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THT 250

Known as:THT 250; B 250; Bleistiftnummer 2708
Cite this page as:"THT 250". 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-tht250 (accessed 16 Jun. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:T III MQR 18
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

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:4

Transliteration

a1– – [p]· ke nta ka [r]stā¯ ¯cä tsau kā – ///
a2su śā wa ta¯ ¯ñ ka ccā paṃ ne : ya śa¯ ¯c ya ///
a3ca rka : ce¯ ¯u kri tā ntsa ña ke ṣṣe ka rstā s·ai ///
a4/// nta we ktse ///
b1/// [p]· tai pu dñ[ä]· ta ///

Transcription

a1– – p(a)kenta karstā-c tsaukā(-c) ///
a2su śāwa tañ kaccāpäṃne : yaśa-c ya ///
a3carka : ceu kritāntsa ñake ṣṣe kärstā s(n)ai ///
a4/// nta wektse ///
b1/// p· tai pudñä(k)tä ///

References

Online access

IDP: THT 250; TITUS: THT 250

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 150-151

Translations

Hackstein 1995: a1 (143, 145); Krause 1952: a1 a2 (178); Thomas 1979b: a3 (50)