THT 567

Known as:	THT 567; B 567; Bleistiftnummer 2505
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 567". 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-tht567 (accessed 11 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 17.14
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Add. linguistic characteristics:	late
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Manuscript:	THT 567-570
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	6.8 × 15 cm
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

lf	30 9
a1	/// ryā gā nu smṛ ti • ña ke lā ma[¯] [¯]t śwā lyai ā lyi ne ī me śwā
a2	/// ○ tsa kse nta¯ ¯r śwā lyai ā lyi ne nau mye ṣṣe kṣā tre l(·)ā¯ ¯s(·)ä
a3	/// ○ lkā¯ ¯stä i nte ñi¯ ¯ś su kṣā tre po saṃ sā rsa [r]ā ///
a4	/// [nä]¯ ¯nä ko ṭi śva reṃ ra[¯] [¯]mtä snai la kle lkā¯ ¯stä pra yo¯ ¯k [ye] ///
b1	/// \|\| tu meṃ a lyi ṣṣa na swa ñcaiṃ¯ ¯ts ā ke ne po yi ///
b2	/// ○ so yä skeṃ ne wā k[i] a llo ṅkna lo ka dhā tu [n]t(·) ///
b3	/// ○ ta rne sa [laṃ] po ke ktse¯ ¯ñä wä nta na[¯] [¯]ñcä ai tsi ṣmā – ·p·
b4	/// mā ce¯ ¯r tsā rwä sta rme ñi śye si po ā yu sru ka lñe sa ma mrau

30-9

a1	/// r yāgānusmṛti • ñake lāmat śwālyai ālyine īme śwā
a2	/// tsaksentär śwālyai ālyine naumyeṣṣe kṣātre l(k)ās(t)
a3	/// lkāst inte ñiś su kṣātre po saṃsārsa rā ///
a4	/// nän koṭiśvareṃ ramt snai läkle lkāst prayok ye ///
b1	/// ॥ tumeṃ alyiṣṣana swañcaiṃts ākene po yi ///
b2	/// soyäskeṃ-ne wāki alloṅkna lokadhātunt(a) ///
b3	/// tarnesa laṃ po kektseñ wäntanañ-c aitsi ṣ mā – ·p·
b4	/// mācer tsārwästär-me ñiś yesi po āyu srukalñesa mamrau¬
*	¬(skau)

a1	... recalling the sacrifice.
a1	Now if you sit on the left palm... mind...
a1+	... are burned.
a2	You see a bejeweled parasol in the left hand.
a2+	... you see...
a3	When I, the parasol over all saṃsāra...
a3+	... you see without pain, like millionaires...
a4+	... then on the tip of the rays of the palm, all...
b1+	... they satiate him...
b2	Distinction, other parts of the world...
b2+	... if he goes through the top, it envelops your whole body.
b3	... and not... to give...
b3+	... mother comforts them...
b4	I will give you all, feeling aversion...

*	In one frame with THT 568.

Carling 2000: a1 (209), b1 (179); Hackstein 1995: a3 (118f, 140); Schmidt 1974: a2 (20 n.3); Thomas 1997: b4 (84)