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THT 370

Known as:THT 370; B 370; Bleistiftnummer 2416
Cite this page as:"THT 370". 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-tht370 (accessed 17 Jun. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Murtuk
Expedition code:T III M 42.2
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Add. linguistic characteristics:hypercorrect
Script:classical

Text contents

Title of the work:Viśvāntara-Jātaka
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

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

Transliteration

a1/// ·s· sa tā ske ma ne mā ca mpya [we] ntsi • ///
a2/// ¯r || ma ñcu ṣke we s̝s̝aṃ klyau mña brā hma ///
a3/// ·y· ṣo rmeṃ mā ndri la kle¯ ¯ñä nai tta tsi au [t]·· ///
a4/// ·[t]s· ❠¯ś ke nī ne [p]a raṃ pra tsā kai sa ///
a5/// [y]sā ra ··ā ·e – – – – lu – – ñnai [p]· ///
a6/// ·[se] ṅke ta¯ ¯r ///
b1/// ·r· ksa ke ntsa kl· ///
b2/// tā k· – – – – – [k]· ñ[m]a lo na sa ///
b3/// lyi ne ra kse ma ne we s̝s̝aṃ || ma ndo ///
b4/// [t]ko¯ ¯s̝ ñśa meṃ : pa lwā ma ne ta llā ///
b5/// ¯r ñi¯ ¯ś tsu wai po ro śi ce¯ ¯r [ñ]· ///
b6/// [k]· ñma tsi ṣ·ī ·e [r]o [t]ñi ke ni [n]e [ś]au ///

Transcription

a1/// ·s· satāskemane campya wentsi • ///
a2/// rmäñcuṣke weṣṣäṃ klyaumña brāhma ///
a3/// (kl)y(au)ṣormeṃ māndri läkleñ naittatsi aut·· ///
a4/// ·ts· āś kenīne paräṃ pratsākaisa ///
a5/// ysāra ··ā ·e – – – – lu – – ñ nai ///
a6/// (t) seṅketär ///
b1/// (t)r(ai)ksa kentsa kl· ///
b2/// tāk· – – – – – k(a)ñmalonasa ///
b3/// (a)lyine räksemane weṣṣäṃmando ///
b4/// tkoṣ ñśameṃ : pälwāmane tallā ///
b5/// r ñiś tsuwai po rośicer ñ· ///
b6/// k(a)ñmatsi ṣ(m)ī(c)er ot ñi kenine śau ///

Translation

b3... extending [his] palms he says ...

References

Online access

IDP: THT 370; TITUS: THT 370

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 244

Translations

Carling 2000: a4 (215), b6 (215); Hackstein 1995: b3 (117); Thomas 1954: b6 (717); Thomas 1957: b6 (71); Thomas 1988: b6 (253)