THT 29

Known as:	THT 29; B 29
Cite this page as:	Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 29". 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-tht29 (accessed 10 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Hannes A. Fellner
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 79.26
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānālaṅkāra
Passage:	Book 12 (Mārgavarga), part 2, strophes 9d-21c.
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	4335 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	Udānālaṅkāra B
Preceding fragment:	THT 28
Following fragment:	THT 30
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

(continues from THT 28)

a1	/// [a] kṣi¯ ¯m a lye ṅka¯ ¯ts 9 ka lpa ña ke po ///
a2	/// [w]·· tsy· [ne] we ña ka tkrā rtho : mā cau ka te a rthaṃ ma pa lsko ne ā kṣa ///
a3	/// ·[u] [t]ts· nts· yt· rye mkte yo lme¯ ¯ś ai tta ṅka : ma ktā¯ ¯u yo nma sa rṣā ke śa kke ññe ka krau pau pa lsko : ta wa¯ ¯k klā ///
a4	/// ā ke lkā [ṣ]ṣeṃ ñca : ytā ri we s̝s̝aṃ se ka rtse¯ ¯ś po wno lme¯ ¯ts ta ṅwa ññe ñca ṣe¯ ¯k – ///
a5	/// ·[au] na e mpe lye ce wce ślo kwe ña 10 2 te ra¯ ¯mt śā rsa pu dñä kte wno lmeṃ ceṃ sā ytā· ·[e] ///
a6	/// rā¯ ¯mt e ma lye sa tse tsa rko¯ ¯s̝ me myo¯ ¯s̝ yo kai sa : kro ścaṃ wa rśce¯ ¯u yo lme ne yä nma skeṃ spa ntai ka k· ///
a7	/// – – rvā nṣṣe yo lme śpo cai mi te nta¯ ¯r ytā ri so kta tsai : ma ktā¯ ¯u ytā ri sa ma kte śa tkā wa cme lse sa mu dta¯ ¯r • ta [w]· ///
a8	/// l·e p[y]ā mtso wa rks̝a ltsa ñi¯ ¯ś ye saṃ pā nto : mā wa lke ṅke ñi¯ ¯ś kse ma¯ ¯r tu po staṃ o nmiṃ tā kaṃ me : so m· ai ///
b1	/// ·[k]· ta rṅk· mā ṣñi¯ ¯ś tu lkā lle 10 5 so mo a ñyai so mo ytā rye kā we sta¯ ¯r so mo śco nai meṃ : wno lme sl· ///
b2	/// ṣe me sa mu dta¯ ¯r • śa tka ṣṣe ñca ṣe me stā¯ ¯m kle śa ṣṣe ā sa ṣṣe ñca po 10 6 ṣe me klyo moṃ tse mpreṃ tsñe ka llā ///
b3	/// [m]wai ñyai ytā rye : sa nai ytā ri ka llā tsi¯ ¯ś spo rto ta¯ ¯r so mwai ñyai ytā rye : ṣe me re me a bhi jñä yā mtsi śco ///
b4	/// – ·ā¯ ¯k ytā ri sa po yśi nta ka tka naṃ tā ksa a rhā nti : mā ti rth[e]¯ ¯ts pa rnā ññe¯ ¯ts mā ///
b5	/// [mi] wno lmi t[e] tri ko¯ ¯s̝ yta riṃ ṣeṃ a knā tsa ññe sa : pi lko nta ṣṣa na yai po¯ ¯s̝ so ///
b6	/// – o¯ ¯k· bhū mi nta meṃ yai ko¯ ¯s̝ kle śa nma stmo¯ ¯s̝ bha vā ggä rne 10 9 ne rvāṃ ka lpo ṣcai ṣa ña ñmä [y]· ///
b7	/// [p]o [yśi] vyā ka ri¯ ¯t e nte śau¯ ¯l cwyā raṃ : nai va saṃ jñā nmeṃ srau ///
b8	/// [k]o wä¯ ¯nä lwā sa ṣlya mña na yna mña na nau ///

(continues on THT 30)

Transcription

(continues from THT 28)

