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THT 299

Known as:	THT 299; B 299; Bleistiftnummer 2433
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Provenience
Main find spot:	Murtuk
Expedition code:	T III M 175.6
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānavarga
Passage:	16.9-24
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 299-303
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// te yo lo – ·[u] yā mo¯ ¯r kreṃ tsa ///
a2	/// ai śau mye • srū ka lñe ntse ā ke ///
a3	/// meṃ ṣta¯ ¯r 10-2 kuse śau lne mā ///
a4	/// ·[o] rmeṃ a rkwī na pī ra¯ ¯t ṣa ///
b1	/// o no lmi • t[u] [s]· ksa ///
b2	/// yo kai nä śco • ā yo¯ ¯r ma ///
b3	/// stra 20 2 rī ye no a stā ṣṣi po [ṣ]ī ///
b4	/// ¯u mā lkā – ma ne sū no cau sa ///

Transcription

Xx	/// te yolo – ·u yāmor kreṃtsa ///
Xx	a2/// aiśaumye •
Xx	srūkalñentse ; āke ///
Xx	a3/// meṃṣtär 10-2
Xx	kuse śaulne mā ///
Xx	a4/// ·ormeṃ arkwīna pīrat ṣa ///
Xx	b1/// onolmi •
Xx	tus(ā)ksa ///
Xx	b2/// yokainäśco •
Xx	āyor mä ///
Xx	b3/// strä 20-2
Xx	rīye no astāṣṣi poṣī ///
Xx	b4/// u mā lkā(ske)mane sū no causa ///

Other

a4	(Die schwarzen [schlechten] Daseinsfaktoren aufgegeben) habend, übt die hellen [guten], o Mö(nche)! (Schmidt 1974: 351)

References

Online access

IDP: THT 299; TITUS: THT 299

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 190

Translations

Schmidt 1974: a4 (351)