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THT 367

Known as:	THT 367; B 367; Bleistiftnummer 2405
Cite this page as:	"THT 367". 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-tht367 (accessed 08 Dec. 2025).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Murtuk
Expedition code:	T III M 146.8
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Unidentified Jātaka (six kings and Indra)
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

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Transliteration

a1	– – – – – kly[au] s̝ta¯ ¯r se ///
a2	– – te to tka wā ki sta rne ñä [kte] ///
a3	– [s]wa ñcaiṃ s̝pa ysā yo[¯] [¯k] kā rsa ///
a4	no nta trai ke ya nmo – – 1 || o ///
a5	mo pi o ro tse pkwa lle • ṣka¯ ¯s ///
a6	sso¯ ¯ñcä tā ka¯ ¯m || pa ñca mne || ce ·e ///
a7	ṣka¯ ¯s la nta ntso a [m]· [r]·· [m]ā ·e ///
b1	– ta ne pa tri śne ylai – ·t· ·ts· [e] ·[e] [pre] ///
b2	ma rtti ka ña kte ntsa ai ś[ai] pyā mtsa rñi ///
b3	ka¯ ¯m tra ṅko sso¯ ¯ñcä : 1 ṣka ssū we ///
b4	lne ynā ñmä ññe : kwri – yä ṣa ///
b5	– p[o] kse su me ra ntse ta [r]n· ne stā ///
b6	– – ne • a kṣo bhe [t]re tke me mi s(·)· ///
b7	– – – – ñ[y]ai kauṃ ñä kte ra – [n]e ///

Transcription

a1	– – – – – klyauṣtär se ///
a2	– – te totka wāki star-ne ñäkte ///

1c	a3 – swañcaiṃ ṣpä ysā yok kārsa ///
1d	8σ a4 no nta ; traike yanmo(y) (:) 1

*	॥ o ///
a5	mo pi orotse pkwalle • ṣkas ///
a6	ssoñc tākam ॥ pañcamne ॥

1a	ce ·e /// 12σ
Xx	a7 ṣkas lantantso ; am(a)r(ṣa) ; mā (k)e(ś) /// 5σ
Xx	1σ b1 – 1σ tane ; patriśne ; ylai(-ñäk)t(en)ts(e) ; e(n)epre

1a	1σ b2 marttika ; ñaktentsa ; aiśai pyāmtsar ; ñi /// 2σ
1b	14σ
1c	14σ
1d	10σ b3 kam ; träṅkossoñc : 1
2a	ṣkäss ūwe /// 11σ
2b	14σ
2c	10σ b4 lne ; ynāñmäññe :
2d	kwri – y{†ä} ṣa /// 11σ

b5	– pokse sumeräntse tarn(e)ne stā ///
b6	– – ne • akṣobhe tretke memis·· ///
b7	– – – – ñyai kauṃñäkte ra – ne ///

Translation

a1+	This is heard...
a2	This is his small distinction.
a2	God...
a2+	... and know... the gold-colored rays...
a3+	... may achieve... confusion...
a4+	... great... to be relied on...
a5	Six...
a5+	... we will be (sinful?)...
a6	In the Pañcama-tune:
a6+	... of the ten kings... impatience... not (taking into) account...
a7+	... in front of Indra... in patriś...
b1+	... ruler... take care... through gods...
b2+	... (we will be) sinful...
b3	... six...
b3+	... reverence...
b4+	... proclaim on top of mount Sumeru...
b6+	Great freedom from agitation....
b7	... like the sun...

Other

a6	We will be guilty. (Peyrot 2013b: 295)

References

Online access

IDP: THT 367; TITUS: THT 367

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 242

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a6 (295)

Bibliography

IDP

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

Peyrot 2013b

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

Sieg and Siegling 1953

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

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.