THT 538
| Known as: | THT 538; B 538; Bleistiftnummer 2815 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 538". 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-tht538 (accessed 09 Jul. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kocho |
| Expedition code: | T III D 14 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | Skt.; TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Bilingual list of doctrinal terms |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 527-540 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// l· bha • – [ñu] ko yā ca na ke na • a [mā] /// |
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| a2 | /// ka pa ri vā ra • mu skau we rtsi yai s· /// |
| a3 | /// nu da ya tāṃ ca pra tī tya • o /// |
| a4 | /// ṣṭa bhya • sā ṅka¯ ¯śä ·e /// |
| a5 | /// rmeṃ • – mu dā c[a] – ·[i] • [w]e /// |
| b1 | /// [ha] sra – ktma ne [ma]· ñ[e] • [p]· /// |
| b2 | /// ma neṃ • sa pra ti sa [ra] /// |
| b3 | /// ṣā ye • ka lpa ṣṣe se pī y[a] /// |
| b4 | /// ñ[ka] nte ntse • pra ti va rṇi kā • ta se /// |
| b5 | /// [p]e ne • [hā] sa ya ti • ke ra stra • pa [r]i /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// l(o)bha • (ma) ñu ko yācanakena • amā /// |
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| a2 | /// kaparivāra • muskau wertsiyai s· /// |
| a3 | /// nudayatāṃ ca pratītya • o /// |
| a4 | /// ṣṭabhya • sāṅkaś ·e /// |
| a5 | /// rmeṃ • (sa)mudāca(rat) i • we /// |
| b1 | /// hasra (o)k tmanema(ñ)ñe • p· /// |
| b2 | /// maneṃ • sapratisara /// |
| b3 | /// ṣāye • kalpaṣṣe sepīya /// |
| b4 | /// ñkantentse • prativarṇikā • tase /// |
| b5 | /// pene • hāsayati • kerästrä • pari /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Schmidt 1974: b5 (506)
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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.
