THT 585
| Known as: | THT 585; B 585; Bleistiftnummer 2154 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 585". 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-tht585 (accessed 14 Nov. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 68.32 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Life of the Buddha |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 9 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ntaṃ¯ ¯s ste • ce yra no s̝pa |
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| a2 | /// hū¯ ¯r kṣā tre ta nā |
| a3 | /// [s̝s̝]· || vi l[u] mpa ga tiṃ ne || |
| a4 | /// ·e wme rṣṣi se rki ra¯ ¯mt |
| a5 | /// [o]¯ ¯stä lā maṃ ma kce¯ ¯u |
| a6 | /// ne • ylai ñä kte |
| a7 | /// po yśiṃ pa ñä |
| a8 | /// rne rñe ke klyau |
| a9 | /// [nne] toṃ ñ[a] – |
| b1 | /// ¯r [p]e ñy[a] – |
| b2 | /// [a] mā¯ ¯cä we s̝s̝a· |
| b3 | /// [e] mpreṃ ra ddhi pa¯ ¯stä |
| b4 | /// [ṣa] rmtsa we saṃ ra |
| b5 | /// ··s· ra lkā ttoṃ su pra |
| b6 | /// sa we sa¯ ¯ñä ra ddhi |
| b7 | /// [¯stä] lā maṃ sa swe tā |
| b8 | /// ce wä ksa pe rne rñe |
| b9 | /// n·¯ ¯ts pe rne rñe ce wä |
Transcription
| a1 | /// °ntaṃs ste • cey rano ṣpä |
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| a2 | /// °hūr kṣātre tanā° |
| a3 | /// °ṣṣ(äṃ) ॥ vilumpagatiṃne ॥ |
| a4 | /// ·e wmerṣṣi serki ramt |
| a5 | /// ost lāmaṃ mäkceu |
| a6 | /// °ne • ylai-ñäkte |
| a7 | /// poyśiṃ pañä° |
| a8 | /// °rnerñe keklyau° |
| a9 | /// °nne toṃ ña – |
| b1 | /// °r peñya – |
| b2 | /// amāc weṣṣä(ṃ) |
| b3 | /// empreṃ raddhi päst |
| b4 | /// ṣarmtsa wesäṃ ra° |
| b5 | /// ··s· rä lkāt toṃ supra° |
| b6 | /// °sa wesäñ raddhi |
| b7 | /// °st lāmaṃ saswe tā° |
| b8 | /// cewä ksa pernerñe |
| b9 | /// n· ts pernerñe cewä |
References
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Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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.
