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THT 366

Known as:THT 366; B 366; Bleistiftnummer 2210
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 366". 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-tht366 (accessed 11 Jun. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (translation)

Provenience

Main find spot:Shorchuk
Expedition code:T III Š 30.1
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Title of the work:Sumati-Avadāna
Passage:Sumat and flower maiden
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:6

Transliteration

a1///
a2/// su no [t]·u mā t· s· ///
a3/// ·kū we rmeṃ we ṣṣaṃ ne¯ ¯ś ṣe· śk· ///
a4/// [sa] nai sa nai ya ltse ti nā rnta ///
a5/// ma ti we s̝s̝aṃ dī pa ///
a6///
b1///
b2/// k· pya pyai ka rnā tsi ///
b3/// [wn]· ya sā te sā wra no¯ ¯s̝ c· – tr· ///
b4/// [ta] nta ā mtsa wtsā ne śle kpa || ca ///
b5/// [o] tka sa me pya pyai ntsa a [t]i ///
b6/// lnta pa r[na¯] [¯ś] [r]· ///

Transcription

a1///
a2/// su no t·u ///
a3/// (y)kūwermeṃ weṣṣaṃ-neś ṣe(r)śk(a) ///
a4/// sanai sanai yaltse tinārnta ///
a5/// mati weṣṣäṃ dīpa ///
a6///
b1///
b2/// pyapyai kärnātsi ///
b3/// wn· yasāte sāw rano tr· ///
b4/// tänta āmtsa wtsāne śle-k ṣpäca ///
b5/// otkasa-me pyapyaintsa ati ///
b6/// lnta parnaś ///

Commentary

Parallel texts

*Divy. XVIII, p. 228-262. esp. 249f.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Tamai 2011C1
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 366; TITUS: THT 366

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 241

Translations

Hackstein 1995: b2 (312); Thomas 1957: b3 (95), b4 (95), b5 (95); Thomas 1979d: b4 (167)