THT 575

Known as:	THT 575; B 575; Bleistiftnummer 2558
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 575". 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-tht575 (accessed 06 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 17.1
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:	Bodhisattva as lion instructing animals
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	43434 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 574-576
Preceding fragment:	THT 574
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	10.2 × 15+17 cm
Number of lines:	7

Transliteration

(continues from THT 574)

a1	jñ· nta pi¯ ¯ś p[o] [nt]· – ru [r]· ṣai : ·m· l· e py·[¯] [¯c] kl· /// /// ñ[ä] kcy[a] [k]l· tso : 1 pa ra ci tta jñāṃ e ru ra [ddh]i – – tu ra n· ṣ[ai] cwy·
a2	ka lymi : [e] nä ṣṣi ta¯ ¯r lwā sa su a ksa [ṣṣ]i [m]e pe [l]· /// /// [lau] ṣai a pra ma ṇi nta cä ñcro na a n[tp]i śka rtse¯ ¯ś [t]s· nu ppā lṣi
a3	pi ltā ṣra e śne au rtsi ṣma ·e /// /// yä kne sa lwā [sā]ṃ¯ ¯ts pe lai kne a ksa ṣ[ṣ]i ka rsa no yeṃ to¯ ¯yä
a4	tu e pe mā \|\| ka ṣṣī we s̝s̝aṃ /// /// na ·o – – [o] mp[o] [staṃ] su ceṃ[¯] [¯]t[s] pe lai kne a ksa ṣṣi \|\| ra
a5	ti sā ya kne \|\| a [kn]ā tsaṃ /// /// r[w]a – pa lsko [sa] – tstso – [n]e [c]m· la ne : ke te ā
a6	·e – [l]pā tsi lwā ññe cmeṃ lmeṃ [ai] na keṃ : snai m[ā] nt· /// /// ·e¯ – ta ryā [y]ä kne [t]tā so : śa kyä kne sa yo
a7	– – – – śā lā ta te ykne sa : to ntsa t[a] ne ke /// /// yā mo rnta pa t[ta] s[a]¯ ¯t : 2 \|\| – me w[a]
b1	– – – (–) o no lm[i] tr[e] me ṣṣi ma nta l· cci ·ai /// /// wse (– –) lw· ·(·)ne • se n· ·[ṅka] ls[o]
b2	·ta – ·[s]·¯ ¯ñcä cai ko kī¯ ¯l ṣpa r[ā] yä kre se ri ya m· /// /// [ro] tse – – ·i no a ppa ma ti śśa •
b3	śa mp[o] ṣṣi e rka tte śa[¯] [¯]ñä /// /// ·e ś· [w]· l[w]ā sa ne [ta] nma ske nta¯ ¯r : se no ka
b4	rtse yo lo mā pu tta ṅkeṃ /// /// lyka [ś]ke a knā tsa ññe [tsa] ṅka nme to¯ ¯t lyka śka na lwā sa
b5	ne cme lñe ma ske ta rme \|\| /// /// na no su tu ntse o k[o] wä rpa na ta¯ ¯r \|\| ka ṣṣī we s̝s̝aṃ ma
b6	nta nta a knā tsa ññe ntse pa ri hā¯ ¯r ne saṃ [•] kru[i] tu ne /// /// [s]ke ye spe lke ya ma lle ṣai • tu sā ksa ke te yo lai ne cme
b7	la sa pro sko ta ko¯ ¯yä su ṣe ka ññe [ai] śa mñe [ne] /// /// [ka] ññe ru psa bra mñä kte toṃ lwā sa e nä sk[e] ma ne wa ṣa mñe sa

Transcription

(continues from THT 574)

1c	jñ(ä)nta piś pont(a) (e)ru r(a) ṣai :
1d	(c)m(e)l(a) epy(a) c kl· /// /// ; ñäkcya kl(au)tso : 1
Xx	paracittajñāṃ eru ; räddhi – – tu ran(o) ; ṣai cwy (e) a2 kalymi :
Xx	enäṣṣitär lwāsa su ; aksaṣṣime pel· /// /// lau ṣai apramaṇinta cäñcrona antpiś kartseś ts(e)n uppālṣi a3 piltāṣ ra eśne aurtsi ṣma(r)e /// /// yäknesa lwāsāṃts pelaikne aksaṣṣi kärsanoyeṃ toy a4 tu epe mā ॥ käṣṣī weṣṣäṃ /// /// na ·o – – ompostäṃ su ceṃts pelaikne aksaṣṣi ॥ ra a5 tisāyakne ॥ aknātsaṃ /// /// rwa ; – palskosa – tstso (ta) ; ne cm(e)lane :
2d	kete ā a6 (ñm)e (tsä) lpātsi ; lwāññe cmeṃlmeṃ ainakeṃ : snai mānt· /// /// ·e – täryā yäkne (pri)ttāso : śak yäknesa yo a7 – – – – śālāt{†ä} te-yknesa : tontsa tane ke /// /// yāmornta pättasat : 2
Xx	॥ – me wa b1 – – – – onolmi tremeṣṣi mantal(ai)cci (c)ai /// /// wse – – lw· (s)·ne • se n· (e)ṅkalso b2 ·tä – ·s· ñc cai kokīl ṣparā yäkre seri yam· /// /// rotse – – ·i no appamatiśśa • b3 śampoṣṣi erkatteśañ /// /// ·eś· w· lwāsane ; tänmaskentär :
Xx	se no ka b4 rtse yolo mā ; puttaṅkeṃ /// /// lykaśke aknātsaññe tsaṅkanme tot lykaśkana lwāsa b5 ne cmelñe mäsketär-me ॥ /// /// ; nano su tuntse oko ; wärpanatär ॥

*	käṣṣī weṣṣäṃ ma
b6	ntanta aknātsaññentse parihār nesäṃ • kr_ui tu ne /// /// skeye spelke yamalle ṣai • tusāksa kete yolaine cme
b7	lasa prosko takoy su ṣekaññe aiśamñene /// /// käññe rupsa bram-ñäkte toṃ lwāsa enäskemane waṣamñesa

Translation

(continues from THT 574)

a1	... he had evoked all five (abhi)jñas.
a1	... remember the births... divine ear.
a1	He (had) evoked telepathy, magical power...
a1+	This was also in his power.
a2	He would instruct animals.
a2	He would tell them the law.
a2	... was far.
a2+	Lovely apramaṇinta (?) for both, for good, wide eyes like petals of a blue lotus, smooth/oil...
a3	... he would proclaim the law in (this) way to the animals.
a3+	Would they understand it or not?
a4	The teacher says...
a4	... afterwards he wold proclaim the law to them.
a4+	In the *ratisāyak-tune:
a5	Ignorant...
a5	... with the mind here... in births...
a5+	Whoever has the wish to be liberated from mean animal birth, without malice... seek in three ways!
a6+	Ten ways... bring...!
a7	Through them here...
a7	... put the deeds...!
a7+	... the angry, malicious beings...
b1+	... (among animals) ... cuckoo, sparrow hawk, seri, goose...
b2+	... (they are) scornful, proud, hostile...
b3	... they are born among animals.
b3+	Those who don't distinguish between good and evil, ... (how) fine an ignorance arises to them, their birth is among the so fine (=small?) animals.
b5	... he in turn enjoys the fruit of that.
b5	The teacher says:
b5+	Never is there guarding from ignorance.
b6	If there..., zeal and effort would be made.
b6+	Thus, whoever would have fear of births in evil, he... always in wisdom...
b7	Brahma in the form of..., instructing the animals, through friendship...