9d	10σ /// ; akṣim alyeṅkäts 9
Xx	kalpa ñake ; po /// a2 /// ; w(er)tsy(ai)ne ; weña kätkr= ārtho :
Xx	mā caukate ; arthaṃma ; palskone ; ākṣa /// a3n1 /// ·utts· nts· ; yt(ā)rye mkte ; yolmeś aittaṅka :
Xx	mäktā_u yonma;sa rṣāke ; śakkeññe ; kakraupau palsko :
Xx	tawak klā /// a4 /// ; āke lkāṣṣeṃñca :
Xx	ytāri weṣṣäṃ ; se kartseś ; po wnolmets ; täṅwaññeñca ṣek (:)
12d	/// a5 /// ·auna ; empelye ; ce wce ślok weña 10-2
Xx	te ramt śārsa ; pudñäkte ; wnolmeṃ ceṃ ; sā ytā(ry)e /// a6n2 /// rāmt emalyesa ; tsetsarkoṣ ; memyoṣ yokaisa :
Xx	kroścaṃ warś ce_u ; yolmene ; yänmaskeṃ ; spantai kak· /// a7 /// (:)
Xx	(ne)rvānṣṣe yol;meś po cai ; mitentär ; ytāris= oktatsai :
Xx	mäktā_u ytāri;sa makte ; śätkāwa ; cmelse samudtär •
Xx	taw· /// a8n3 /// (po) (spe)l;(k)e pyāmtso ; warkṣältsa ; ñiś yesäṃ pānto :
Xx	mā walke ṅke ; ñiś ksemar ; tu postäṃ ; onmiṃ tākaṃ-me :
15d	som· ai /// b1n4 /// ; (l)k(ā)tär ṅk(e) ; mā ṣ ñiś tu lkālle 10-5
16a	somo añyai somo ; ytārye kā ; westär ; somo śconaimeṃ :
16c	wnolme sl(a) /// b2 /// ; ṣeme samudtär •
16d	śatkäṣṣeñca ; ṣeme stām ; kleśaṣṣe ; āsäṣṣeñca po 10-6
Xx	ṣeme klyomoṃts ; empreṃtsñe ; källā /// b3 /// mw aiñyai ytārye :
Xx	sanai ytāri ; källātsiś ; sportotär ; somw aiñyai ytārye :
Xx	ṣeme r= eme ; abhijñä ; yāmtsiśco ; /// b4 /// (:)
Xx	(t)ā-k ytārisa ; poyśinta ; kätkanaṃ ; tāksa arhānti :
Xx	mā tirthets pär;nāññets mā ; /// b5 /// mi wnolmi ; tetrikoṣ ; ytariṃ ṣeṃ ; aknātsaññesa :
Xx	pilkontaṣṣa;na yaipoṣ ; so /// b6n5 /// (:)
19d	ok(t) bhūminta;meṃ yaikoṣ ; kleśanma ; stmoṣ bhavāggärne 10-9
Xx	nervāṃ kälpoṣ ; cai ṣañ-añmä ; y· /// b7 /// poyśi ; vyākarit ; ente śaul cwy āraṃ :

*	naivasaṃjñān;meṃ srau ///
b8	/// kowän lwāsa ṣlyamñana ynamñana nau ///

(continues on THT 30)

Translation

(continues from THT 28)

