THT 574

Known as:	THT 574; B 574; Bleistiftnummer 2561
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 574". 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-tht574 (accessed 15 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 17.3
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Teacher-pupil dialogue about doctrinal stories
Passage:	Sea voyage of three merchants; Bodhisattva as lion instructing animals
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 574-576
Following fragment:	THT 575
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

a1	/// lk·¯ ¯ñä sa mu dda rn· k· – – – – kā lksa •
a2	/// hi pe rne ñco : ṣe ṣe [e] [t]· [we] – o ktā rtma
a3	/// ā lyau ce te wña re 2 mā te lye lyku
a4	/// ne nta pā ske ma ñyeṃ ā nä ske¯ ¯m wr[aṃ] ta
a5	/// o ta¯ ¯k ta ne lā lyi ā nä ske mtra
a6	/// [pa] sta yku we rmeṃ mā ka ku rsa rwa k[eṃ]
a7	/// nā mña • na no cai trai sā rtha vā hi
b1	/// ta kā re • śa kyā mo rṣṣai ytā ri nt[se]
b2	/// t[a] na ntse ṣa rmtsa ka su lwa sā [ṣṣ]e
b3	/// ru ṇī ke a ñmā la ṣke mā no kca
b4	/// wa kī tse ste pa ñä kta ññe pe rne ṣṣe a
b5	/// [y]· rmne ka pa ktra cwī ṣe ca ke ntse kre ntau naṃ
b6	/// ṣṣ[i] ta¯ ¯r lw[ā] sa rṣā keṃ ra [mai] – ntsa n[a] [k]lyau
b7	/// lñe ntse ya kne \|\| ka [ṣṣ]ī ·e – [pa] kl[y]au[¯] [¯]s̝

(continues on THT 575)

2x	lk· ñ(ä) samuddarn(e) k· – – – (a)kālksa • a2 /// hi perneñco :
2d	ṣe ṣe et(s) we – oktār tma a3 /// ālyauce ; te wñare 2
Xx	mā te lyelyku ; a4 /// ne nta pāskemañyeṃ ānäskem wraṃta a5 /// otak tane lālyi ānäskemträ a6 /// päst{†ä} ykuwermeṃ māka kursarwa keṃ a7 /// nāmña •
Xx	nano cai trai ; sārthavāhi b1 /// takāre •

*	śak yāmorṣṣai ytārintse
b2	/// tanantse ṣarmtsa ka su lwasāṣṣe
b3	/// ruṇīke añmālaṣke mā no kca
b4	/// wakītse ste pañäktäññe perneṣṣe a
b5	/// y(ä)rmne ka pakträ cwī ṣecakentse krentaunaṃ
b6	/// ṣṣitär lwāsa rṣākeṃ ra mai(ma)ntsana klyau
b7	/// lñentse yakne ॥ käṣṣī (w)e(ṣṣäṃ) päklyauṣ

(continues on THT 575)

a1+	... in the ocean... through the wish... glorious...
a2+	Each one... eighty thousand each... said this to each other...
a3	This is not seen...
a3+	... we protect the servants (?),
a4	we breathe in water...
a4+	... then we breathe heavily (?).
a5+	... having walked the earth over many leagues...
a7+	Now the three caravan leaders... were...
b1	... of the ten-deed-way...
b1+	... for the sake of... the... of animals...
b2+	... sympathetic, compassionate, not...
b3+	... special is the (wish?) for the Buddha-rank...
b4+	... measure... trusts in the virtues of the lion.
b5+	... animals, like sages.... skillful...
b6+	... manner of...
b7	The teacher says:
b7	Listen...
b1	... of the path of the ten deeds

(continues on THT 575)

a3	... sprachen (sie) dies zueinander: ... (Schmidt 1974: 321)
a4	... werden wir die Sklaven(?) schützen(?), wenn(?) wir Wassertropfen einatmen. (Schmidt 1974: 27)