THT 359
| Known as: | THT 359; B 359; Bleistiftnummer 4995 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 359". 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-tht359 (accessed 17 Jul. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kumtura |
| Specific find spot: | 6. Höhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Qu 1 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unidentified Jātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 359-360 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| lf | 2 100 60 1 |
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| a1 | – [ñi]¯ ¯ś wi nā skau[¯] [¯ś] – – [bo] dhi sā tveṃ¯ ¯s saṃ sā[¯] [¯r] a nai /// |
| a2 | lm[e] ne ka rūṃ ntsa no la reṃ ne rvāṃ ta rka naṃ /// |
| a3 | rne mā bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯s śau¯ ¯l ri lñe ne to¯ ¯t ā /// |
| a4 | rya a saṃ khyai nta ka nte ka lpa nma ne ai na keṃ [sa]ṃ /// |
| a5 | ka t[k]au sai pre ścī yai ne kā śi ṣṣa na ypau na ne bā rā ṇa /// |
| b1 | mna sa • tā wno mā ka ta ṅwaṃ ññai bā rā ṇa si rī ne bra hma /// |
| b2 | lmeṃ ai śai ya ma ṣṣi ta¯ ¯r || kla mpä ryai ne || tā /// |
| b3 | vai śra va ṇe wa te ra¯ ¯mtä po ypau na ne wa /// |
| b4 | bo dhi sa tve : a klyya te po ṣa ña nma ga [ndha] /// |
| b5 | – – ·(·)s· sū pā ce¯ ¯r ta ·e – – – he pa¯ ¯stä srū ka • tu meṃ [b]r· /// |
Transcription
| lf | 2-100-60-1 |
| a1 | – ñiś wināskauś – – bodhisātveṃs saṃsār anai /// |
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| a2 | lmene karūṃntsa no lareṃ nervāṃ tärkanaṃ /// |
| a3 | rne mā bodhisatveṃs śaul rilñene tot ā /// |
| a4 | rya asaṃkhyainta kante kalpanmane ainakeṃ saṃ /// |
| a5 | kätkausai preścīyaine kāśiṣṣana ypaunane bārāṇa /// |
| b1 | mnasa • tāw no māka täṅwaṃññai bārāṇasi rīne brahma /// |
| b2 | lmeṃ aiśai yamaṣṣitär ॥ klampäryaine ॥ tā /// |
| b3 | vaiśravaṇe wate ramt po ypaunane wa /// |
| b4 | bodhisatve : aklyyate po ṣañanman1 gandha /// |
| b5 | – – ··s· sū pācer tä ·e – – – he päst srūka • tumeṃ br· /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... I worship you... |
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| a1 | ... the Saṃsāra... of the Bodhisattvas... |
| a1+ | ... he lets go the dear Nirvāṇa out of compassion... |
| a2+ | ... not... in the giving up of life of the Bodhisattvas... so many... |
| a3+ | ... in (three?) asaṃkhyeyas and a hundred kalpas, the common... |
| a4+ | ... in passed time, in the countries of Kāśa, Benares... |
| b1 | In the much beloved city Benares, Brahma-... |
| b1+ | ... was taking care of (the excellent?)... |
| b2 | In the Klämparyai-tune: |
| b2+ | ... second, like Vaiśravaṇa... in all countries... |
| b3+ | The bodhisattva... studied all skills (?) (of the) Gandharvas (?)... |
| b4+ | ... the father... died... |
| b5 | Then... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | Maybe this is an error for sañanma"skills", which would make more sense than ṣañanma"selfs" (where we would expect ṣäñanma). |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Carling 2000: a4 (315), a5 (291-292), b1 (160), b4 (404); Sieg and Siegling 1983: b1 (253); Thomas 1958a: b1 (169); Thomas 1995: b1 (52)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1983. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B. Teil I: Die Texte. Band 1. Fragmente Nr. 1-116 der Berliner Sammlung. Edited by Werner Thomas. Neubearbeitet und mit einem Kommentar nebst Register versehen v. Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
Thomas, Werner. 1958a. “Zum Ausdruck der Komparation beim tocharischen Adjektiv.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung 75: 129–69.
Thomas, Werner. 1995. Zur tocharischen Syntax. Adverbiales A māk, B māka “viel”. Vol. 2. SbWGF, XXXIII. Stuttgart: Steiner.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
