THT 406
| Known as: | THT 406; B 406; Bleistiftnummer 2275 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 406". 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-tht406 (accessed 22 Apr. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 29.5 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unidentified story |
| Passage: | Indra and king Bimbisāra |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Meter: | 543 (4x); 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·[m]· klā ya k[a] – ·ts· – – – – ñ· [ś]· [l]· nts· [s]· /// |
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| a2 | /// ñe p[i] śm[e] la ne a t[ā] te : mā ta ṅktsi yā taṃ mā ra wa rkṣla ceṃ /// |
| a3 | /// mā ywā rcsū me rn· mā – k· [ṃ] ne e ne stai : mā ne saṃ i ke ṣe /// |
| a4 | /// ·[n]· tnma sta rne : ce sa ka rsnā tra re ki weṃ kca yo laiṃ no • we ntsi a [kn]· /// |
| a5 | /// [wa] lo va jra pā ṇi śwe s̝s̝aṃ ka ntwā ṣṣe – ṣṣe se wa lo nau ṣcme /// |
| a6 | /// [pwā] ra sa sa lpeṃ kaṃ two ṣe kaṃ ñe • mā ai śai yā mtsi ca mpeṃ wno /// |
| a7 | /// m· [wa] lo pa ñä kte meṃ tā plā c[k]e k[ly]au ṣo rmeṃ [a] ·[i] ·[e] pa [ñä] /// |
| b1 | /// tu me· [wa] lo bi /// |
| b2 | /// lo we rpī śke pa /// |
| b3 | /// ññe sa kai ṣṣe – /// |
| b4 | /// ytmeṃ tsi : ñi ś[w]e /// |
| b5 | /// rmeṃ pa lwā ma /// |
| b6 | /// ya¯ ¯m ṣe skya /// |
| b7 | /// se [k]· [ṣ]· /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·m· klāya ka – ·ts· – – – – ñ· ś(au) l(a)nts(e) s· /// |
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| a2 | /// |
| Xc | ñe piśmelane at= āte : |
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| Xx | mā taṅktsi yātaṃ ; mā ra warkṣlä ceṃ /// a3/// ; mā ywārc sūmern(e) ; mā (ra) k(e) ṃne enestai : |
| Xx | mā nesäṃ ike ṣe /// a4/// ·n· tnmastärne : |
| Xx | cesa kärsnāträ ; reki weṃ kca yolaiṃno • |
| * | wentsi akn· ·/// |
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| a5 | /// walo vajrapāṇiś weṣṣäṃ käntwāṣṣe – ṣṣe se walo nauṣ cme /// |
| a6 | /// |
| Xb | pwārasa ; salpeṃ kaṃtwo ṣekaṃñe • |
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| Xx | mā aiśai yāmtsi campeṃ ; wno /// a7/// m· walo pañäktemeṃ tā plāc keklyauṣormeṃ a ·i ·e pañä /// b1/// tume(ṃ) walo bi /// b2/// lo werpīśke pä /// b3/// ññe sak aiṣṣe(ñca) /// b4/// yt meṃtsi : |
| * | ñiś we /// |
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| b5 | /// rmeṃ pälwāma /// |
| b6 | /// yam ṣesky a /// |
| b7 | /// se k· ṣ· /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| Right part of the verso side is blank; there is an ornamental line separating blank and written space, which points to the end of a chapter, according to Sieg and Siegling 1953: 270f. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 270-271
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 (349)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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.
