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THT 549

Known as:	THT 549; B 549; SHT 397
Cite this page as:	"THT 549". 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-tht549 (accessed 10 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 69.34
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Recto: Calendar lists in Sanskrit (East Asian zodiac, Sanskrit month names and days of the month) with TB translation of the zodiac; Verso: monastic rules
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Calendar
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a1	pra th· m· ḥ cai tra mi tyā hu vai śā kha stu dvi t[i] ya ka ḥ j[e] ṣṭa m· sa· tṛ t[i] ya stu ca tu rthā ṣā ḍha ka smṛ ta ḥ 1 śr· [va] [ṇa] [pa] ñca ma – st· – [dr]· – –
a2	śca ṣa ṣṭa ma ḥ sa pta mā ś[v]a yu jo nā ma a ṣṭa ma ḥ kā rtti ka smṛ ta ḥ mṛ ga śī ra stu na va ma ḥ pu ṣya śca da śa mo mā sa • ma gha e kā da śa pro kta ḥ ph[a] lgu ṇy· dv· – –
a3	smṛ ta ḥ 2 || ma nti lyo go vṛ ṣo vyā ghra śa śa nā ge na ja ntu na ja ntu na ḥ a śva pa śu ma rka ṭa śca ku kku ṭa śvā na sū ka ra ḥ 3 || pra ti pa¯ ¯t dvi ti tri ti – –
a4	rtha pa ja mi ṣa¯ ¯th sa pta mi a ṣṭa mi na va mi [da] śa mi e ka da śi dva da śi tra yo da śi ca tu ra da śi pa ja da śi
a5	a śva • ya kwe • pa śu • śai yye • ma kka ra • mo k[oṃ] śk· • ku kku ṭa • kra ṅko • śvā ṇa • k[ū] • su kha
a6	ra • su wo • ma ṇḍi lya • a rśa ka rśa • go va • o kso • vyā ghra • me [w]i yo – – śa ṣa ṣe • nā [ga] [•] [nā] – –
a7	a hi • au¯ ¯k –
b1	si ddha¯ ¯ṁ yke po staṃ vi nai yne yai tko s̝aṃ pa pā ṣṣo rñe ṣṣeṃ ya kne nne spā r[tt]a lyñe ṣṣe ya kne sa
b2	ṣa ña ñme sa ññā tya ma s̝a lle • vṛ tti nma ne ṣe ṣa rpo [s̝a]ṃ a cā ra ṣṣeṃ ya kne nne a nai śai ṣa ña ñme ri
b3	tta s̝a lle • mai thu naṃ saṃ yo gsu ta rsa wa rñai [ṣa] mā ññe pa rā – ṣṣe ñcaṃ su ta rṣṣeṃ spā rtta lyñe
b4	nta ne spo rtto lle • ku hā ka ññe sa wa rñai śtwe¯ ¯r kre¯ ¯nt spā rtta lyñe nä kṣe ñcaṃ pe lai kne nta pa lsko me[ṃ] wi ka s̝s̝a
b5	lyi : mai [m]pa lsko a sta re ya ma s̝a lle • te sa wa rñai ypa rwe ya ma s̝a lyeṃ wä nta rwa mai mpa ls·o – –

Transcription

a1	prath(a)m(a)ḥ caitram ity āhu vaiśākhas tu dvitiyakaḥ jeṣṭam(ā)sa(ḥ) tṛtiyas tu caturthāṣāḍhaka smṛtaḥ 1 śr(ā) vaṇa pañcama – s t(u) (bhā) dr(apada)
a2	ś ca ṣaṣṭamaḥ saptamāśvayujo nāma aṣṭamaḥ kārttika smṛtaḥ mṛgaśīras tu navamaḥ puṣyaś ca daśamo māsa • magha ekādaśa proktaḥ phalguṇy(o) dv(ādaśa)
a3	smṛtaḥ 2 ॥ mantilyo govṛṣo vyāghra śaśa nāgena jantuna jantunaḥ aśva paśu markaṭaś ca kukkuṭa śvāna sūkaraḥ 3 ॥ pratipat dviti triti (catu)
a4	rtha pajami ṣath saptami aṣṭami navami daśami ekadaśi dvadaśi trayodaśi caturädaśi pajadaśi
a5	aśva • yakwe • paśu • śaiyye • makkara • mokoṃśk(a) • kukkuṭa • kraṅko • śvāṇa • kū • sukha¬
a6	¬ra • suwo • maṇḍilya • arśakärśa • gova • okso • vyāghra • mewiyo (•) (śa)śa ṣaṣe • nāga • nā(k) (•)
a7	ahi • auk –
b1	siddhaṁ yke postäṃ vinaiyne yaitkoṣäṃ papāṣṣorñeṣṣeṃ yaknenne spārttalyñeṣṣe yaknesa
b2	ṣañ-añme saññāt yamaṣälle • vṛttinmane ṣeṣarpoṣäṃ acāräṣṣeṃ yaknenne anaiśai ṣañ-añme ri
b3	ttäṣälle • maithunaṃ saṃyog sutärsa warñai ṣamāññe parā(kä)ṣṣeñcaṃ sutarṣṣeṃ spārttalyñe¬
b4	¬ntane sporttolle • kuhākäññesa warñai śtwer krent spārttalyñe näkṣeñcaṃ pelaiknenta pälskomeṃ wikäṣṣä
b5	lyi : maim palsko astare yamaṣälle • tesa warñai yparwe yamaṣälyeṃ wäntarwa maim päls(k)o – –

References

Online access

IDP: THT 549; TITUS: THT 549

Edition

Lüders 1933: 1012ff; Lüders 1940: 741-748; Sieg and Siegling 1953: 344-345

Translations

Thomas 1952: b5 (27)