Work in progress

THT 581

Known as:THT 581; B 581; Bleistiftnummer 2041
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 581". 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-tht581 (accessed 09 Nov. 2024).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (translation)

Provenience

Main find spot:Sengim
Expedition code:T II S 73.2
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:late
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Doctrine
Verse/Prose:prose

Object

Manuscript:THT 580-581
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:5

Images

Transliteration

a1/// – mpo staṃ ā ke lkā [s̝s̝a
a2/// rwā na ma ske ta¯ ¯r ne –
a3/// tā kne spe lkke ya ma ṣṣa [r]e –
a4/// [k]· sa saṃ sā rmeṃ tsa lp[ā] re [•] ñ·
a5/// [ṣ]·[ai] ññe ka rsa tsi kle śa nma
b1/// ·u [sw]· ka – – – ṅka y[eṃ]
b2/// ksa naṃ lyi ka śke ya ma skeṃ ma
b3/// ·ṣ· na ye nti ka nma skeṃ cau [m]· –
b4/// śu nyāṃ ai ka reṃ ka s̝a
b5/// ta rne po saṃ ṣk· tka¯ ¯s̝

Transcription

a1/// (o)mpostäṃ āke lkāṣṣä(ṃ)
a2/// rwāna mäsketär ne
a3/// tākne spelkke yamaṣṣare
a4/// k·sa saṃsārmeṃ tsälpāreñ·
a5/// ·aiññe karsatsi kleśanma
b1/// ·u sw· – – – ṅka yeṃ
b2/// k sanaṃ lyikaśke yamaskeṃ
b3/// ·ṣ· na yenti känmaskeṃ cau
b4/// śunyāṃ aikareṃ ka ṣ{†ä}
b5/// tärne po saṃṣk(ṛ)t ka

Translation

a1... he sees the end afterwards.
a2... his (face) is...
a3... they made effort...
a4... they were liberated form saṃsāra...
a5... to know the Kleśas...
b2... they finely grind (lit. make fine) the enemies...
b3... winds come... the...
b4... empty (?), mean...
b5... all... perfected...

References

Online access

IDP: THT 581; TITUS: THT 581

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 366

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Sieg and Siegling 1953

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

TITUS

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.