a1	... I would like to proclaim to others.
a1	[9d]
a1	He now achieved (omniscience) ...
a1+	... (two strophes) he spoke in the assembly, with deep meaning,
a2	he did not hide the meanings in the mind,
a2+	he proclaimed them (to the pupils). [10d]
a3	... as the way of the flamingos to the pond, which [way] the sage from the Śākya [community] has reached with concentrated mind, this [way] he proclaims ... [11d] ...
a3+	The one seeing (birth, old age and) the ending, this one tells the way to the benefit of all beings, the always loving ...
a4+	... the horrible flood.
a5	This second strophe he spoke.
a5	[12d]
a5	This, as it were, the Buddha had these beings know:
a5	this way ...
a5+	Like (the flamingos), tortured by the heat [and] tormented by thirst, enter into the cold water in the pond, having stepped down trustingly, [13d] ...
a7	To the Nirvāṇa-pond all these go on the eightfold way.
a7	On which way I myself have stridden the sea of birth, on this same [way] ... [14d]
a7+	Make (all effort) with vigour,
a8	I [am] your support.
a8	But not long, [then] I will become extinct
a8	[and] after that remorse will be yours.
a8+	The only passable (way) ... he will still be seen,
b1	but I will not see it [any more].
b1	[15d]
b1	The only passable one, why is he called the only way?
b1	He alone pulls the being from the enmity of the kleśas ... ... by letting it [the beings] stride the sea [of birth] alone, [by letting] it entirely dry up the tree of the kleśas by itself.
b2	[16d]
b2+	It brings the sole truth to the noble ones, (the only passable way,) ... the only passable way.
b3	It is for obtaining the one way, the only passable way, also [it is] the sole making of consciousness and knowlegdge... [17d] ...
b4	... On this way alone the omniscient ones stride, only on this [way] the Arhats [stride].
b4	Not (on the way?) of the Tīrthas, not (on the one) of the outsiders ... [18d]
b4+	Some beings had missed the ways due to ignorance.
b5+	Having entered (into the) nets of the views ...
b6	... That from eight steps have driven away the kleśas [and] are standing in the last existence.
b6	[19d]
b6	Those having reached the Nirvāṇa, themselves ...
b6+	... the Omniscient (made) the prophecy:
b7	when this one’s life ends, (he will be), when he dies, from the state of the Naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñā ... [20d] ...
b7+	... [21b] If he kills animals before that, flying ones, walking ones ....

(continues on THT 30)

Other

a2	... (zwei Strophen) sprach er in der Versammlung mit tiefem Sinn, nicht verbarg er die Bedeutungen im Geiste, er trug sie (den Schülern) vor. (Schmidt 1974: 402)
a7	Zu dem Nirvāṇa-Teich gehen alle diese auf dem achtfachen Weg. (Schmidt 1974: 275)
a8	Exert all zeal energetically [with] me as your [pl.] help, since before long I will go to extinction [and] after that you [pl.] will have regret. (cf : ii, 48) (Peyrot 2013b: 373)
b1	Der allein gangbare, warum wird er der alleinige Weg genannt? (Schmidt 1974: 224)
b3	Zur Erreichung des e i n e n Weg[zieles] dient [wtl. wendet sich] der allein gangbare Weg. (Schmidt 1974: 280)

Commentary

Parallel texts

*	Uv 12.12-12.13

Philological commentary

*	This leaf immediately follows THT 28. It belongs to the second part of the Mārgavarga (XII) and includes strophes 9d-21c in a 4x15-syllable-metre (rhythm = 7/8 and 8/7). Contains translation of Uv 12.12-12.13.
n1	Emendation according to TochSprR(B)2: 63 fn. 16.
n2	According to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 64 fn. 2 the reading rāmt should be corrected to ramt, and the kroścaṃ to krośce in the transcription.
n3	Emendation according to TochSprR(B)2: 64 fn. 8.
n4	According to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 64 fn. 13 somo añyai should be read as somw añyai.
n5	According to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 64 fn. 24 ṣañ añmä should be read as ṣañ añm.

Remarks

*	The original manuscript is missing, but was the left side of the leaf immediately following THT 28. The top of the leaf was destroyed.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 29; TITUS: THT 29

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1949: I, 48-49; Sieg and Siegling 1983: 63-64 notes 194-196

Translations

Carling 2000: a3 (351), a6 (131, 133), a7 (93, 134), a8 (330), b4 (94); Hackstein 1995: a4 (270), a6 (311), a8 (79), b1 (270f), b8 (53); Krause 1952: a6 (35), a8 (30), b5 (177), b5 (35); Meunier 2013: a8 (178); Peyrot 2013b: a8 (373); Schmidt 1974: a2 (402), a7 (275), b1 (224), b3 (280); Sieg and Siegling 1949: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 (II, 47-49); Sieg and Siegling 1983: a4 (194), b3 (195); Thomas 1952: b1 (40); Thomas 1957: a1 (203), a3 (219), a5 (168, 169), a7 (229), b5 (298); Thomas 1969a: a3 (298); Thomas 1970: a6 (267), b6 (267); Thomas 1972: a6 (448); Thomas 1981: a8 (489); Thomas 1983: a6 (29), a7 (37); Thomas 1997: a7 (71), b2 (99)

THT 29

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