THT 542

Known as:	THT 542; B 542; Bleistiftnummer 2428
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 542". 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-tht542 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Murtuk
Expedition code:	T III M 140.1
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Bilingual about doctrinal terminology
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Manuscript:	THT 542-544
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a1	/// [da] yi ṣyā mi • ne ku me • a na ye na vya sa na mā pā dā yi ṣyā mi ///
a2	/// [mā] ṇa va ga [ṇa] pa ri vṛ ta • kā lśka ṣṣe krau pe sa wa wā rpau • sau va rṇe ///
a3	/// ltse ntse • a vi bha kta sya • mā pu tko ṣe pi • pā ke yā mo ṣe pi wa¯ ¯t ///
a4	/// gu ṇa pa ri kṣi ptā a pi • pa ssa ksa o ppī loṃ te ta rku wa ra no ///
a5	/// lñe ya ma nta¯ ¯r • vṛ ji ma ha lla kā • vṛ ji ṣṣi tsa ṣkaṃ • ā rya mā tṛ [k]· ///
a6	/// yyā tstse pa lsko ntse • ā ra kṣā smṛ ti • pa ṣṣa lñe ṣṣe i me • pra tyu ///
a7	/// te • ña kta gau ta [ma] ññu – – – ·ā sma • ma kā wä nta rwa ne se ///
b1	/// y· • snai mu sk[ā] lñ· ts·a – – – m[ā] ai ma po staṃ • u tpa nn· p· ///
b2	/// bhya va cī rṇa bra hma rya • ā klyi yā mo¯ ¯s̝ pa pā ṣṣo rñe cci • śā stā ///
b3	/// [wä] rtto ṣṣa wa rśaiṃ ne • prā ntā ni śa ya nā sa nā ni • a ka ñca¯ ¯r wṣe ññaṃ ///
b4	/// • krau pe sa plā ca kṣa lñe • na lā bha sa tkā ra ślo kā ya • mā ka llau [y]· ///
b5	/// nti • spe lke ne wi nā lñe cci tā kaṃ • vya va sa rga pa ri ṇa taṃ • t· ///
b6	/// [wä] rpā te • a jñā nā¯ ¯t • mā ka rsa lñe meṃ • a na nu bo dhā¯ ¯t • mā a nai śai ///
b7	/// bu ddhaṃ • ka rsau • pra ti vi ddhaṃ • au nu • jā ti saṃ sā ro • cme lā ṣṣe se rke ///

a1	/// dayiṣyāmi • nekume • anayena vyasanam āpādāyiṣyāmi ///
a2	/// māṇavagaṇaparivṛta • kālśkaṣṣe kraupesa wawārpau • sauvarṇe ///
a3	/// ltsentse • avibhaktasya • mā putkoṣepi • pāke yāmoṣepi wat ///
a4	/// guṇaparikṣiptā api • pässaksa oppīloṃ tetarkuwa rano ///
a5	/// lñe yamantär • vṛjimahallakā • vṛjiṣṣi tsaṣkaṃ • āryamātṛk(ā) ///
a6	/// yyātstse pälskontse • ārakṣāsmṛti • paṣṣalñeṣṣe ime • pratyu ///
a7	/// te • ñakta gautamäññu – – – ·ā sma • makā wäntarwa nese ///
b1	/// y· • snai muskālñ(e)ts(ts)a – – – mā aima postäṃ • utpann· p· ///
b2	/// bhyavacīrṇa brahmarya • āklyi yāmoṣ papāṣṣorñecci • śāstā ///
b3	/// wärttoṣṣa warśaiṃne • prāntāni śayanāsanāni • akañcar wṣeññaṃ ///
b4	/// • kraupesa plāc akṣalñe • na lābhasatkāraślokāya • mā kallau y· ///
b5	/// nti • spelkene winālñecci tākaṃ • vyavasargapariṇataṃ • t· ///
b6	/// wärpāte • ajñānāt • mā karsalñemeṃ • ananubodhāt • mā anaiśai ///
b7	/// buddhaṃ • kärsau • pratividdhaṃ • aunu • jātisaṃsāro • cmelāṣṣe serke ///

a1	... I will destroy them..
a1	Through bad conduct I will cause disaster...
a1+	... surrounded by a group of youths... in golden...
a2+	... of the unseparated, or of the one having taken part in...
a3+	... even having a garland around their necks...
a4+	... will do...
a5	Elders from Vṛji, having noble mothers...
a5+	... powerful... of the mind... the notion of protection...
a6+	... lord Gautama... are many things...
a7+	... undecaying...
b1+	... having studied, well-behaved...
b2+	... of the woods... in the thicket... distand quarters...
b3+	... proclaiming the word to the assembly...
b4	... not the profit...
b4+	... if they are having pleasure in zeal, ... ripened by abandonment...
b5+	... enjoyed...
b6	Out of ignorance and lack of comprehension...
b6+	... knowing, struck...
b7	The cycle of births...

a1	[skt:] I will destroy [tb:] I will destroy them (Peyrot 2013b: 290)
a5	they will do … (Peyrot 2013b: 290)
b2	ayant étudié, dotés du comportement vertueux. (Meunier 2013: 175)
b5	[skt:] (if the monks) are (not) eager for action ◆ [tb:] (if the monks) are (not) eager in zeal (Peyrot 2013b: 683)