THT 368
| Known as: | THT 368; B 368 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 368". 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-tht368 (accessed 25 Jan. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kumtura |
| Specific find spot: | Höhle 34 |
| Expedition code: | T III Qu 3 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unidentifed Jātaka |
| Passage: | A Bodhisattva on fire quenched by Indra's rain |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ṣne – – – – ·w· m· /// |
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| a2 | /// te nai pa lka¯ ¯s pyā m[ts]o /// |
| a3 | /// ysā ṣṣeṃ klau tsai ñe ntsa /// |
| a4 | /// ta ṅwaṃ ña na e śai we nta sa /// |
| a5 | /// ntsa nte bo dhi sa tveṃ pa[¯] [¯s̝] /// |
| a6 | /// [me]¯ ¯l we saṃ klyau tka sta śle ko twe ka ru ntsai /// |
| a7 | /// ·[ñ]· [n]te : 1 || tu meṃ ylai ñä kte bo [dhi] sa tveṃ ne [l]· /// |
| b1 | /// l[l]o[¯] [¯]y[ä] – ·ś· ñe ña [ṣ]t· rtwe śau – ntsi prā /// |
| b2 | /// ta se ma ne snai pro skai [ce]¯ ¯u ·ū wa rne yo /// |
| b3 | /// ·e ṣṣe swe se bo dhi sa tve ntsa /// |
| b4 | /// [p]·¯ ¯s̝ ka kā ma rmeṃ strā ya striṃ[¯] [¯ś] /// |
| b5 | /// au rcce a kā śsa pa /// |
| b6 | /// ne mce a lyai¯ ¯k o [no] /// |
| b7 | /// lko sa : [1] ·e to¯ ¯t ke ·e /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ṣne – – – – ·w· m· /// |
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| a2 | /// te nai palkas pyāmtso /// |
| a3 | /// ysāṣṣeṃ klautsaiñentsa /// |
| a4 | /// täṅwaṃñana eśaiwentasa /// |
| a5 | /// ntsante bodhisatveṃpa ṣ /// |
| a6 |
| 1x | /// mel wesäṃ klyautkasta śleko twe karunts= ai /// a7/// ·ñ· nte : 1 |
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| * | ॥ tumeṃ ylai-ñäkte bodhisatveṃne l· ·/// |
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| b1 | /// lloy – ·ś· ñe ñaṣt(a)r twe śau(l) (ri)ntsi prā /// |
| b2 | /// tasemane snai proskai ceu (p)ūwarne yo /// |
| b3 | /// ·eṣṣe swese bodhisatventsa /// |
| b4 | /// p· ṣ kakāmarmeṃ strāyastriṃś /// |
| b5 | /// aurcce akāśsa pa /// |
| b6 | /// nemce alyaik ono /// |
| b7 |
| 1x | /// lkosa : 1 |
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| * | (t)e tot ke ·e ·/// |
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References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Carling 2000: b2 (137), b3 (233), b5 (140)
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.
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.
