THT 546
| Known as: | THT 546; B 546; B 546a; Bleistiftnummer 2665 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 546". 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-tht546 (accessed 07 Jul. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 69 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | Skt.; TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Script: | archaic |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Sanskrit poem with TB word-by-word translation |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Poetry |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 545-546 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// spa rka lyñe ko |
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| a2 | /// [¯m] [•] śva lmeṃ nta ko¯ ¯ī |
| a3 | /// • dau rga tya me va |
| a4 | /// – – – – yo l[o] |
| a5 | /// [ai] na ke |
| b1 | /// na ya |
| b2 | /// ṣṣ· na ·[y]· tse nta – |
| b3 | /// du ṣṣa ha mu [ṣ]ṇa |
| b4 | /// lyñe ṣṣe la kle • |
| b5 | /// ai śau m[y]· ñä kte |
Transcription
| a1 | /// spärkalyñe ko |
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| a2 | /// m • śvalmeṃn takoī |
| a3 | /// • daurgatyam eva |
| a4 | /// – – – – yolo |
| a5 | /// ainake |
| b1 | /// naya |
| b2 | /// ṣṣ(a)na (ñ) y(a)tsenta – |
| b3 | /// duṣṣaham uṣṇa |
| b4 | /// lyñeṣṣe läkle • |
| b5 | /// aiśaumy· ñäkte |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 546.a |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | A2 |
| Tamai 2011 | A2 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
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.
