THT 405

Known as:	THT 405; B 405
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 405". 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-tht405 (accessed 15 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Murtuk
Expedition code:	T III M 143.1
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Unidentified story
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	– – – [n]ā ṣlñe • śka mai yya ntse ya rke ce mā ca mpya stu ///
a2	– – [r]ts· we ña sai mwä ste trai ka tte pta ntse a ṣāṃ sta¯ ¯r • po y· [i] ///
a3	– – [a] ta¯ ¯m ñi ya rke • 2 \|\| va ka l· ///
a4	– [¯]m ma hā kā śya pe pa ñca ma ///
a5	kpa ke nta ta rne mā tsrā lle ṣe¯ ¯yä • ///
a6	ta lñe sa lu kṣai ttse wä tkā ltse ///
a7	dñä kte ntse we lñe ne • 1 te ra¯ ¯mtä [ś]· ///
a8	mā ci tta k[ā] [l]·[ä] tsā ko nta [w]ä ///
b1	·w· śka mai yyai [sa] sw[e] ntse ñi ///
b2	ttā ka ña ke • a sū ri wa¯ ¯t [yu]k· ///
b3	rko¯ ¯s̝ e re ce ka klai ksau wa sa rwa n[a] ///
b4	cau wä nta re klyau ṣa ni gra ntheṃ ne ta ///
b5	– [¯l] yā mu ya rṣta¯ ¯r sa swa mā ///
b6	– – śā mna • klyau ṣi¯ ¯t sa swa \|\| br[a] ///
b7	– – yä rke sse wa rks̝a¯ ¯l śnā ssi mā ca mpya • ta pa ṣṣa ra¯ ¯mtä ///
b8	– – (–) lā nti po ke ktse ñtsa yo ka ṣṣa na klo ka ści kau¯ ¯cä ///

a1	– – (wi)nāṣlñe • śkamaiyyantse yarke ce mā campya stu ///
a2	– – rts· weña saim-wäste =traikatte ptantse aṣāṃ star • poy(ś)i ///
a3	– – atam ñi yarke • 2 ॥ vakal· ///
a4	– m mahākāśyape pañcama ///
a5	k pakenta tarne mā tsrālle ṣey • ///
a6	talñesa lukṣaittse wätkāltse ///
a7	dñäktentse welñene • 1 te ramt ś· ///
a8	mā cittakāl·ät sā kontawä ///
b1	·w· śkamaiyyai säswentse ñi ///
b2	t tāka ñake • asūri wat y_uk· ///
b3	rkoṣ ere ce kaklaiksauwa särwana ///
b4	cau wäntare klyauṣa nigrantheṃne ta ///
b5	– l yāmu yarṣtär saswa mā ///
b6	– – śāmna • klyauṣit saswa ॥ bra ///
b7	– – yärkesse warkṣäl śnāssi mā campya • tapäṣṣa ramt(ä) ///
b8	– – – lānti po kektseñtsa yokaṣṣana klokaści kauc ///

a1	... worship...
a1	He was not able... this honor to the ten-powered one...
a1+	... said:
a2	"The unfailing refuge and protection is worthy of a stūpa.
a2+	The Buddha...
a3	... honor... by me...
a3+	... Mahākāśyapa...
a4+	... parts... the crown of the head would not be separated...
a5+	... shining, forceful...
a6+	... in the saying of the Buddha...
a7	Like this...
a7+	... not cittakāl·ät ...
a8+	... my... of the ten-powered lord...
b1+	... was now...
b2	Or the Asuras...
b2+	... this form... withered face...
b3+	... heard the matter.
b4	Among heretical monks...
b4+	... having made... venerates.
b5+	Lord... not... people...
b6	May you hear, lord:
b6+	... he was not able to... the power of praise...
b7	... announced... like...
b7+	... on the whole body of the king, the follicles of his hair... up...

b5	... (die Hände zusammengelegt) habend, spricht er [mit Verehrung]: "O Herr, nicht ..." (Schmidt 1974: 484)

*	The original manuscript is missing.

Carling 2000: b8 (218); Hackstein 1995: a2 (276); Krause 1952: a2 (62), a5 (54), b7 (121), b7 (190); Schmidt 1974: b5 (484); Thomas 1952: a5 (46); Thomas 1957: b2 (229)