2013b: 658)

*	On IDP, recto and verso are reversed.

Carling 2000: b4 (244); Hackstein 1995: a2 (137); Peyrot 2013b: b3 (670), b6 (658); Schmidt 1974: a2 (24 n.3), b2 (417); Thomas 1957: b4 (78); Thomas 1968: b4 (223); Thomas 1972: a5 (469); Thomas 1979b: a5 (56); Thomas 1997: a3 (109), a3 (79)