THT 4158
| Known as: | THT 4158; SHT 5410; Vorl.Nr. 3219 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "THT 4158". 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-tht4158 (accessed 23 Jan. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Sengim |
| Expedition code: | T III S 51 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | Skt.; TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Varṇārhavarṇastotra |
| Passage: | 2.8-11 |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 3 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// bh· ni rhṛ· [y]· /// |
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| a2 | /// te : to – /// |
| a3 | /// – s·· /// |
| b1 | /// ·[ā]¯ ¯r ·[n]· /// |
| b2 | /// [y]· ci tta ra tn[ā] /// |
| b3 | /// [n]ā sa[¯] [¯m] /// |
Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// (evā)bh(i)nirhṛ(t)y(a) /// |
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| a2 | n2 /// te : to – /// |
| a3 | /// – s·· /// |
| b1 | n3 /// ·ār ·n· /// |
| b2 | n4 /// y· cittaratnā /// |
| b3 | n5 /// (wi)nāsam /// |
Commentary
Parallel texts
| Hartmann 1987: 92-95 |
Philological commentary
| n1 | cf. 2.8a ata evābhinirhṛtya. |
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| n2 | /// te: either 2.8d te or 2.9b namo'rhate. to might be to[s](as̝\)'these', but a precise parallel in the Skt. text is not found. |
| n3 | : restoration uncertain. wmār 'jewel' as the translation of Skt. ratna, frequent in these strophes, is excluded. |
| n4 | either 2.11a–b rūparatnātmabhāvāya cittaratnāntarātmane or 2.13a–b namas te rūparatnāya cittara(tnā)ya te nama(ḥ) (in the latter case, it would provide the tnā restored by Hartmann 1987: 95). |
| n5 | wināsam: probably (ci) wināsam 'I honour you' v.s., as a translation of e.g. 2.11d, 2.12d, 2.13b, 2.13d te namaḥ. |
References
Catalogue
Wille 2012: 314
Online access
Bibliography
Hartmann, Jens-Uwe. 1987. Das Varṇārhavarṇa des Mātṛceṭa. Sanskrittexte aus den Turfanfunden, XII. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Wille, Klaus. 2012. Sanskrithandschriften aus den Turfanfunden. Teil 11. Die Katalognummern 4363–5799. Vol. 11. Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland 10. Stuttgart: Steiner.
