THT 3988.a
| Known as: | THT 3988.a |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 3988.a". 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-tht3988a (accessed 06 Mar. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | cursive |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 11 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// śu ṣṣyo¯ ¯p• lmā (–) – – – [tk]ā¯ ¯t – – [ra] /// |
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| a2 | /// – lymā¯ ¯t• – – ywā rck[ā] [ś]kaṃ wra mmwa ta wrā – | ka |
| a3 | /// – na¯ ¯cä || rī ri mn· || pi¯ ¯c wca – kau śi ke pni – /// |
| a4 | /// – ña [r]e ·u ndha kī ta pa lkā¯ ¯cä ptā ñkte ra ddhi [kra] – /// |
| a5 | /// – s̝a¯ ¯s swā ra[ṃ] ca mi ṣa (–) – | pa kī – /// |
| a6 | /// ṣkā r[ā] pñi ntu na ca • ṣī ·ī /// |
| a7 | /// p[t]ā ñka¯ ¯t pa lko ro – – – /// |
| a8 | /// – sa¯ ¯ñ• ku sne p[t]ā ña /// |
| b1 | /// ¯k wr· /// [l]y[o] [ñu] – /// |
| b2 | /// ri n[ā] m·¯ ¯r m· – – – (–) – ti | tā lo¯ ¯nt sne – /// |
| b3 | /// wa ste sa tsā rṣi nā¯ ¯s• ra – [klo] [pa] nta śkaṃ – vi mā – /// |
| b4 | /// ñ· ññā pā ra mi ta¯ ¯s pyu tkā ṣi mā – pki¯ ¯s e¯ ¯l – /// |
| b5 | /// mā r·· pa – pū ni – ṣi sa nma¯ ¯c wā wi mā¯ ¯r ā rki – /// |
| b6 | /// 1 || ta te ā rā¯ ¯l – nī – – mi ka nī ṣpa¯ ¯k – – /// |
| b7 | /// nai pä – ma nt· ma nta ma ·[ki] – – a ñu mā ski wra¯ ¯m• yā m·· /// |
| b8 | /// – ñyā wra ·ā – la t·ā sk[u] ñā ka¯ ¯r wā ska [ta] [l]y[m]·s /// |
| b9 | /// – ñ· [ru]¯ ¯s e ka pū ·o ri¯ ¯k – /// |
| b10 | /// k· ·s[u] – – rwa lta ·¯ ¯kä tā /// |
| b11 | /// – – ·ā ca ti ma ·i ta – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// śu ṣṣyop lmā (–) – – – tkāt – – ra /// |
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| a2 | /// – lymāt – – ywārckā śkaṃ wramm wa tä wrā – । kä |
| a3 | /// – nac ॥ rī ri mn· ॥ pic wca – kauśike pni – /// |
| a4 | /// – ñare ·u ndha kī ta pälkāc ptāñkte raddhi kra – /// |
| a5 | /// – ṣäs swāraṃ ca mi ṣa (–) – । päkī – /// |
| a6 | /// ṣkārā pñintu na ca • ṣī ·ī /// |
| a7 | /// ptāñkät pälko ro – – – /// |
| a8 | /// – sañ kusne ptā ña /// |
| b1 | /// k wr· /// lyo ñu – /// |
| b2 | /// rinām(ā)r m· – – – – – ti । tālont sne – /// |
| b3 | /// waste sa tsā rṣi nās ra – klopanta śkaṃ – vimā – /// |
| b4 | /// ñ· ññā pāramitäs pyutkāṣi mā – pkis el – /// |
| b5 | /// mā r·· pa – pū ni – ṣi sä nmac wāwimār ārki – /// |
| b6 | /// 1 ॥ ta te ārāl – nī – – mi kä nī ṣpäk – – /// |
| b7 | /// nai pä – mä nt· mä ntä mä ·ki – – añumāski wram yām·· /// |
| b8 | /// – ñyā wra ·ā – lä t·ā sku ñākär wāskatä lym·s /// |
| b9 | /// – ñ· rus eka pū ·o rik – /// |
| b10 | /// k· ·su – – rwa ltä ·k tā /// |
| b11 | /// – – ·ā ca ti mä ·i ta – /// |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 3988; TITUS: THT 3988
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №3988
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007a. “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” Thesaurus indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan collection. 2007. http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/tht.htm.
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.
