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THT 404

Known as:	THT 404; B 404; Bleistiftnummer 2297
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 404". 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-tht404 (accessed 14 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 5.1
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Unidentified story
Passage:	Pīḍānusmṛti
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	12.7 × 18.4 cm
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	– – – a kā lka : mā ka mpa ya ptsi krui su pa knā tra ne rvā ṇä ṣ·ai ///
a2	[d]·ā nu smṛ ti ñe mpa ri cche ta : 6 || || ña ke no [ka] [tk]o¯ ¯s̝ wä nta [r]· ///
a3	[ndri] nta sa kauṃ me¯ ¯ñä ntsa la kutsa ceṃ[¯] [¯ts] ke ktse ñe ṣe yä : sa la mo lu wo ///
a4	rm[e] rkka : ka tkau ñai sa ka ke ktse ñi po ro śyeṃ ceṃ¯ ¯ts mā ///
a5	[ṣa] le [nne] mā no ma skī tra o[¯] [¯]m[p] lyau to tsro rye wa ///
a6	kā śne – mā s̝pa [c]ä mpyā [r]e : 2 || tu [m]eṃ s[n]ai ke¯ ¯ś pi kwa la ka t[k]o [rm]e· ///
a7	y[o]¯ ¯r wa lo mā wa sa : snai ci ta kā re o [n]o lmi c[w]ī ya po yne : ///
a8	śco [k]l[ā] – lyka mce [u] [ṣñ]· ss[o] ñcä : se we [sa]ṃ¯ ¯ñä [ñ]· [kt]· – lypi ///
b1	ñi[¯] [¯ś] 1 [ṣ]·¯ ¯[ñ]ä y[ä] s[n]ā – [cwi] wa lo wa sa wai pe cce [:] t[e]ṃ ntsa pśā [y]· ///
b2	[w]ai pe cce [:] [3] [ka] [rts]· – – tā ka k[a] ma we s[ra] – ly[p]i ye[¯] [¯m] we sa [ñ]ra ///
b3	ka śai [ṣ]·e ne 4 p[ī] ś[wä] [nt]· r· sa – – – – – – lmi [ś]au ltsa pe ///
b4	[ll]· [n]tpo [s]taṃ me ñ[ä] – – – – – [t]· ne pi kwa la ś·[¯] [¯l] ///
b5	[p]·e || tu meṃ a ll[e] [kka] [lymi] y· ///
b6	– mā lyku [ññ]e – le : k· rt[e] wa tka skau y[ā] mts· ñä [ś]ña ke [tu] [sa] lyk[aṃ] k· w[ä] ///
b7	[r]· ·[o] ā – – – y[po] yi śā mna klyau ṣā re wa lo ke ke rt[e] – mṣa [te] : [kuse] ///
b8	– – – rk[i] : we sra no ña ke ke rteṃ ya ma mta¯ ¯r ści ro na ṣ[ñ]ā ra : ///

Transcription

6b	a1 22σ – – – akālkä :
6c	mākampa yaptsi ; krui su päknāträ ; nervāṇäṣ(ṣ)ai ; /// 11σ
6d	a2 18σ ; d·ānusmṛti ñem ; paricchet{†ä} : 6

*	॥ ॥ ñake no kätkoṣ wäntar(e) ///

1a	(ṣañ) (i)a3ndrintasa ; kauṃ meñ{ä}ntsa ; lakutsa ceṃts ; kektseñe ṣeyä :
1b	salamo luwo ; /// 12σ
1c	a4 15σ rmer kka :
1d	katkauñaisa ka ; kektseñi po;rośyeṃ ceṃts ; mā /// 4σ
2a	17σ
2b	a5 ṣalenne mā no ; mäskīträ omp ; lyauto tsror;ye wa /// 3σ
2c	17σ
2d	9σ a6 ; kāśne – 1σ ; mā ṣpä cämpyāre : 2

