THT 280

Known as:	THT 280; B 280; Bleistiftnummer 2709
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 280". 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-tht280 (accessed 17 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 16
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	434 (1x), 644 (1x), 434 (2x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 279-280
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// ṣṣe yä nmā nī [k]e – nu wa ññe : tu meṃ ma nte la kle [n]se mā s̝a¯ ¯p pre ke 20-1 o ro tsā
a2	/// ·au ··ṃ [t]·o ·i – ·i : o ro cceṃ tsla kle nta o ro tsa n[a] sa kwra wro tse : o ro cceṃ tswro
a3	/// la ṣle : tu sā ksa o ro cceṃ tspo o ro tse kā 20-2 ka rtse klyo
a4	/// [mṣ]· : we lñe ta¯ ¯ñ ka tko ṣe pi ka [ṣṣ]ī ntse a k[ā]¯ ¯lk po staṃ : śle o
a5	/// [t]ā ñcä ṅke : pū dñä kta ññe pe rne eṃ ṣke mā ta¯ ¯ñ s[n]au kī 20 3 \|\|

(5)

21c	/// (nervāṃ)ṣṣe yän;mān īke ; (o)nuwaññe :
21d	tumeṃ mänte ; läklense ; mā ṣäp preke 20-1
22a	orotsā a2 /// ·au ··ṃ t·o ·i – ·i :
22b	orocceṃts läklenta ; orotsana ; säkw ra wrotse :
22c	orocceṃts wro;a3(tse) 4σ /// laṣle :
22d	tusāksa o;rocceṃts po ; orotse kā 20-2
23a	kärtse klyo a4 7σ /// mṣ· :
22b	welñe täñ kätkoṣe;pi käṣṣīntse ; akālk postaṃ :
22c	śle o a5 6σ /// tāñcä ṅke :
23d	pūdñäktäññe ; perne eṃṣke ; mā täñ snaukī 20-3

*	॥

a1	If he reaches the immortal nirvāṇa place, then from that moment the time of sorrow [lasts] no longer.
a1+	... big...
a2	The suffering of great ones is great.
a2	Also, the happiness is great.
a2+	The (compassion?) of the great is great.
a3	Thus, to the great, everything is great.
a3+	... good...
a4	Your speaking follows the wish of the teacher who has arisen.
a4+	... with...
a5	You do not have concern about the Buddha-rank.

a1	If he reaches the immortal nirvāṇa place, then from that moment the time of sorrow [lasts] no longer. (Peyrot 2013b: 318)

*	A fragment from the leaf directly following THT 279, so originally leaf 5 of the manuscript. The verso is blank.