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THT 278

Known as:THT 278; B 278; Bleistiftnummer 2526
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 278". 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-tht278 (accessed 13 May 2026).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (translation)

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:T III MQ 70.5
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Kāvya
Verse/Prose:verse
Meter:43434 (4x)

Object

Manuscript:THT 276-278
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

lf7
a1ke te ā ñme a nai ktai meṃ a nai kte ce te ykne sa ī ke ne te spā rto ytra 10 5 ///
a2re ne rvāṃ ra mno e rsnā ssu ṣe¯ ¯k ke ke su : a ka¯ ¯lk ṣṣeṃ ske ye nmeṃ ///
a3ñca ke s̝aṃ pa lsko • sa¯ ¯k• ta ka lyñe ce śeṃ ñca kle śa nma ṣṣe pa lyśa [lñe] ///
b1kuse su tā ko¯ ¯yä śle pa lsko kuse mā ka llo¯ ¯yä ce yke ne yme tse śmoṃ ññai 10 [6] ///
b2mce knai tre ma ṣṣa na a rṣā klaṃ¯ ¯tsä ku[l]e ta rmai y[y]o • e ṅk· l[ṣ]a na s̝a [r]mā [n]· ///
b3kseṃ ntra ce ī ke ne : a knā tsñe ṣṣe ///

Transcription

lf7
15c14σ a1 ; kete āñme
15danaiktaimeṃ ; anaikte ; ce teyknesa ; īkene ; te spārtoyträ 10-5
16a/// 6σ a2 re ; nervāṃ ram no ; ersnāssu ; ṣek kekesu :
16bakalk{ä}ṣṣeṃ ; skeyenmeṃ ; /// 6σ a3 ñca ; keṣäṃ palsko •
16csak takälyñe ; ceśeṃñca ; kleśanmaṣṣe ; pälyśalñe ; /// 4σ
16db1 kuse su tākoy ; śle palsko ; kuse mā kalloy ; ce ykene ; ymetse śmoṃññai 10-6
17a/// 4σ ; (ne)b2mcek nai ; tremaṣṣana ; arṣāklaṃts ; kuletär maiyyo •
17beṅk(a)lṣana ; ṣärmān(ma) ; /// 5σ b3 kseṃnträ ; ce īkene :
17caknātsñeṣṣe ; /// 14σ

Translation

a1... whose wish it is to..., he should thus be in such a place, most unknown.
a1+... like Nirvāṇa, beautiful, always extinguished.
a2+... the mind is extinguished... from the wishful attempts...
a3Touching the gentle touch (?), ... the torment of the Kleśas...
a3+Who would he be who, endowed with reason, would not attain the basis of consciousness in that place.
b1+(Who has the thought), «certainly the power of the snakes of anger fails».
b2+The causes for passion... disappear in that place.
b3... of ignorance...
b2"certainly the power of the snakes of anger fails".

Other

b1Who would he be who, endowed with reason, would not attain the basis of consciousness in that place. (Peyrot 2013b: 330)
b2Gewiss lässt die Kraft der zornigen Schlangen wohl nach. (Schmidt 1974: 104)

Commentary

Remarks

*On IDP, recto and verso are reversed. The leaf number is on the recto!

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Tamai 2011L2
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 278; TITUS: THT 278

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 169

Translations

Hackstein 1995: a3 (111f); Peyrot 2013b: b1 (330), b1 b2 (355); Schmidt 1974: b2 (417), b2 (104)