*	॥ tumeṃ snai keś pikwala kätkorme(ṃ) ///

1a	6σ a7 yor walo ; mā wasa :
1b	snaici takāre ; onolmi cwī ; yapoyne :
1c	/// 12σ
1d	12σ
2a	4σ a8 śco ; klā(nte) lykam ceu ; ṣñ(a)ssoñcä :
2b	se wesäṃñ ñ(a) kt(a) ; – 1σ lypi /// 5σ
2c	12σ
2d	11σ b1n1 ñiś {1→2}
3a	ṣ(a)ñ yäsnā – 1σ cwi ; walo wasa ; waipecce :
3b	teṃntsa pśāy(a) /// 8σ
3c	12σ
3d	9σ b2 ; waipecce : 3
4a	karts· – – 2σ tāka ; ka ma wes ra ; – lypiyem
4b	wesäñ ra /// 9σ
4c	12σ
4d	8σ b3 ka ; śaiṣ(ṣ)ene 4
5a	pīś wänt(a)r(wa)sa ; (tane) (pärskoṣ) ; (ono)lmi
5b	śaultsa pe /// 9σ
5c	12σ
5d	6σ b4 ll· 1σ nt postäṃ ; meñä(kte) (5)

*	(॥) (okt) t(ma)ne pikwala ś(au) l ///
b5	p·e ॥ tumeṃ allek kälymiy· ///

1a	10σ b6 – ; mā lykuññe – 1σ le :
1b	k(e)rte watkäs;kau yāmts(i) ; ñäś ñake ; tusa lykaṃ k· 1σ wä /// 0σ
1c	15σ
1d	9σ b7r· 1σ ; ·o ā – – – 3σ
2a	ypoyi śāmna ; klyauṣāre ; walo ke ; kerte (yā)mṣate :
2b	kuse /// 14σ
2c	14σ b8– – – rki :
2d	wes rano ña;ke kerteṃ ; yamamtär ; ścirona ṣñārä :

Translation

a1	... wish...
a1	If he attempts to enter (the city) of Nirvāṇa with many (beings)...
a1+	... the exact distinction named anusmṛti...
a2	Now, the matter, having passed...
a2+	Through their own senses, their body was brighter than sun (and) moon.
a3	Flying animal...
a3+	... quickly...
a4	Through joy, their bodies prospered.
a4	... not...
a4+	On the mountains, there was no cleft (or) opening...
a5+	... and they were incapable...
a6	Then, having passed countless years...
a6+	... the king did not give (gift)...
a7	The beings in his country were impoverished.
a7+	... they brought... to...
a8	We, seeking possessions, see him
a8	He... our... god...
a8+	... I...
b1	... his own... the king gave property to him...
b1	Through that, live...!
b1+	... property...
b2	... was good...
b2	Why don't we steal?
b2	Our...
b2+	... in the world...
b3	The beings here are afraid of five things:
b3	... for their life...
b3+	... the moon... after...
b4+	80 000 year... life...
b5	Then, ... another direction...
b5+	... not... thievery...
b6	I order now to make a sword.
b6	Through that, thieves...
b7	The citizens heard:
b7	"The king made a sword."
b7	Who...?
b8	We will now also make swords of our own, sharp ones.

Other

b7	Die Leute des Landes hörten: "Der König eben(?) hat sich ein Schwert machen lassen [wtl. hat sich gemacht] [bzw. hat das Schwert gebraucht]". (Schmidt 1974: 427)
b8	We will now also make the swords of each of ours sharp. (Peyrot 2013b: 658)
b8	Auch wir wollen uns jetzt - ein jeder für sich - scharfe [wtl. harte] Schwerter machen [bzw. machen lassen]. (Schmidt 1974: 428)

Commentary

Linguistic commentary

n1	yäsnā: according to Sieg and Siegling 1953: 269 and Thomas 1957: 119 this should be corrected to yästār ‘the double amount each’, but Schmidt 1986: 139 would rather have it supplemented to read yäsnā(meṃ) ‘from the treasuries’.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Tamai 2011	C1
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 404; TITUS: THT 404

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 268-269

Translations

Carling 2000: a5 (128, 259), a7 (101), a8 (235); Peyrot 2013b: b8 (658); Schmidt 1974: b7 (427), b8 (428); Thomas 1954: a1 (720), b6 (731); Thomas 1957: a3 (58), a4 (50), a6 (118), a7 (119), a8 (119), b1 (119), b2 (184); Thomas 1958a: a3 (140); Thomas 1969: a3 (243); Thomas 1979b: b6 (51), b8 (50); Thomas 1983: a8 (32)