THT 399
| Known as: | THT 399; B 399; Bleistiftnummer 4994 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 399". 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-tht399 (accessed 18 Jan. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kumtura |
| Specific find spot: | Found 10.02.1906 |
| Expedition code: | T III Qu 5 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Praṇidhicaryā of the Bodhisattva |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 398-399 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// – śi ltse mpa m[ā] /// |
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| a2 | /// tma ne tsa ṅkā – /// |
| a3 | /// – khyai ne śa¯ ¯k tma n· /// |
| a4 | /// ṣka¯ ¯s pā ra mī ta – [n]au /// |
| b2 | /// |
| b3 | /// ¯ś yä rpo nt·[¯] [¯]k /// |
| b4 | /// lpa vyā ka ri¯ ¯t p· /// |
| b5 | /// ska lñe sa /// |
| b6 | /// ·[ā] lcce tu ñi po /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (pi)ś iltsempa mā /// |
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| a2 | /// tmane tsäṅkā – /// |
| a3 | /// (saṃ)khyaine śak tman(e) /// |
| a4 | /// ṣkas pāramītä(nta) nau /// |
| b2 | /// |
| b3 | /// ś yärpont· k /// |
| b4 | /// lpa vyākarit p· /// |
| b5 | /// skalñesa /// |
| b6 | /// ·ālcce tu ñi po /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 398. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | L |
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 265-266
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
