THT 386

Known as:	THT 386; B 386; Bleistiftnummer 2048
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 386". 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-tht386 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Sengim
Expedition code:	T II S 82.2
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Unidentified Jātaka (Kauṇḍinya)
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	4343 (1x), 56 (3x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 384-387
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a2	///
a3	/// ¯ts a ṣa ni keṃ 60 7 ce wpre ke ñä kteṃ tsśā mnaṃ tska rtse ri ta kau ṇḍi ///
a4	/// [ta] ṣṣe i pre rne rme rka [p]lye wsa 60 8 ku ntsa ññe mā ṣca mpye ///
a5	/// [c]e pye ma ne • ca kka rtsa ne pai ne sa la laṃ ṣka ne 60 9 ne ma ///
a6	/// [ññe] nai ṣpai ne sa • ñä kcya na [w]ä – – – – (–) tsi wa ///
a7	/// [m]· tsi ra śi [k]e – wä sta ///
b1	/// nt· tspe [lk]· – kts· ñ· ///
b2	/// tra • śau lke ktse nne snai – (–) [¯l] – – – – – y· ·mṣ[e] ///
b3	/// ā stre wä sto y[k]ne • ke ktse ñä ṣṣe – k· ṣṣe se śī¯ ¯l we stra • ///
b4	/// ka ls̝aṃ krā so a nai ktai • śwā tsi yo ktsi wṣe ññ[a] ntse mā cä ñcā· [ñ]· ///
b5	/// meṃ ā laṃ ce i ke meṃ ko s[m]ā wko • ce co mpwa tkuśa la pā kṣo ā ///
b6	/// st· kre ntau na ///

67d	7σ /// ts ; aṣanikeṃ 60-7
68a	cew preke ; ñäkteṃts śāmnaṃts ; kärtse rita ; kauṇḍi(nye)
68d	/// a4 2σ /// täṣṣe ; iprerne ; rmer ka plyewsa 60-8
69a	kuntsaññe ; mā ṣ campy e /// 1σ ; 7σ
69c	a5 /// ; cepyemane •
69d	cakkartsane ; painesa ; lalaṃṣkane 60-9
70a	nema ///
Xx	a6/// ññe nai ; ṣ painesa •
Xx	ñäkcyana wä – – – – – tsi wa ///
Xx	a7 /// m(a)tsi ra śike – wästa /// b1/// nt· ts pelk· – kts· ñ· ///
Xx	b2/// trä •
Xx	śaul kektsenne ; snai – – l – – – – – y· ·mṣe ///
Xx	b3 /// āstre ; wästoykne •
Xx	kektseñäṣṣe ; – k· ṣṣe se ; śīl westrä •
Xx	/// b4 /// kalṣäṃ krāso ; anaiktai •
Xx	śwātsi yoktsi ; wṣeññantse ; mā cäñcā(r)ñ(e) ///
Xx	b5 /// meṃ āläṃ ; ce ikemeṃ ; kos mā wko •
Xx	ce comp wat ; k_uśalapākṣo ; ā ///
Xx	b6 /// st(a) krentauna ///

a3	... worthy...
a3	At that time, Kauṇḍinya (was) a seeker of good for gods and men.
a3+	... quickly, he soard into the sky.
a4	... and not... able to...
a4+	... treading with soft, wheel-adorned feet...
a6+	... like headhair...
b2	... life in the body without...
b2+	... pure, two-fold...
b3	... of the body... he exercises good behavior.
b3+	... he endures an unknown torment.
b4	The pleasure of food, drink, and a dwelling... not...
b4+	... how many... not... from this place... differently...
b5	This or that virtuous side...
b5+	... virtues...