THT 322

Known as:	THT 322; B 322; Bleistiftnummer 2489
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 322". 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-tht322 (accessed 17 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 49.2
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Add. linguistic characteristics:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Bhikṣu-Prātimokṣasūtra
Passage:	Saikṣ 19-31
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Vinaya
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Manuscript:	THT 314-323
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

lf	20 5
a1	ṅk[e] sa sai nu o sne ṣma lle 10 8 mā kau wca tsi –
a2	sau o sne yä nma s̝a lle 10 9 mā kau wca tsi mu
a3	sau o sne ṣma lle 20 mā wä tsi tse ke pe ce tte
a4	la ṅka ske ma ne ya nma s̝s̝a lle 20-1 mā ke
a5	pe ce tte la ṅka ske ma ne o sne ṣma lle 20 2 mā
a6	po kai wi pa ske ma ne o sne ṣma ya nma s̝a le
a7	20 3 mā po kai wi pa ske ma ne o sne ṣ[m]a le [20]
b1	4 mā ā ścä wi pa ske ma ne o sne yä nma s̝s̝a [le]
b2	20 5 mā ā świ pa ske ma ne o sne ṣma lle 20 6
b3	mā ā tse ne trī wä ske ma ne o sne yä nma s̝a
b4	lle 20 7 mā ā tsaṃ ne tri wä ske ma ne o [sn]e
b5	ṣma lle 20 8 mā ke tsä tri wa ske ma ne o ·e
b6	yä nma s̝s̝a lle 20 9 mā ke k[t]se ñtri wä ske [ma]
b7	ne o s[n]e ṣma lle 30 mā ṣa rsa ā l[y]au ce –

20-5

a1	ṅke sasainu osne ṣmalle 10-8 mā kauwcatsi (mu)
a2	sau osne yänmaṣälle 10-9 mā kauw catsi n1 mu
a3	sau osne ṣmalle 20 mā wätsitse kepec ette
a4	laṅkaskemane yanmaṣṣälle 20-1 mā ke
a5	pec ette läṅkäskemane osne ṣmalle 20-2 mā
a6	pokai wipäskemane osne ṣman2 yanmaṣäle
a7	20-3 mā pokai wipäskemane osne ṣmale 20
b1	4 mā āścä wipäskemane osne yänmaṣṣäle
b2	20-5 mā āś wipäskemane osne ṣmalle 20-6
b3	mā ātsene trīwäskemane osne yänmaṣä
b4	lle 20-7 mā ātsaṃne triwäskemane osne
b5	ṣmalle 20-8 mā ketsä triwaskemane o(sn)e
b6	yänmaṣṣälle 20-9 mā kektseñ triwäskema¬
b7	¬ne osne ṣmalle 30 mā ṣarsa ālyauce –

a1	Then, one is (not) to remain at home leaning (?).
a1+	One is not to enter home having lifted his garments high (?).
a2+	One is not to remain home having lifted his garments high.
a3+	One is not to enter (home) with the edge of his garments hanging low.
a4+	One is not to remain home with the edge (of his garment) hanging low.
a5+	One is not to enter home dangling his arm.
a7	One is not to remain home dangling his arm.
b1	One is not to enter home dangling his head.
b2	One is not to remain home dangling his head.
b2+	One is not to enter home shaking his shoulders.
b4+	One is not to remain home shaking his shoulders.
b5+	One is not to enter home shaking his body.
b6+	One is not to remain home shaking his body.
b7	One is not (to enter home) with hand... each other.

n1	I read catsi as vatsi and take it to belong to wastsi.
n2	The ṣma here certainly is a mistake: The scribe initially wanted to write ṣmalle, but then wrote yänmaṣälle.

Carling 2000: a4 a5 (148); Thomas 1952: a3 a4 (18); Thomas 1954: a1 a2 (762)