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THT 3596

Known as:THT 3596; Mainz 617
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 3596". 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-tht3596 (accessed 16 May 2025).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (translation)

Provenience

Main find spot:Kocho
Expedition code:T I D
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:4

Images

Transliteration

a1/// ma kce [p]i po yśi ntse • ra ddhi ṣṣai m[ai] [y]y· sa [ka] l· ///
a2/// [l]ā nte śau la ṣṣai pro skai ne • k[e] kmo¯ ¯s̝ ce¯ ¯u lye ly[k]o rm· ///
a3/// – • 9 la ryai mā ta¯ ¯r lk[ā] tsi pu dñä kte mpe ṣe sū • ///
a4/// [10] ma kte mai we¯ ¯ñä ssū śkaṃ [p]· ta rmeṃ wä tko ṣo ///
b1/// l[y]ā ya neṃ śco • 10-1 pe rsa¯ ¯r ña kta ka ruṃ jaṃ bu ///
b2/// [m]·ṃ tsra tsi • ṣe kauṃ ka tkā dha rme ka nte yn❠¯ñ[m]ä ///
b3/// – rpā kle • co wai [ta] rkna nmā tku¯ ¯l vi ṣai nta ṣṣi wā ///
b4/// ¯[l] y· [kw]i y[l]· [ṣṣ]i ka rkna n[ta] m· p· tte • [ra] kte m· ///

Transcription

a1/// mäkcepi poyśintseräddhiṣṣai maiyy(a)sa ka ///
a2/// lānte śaulaṣṣai proskainekekmoṣ ceu lyelykorm(eṃ) ///
a3/// – • 9 laryai mātär lkātsi pudñäktemp= eṣe • ///
a4/// 10 mäkte maiweñ ssūśkaṃ p(a)tarmeṃ wätkoṣo ///
b1/// lyāyaneṃśco • 10-1 persar ñakta karuṃ jaṃbu ///
b2/// m·ṃ tsratsiṣe kauṃ kätkā dharme kante ynāñm ///
b3/// – r pāklecowai tärknan mātkul viṣaintaṣṣi ///
b4/// l y(a)kwi yl(au) ṣṣi kärknantä(r) ttera kte ///

Translation

a1... through the magical power of the Buddha himself...
a2... having come in the lifetime of king..., having seen him...
a3... he, to see (his) dear mother together with the Buddha...
a4... how the young sons, separated from (their) father...
b1... to lyāyaneṃ. Evoke, god, compassion, ... Jambudvīpa...
b2... to be separated from... One day passed, the Dharma... hundred... revered...
b3... the... of the sense-objects steal mātkul (?)...
b4... the horses of ylau are being stolen (?)...

References

Online access

IDP: THT 3596; TITUS: THT 3596

Edition

Schmidt 1983a; Tamai 2007a: №3596

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Schmidt 1983a

Schmidt, Klaus T. 1983a. “Vorläufige Bemerkungen zu den in der Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin neu gefundenen tocharischen Handschriftenfragmenten.” In XXI. Deutscher Orientalistentag vom 24. bis 29. März 1980 in Berlin. Vorträge, edited by Fritz Steppat, 271–79. ZDMG Suppl. 5. Wiesbaden: Steiner.

Tamai 2007a

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007a. “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” Thesaurus indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan collection. 2007. http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/tht.htm.

TITUS

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.