THT 588

Known as:	THT 588; B 588; Bleistiftnummer 2563
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 588". 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-tht588 (accessed 10 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 17.4
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Dialogue between the Buddha and Maudgalyāna
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	53436 (2x), 4545 (1x), 436 (1x); 43434 (4x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	12.3 × 22.5 cm
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	/// ññi pya pyai cci wa wa kā [ṣ]po ko m[p]ai no a ya to e śnai sa¯ ¯ñ mru ntsa ñka
a2	/// śa [rka] ra mta ya ma skeṃ ta ñä klau tsnai sa ñka lla ske ñcä sa kwä ke
a3	/// ppā lnta sa tse ñña na kmu ta nta sā rkwi na se te kai yo ka ra
a4	/// k[a] s̝a pwä rñi lwa sā ne ṅkā cä ñcre ya ma skeṃ we ktse we ka kre ñce pi yā
a5	/// ññä ·e e nte twe ya ma ṣa tai kreṃ tyā mo¯ ¯r o ro cce cme la ne ma kc[p]i yā
a6	/// [k]· rcyeṃ m[ā] teṃ ye kte s̝a rmo ta ñä mā ra no snai s̝a rmseṃ to to ko ne mce [k]·[ai]
a7	/// ñña a ṣa nī ke ntse mu dgu lyā ya ni ce prā śśaṃ pe pa rko ṣ[pa] – – –
a8	/// [p]· pa rko rmeṃ ya mo rkre nta ma kc[p]i o ko nta wä rpa no ytra ta ṅ – – –
b1	/// s· a ṣa nī keṃ¯ ¯ts 1 le ki saṃ tke wä s[tsa] nma wsā wa ñä śā – – –
b2	/// tsyä llau yu ko s̝aṃ¯ ¯ts ke ke so s̝aṃ¯ ¯ts tā ka rṣkeṃ [ñ]ä śpa lsko [n]· – –
b3	/// wa a sta re [pa] nna kra no śa kśtwe rne śa kpi śne po a ñmsa wa wla [w]·
b4	/// [cm]e tsi ś[c]o kā wo tu meṃ tā ka 3 cpi kre ñce pi yā mo rntse s̝a rmtsa
b5	/// ·(·)[w]· ññe ai na ke ñä śya mṣa mai wi na i śe lmeṃ ne tu po staṃ
b6	/// ·s· k· l[o] lmo rntse mā twe [p]rā ska tta kā sta twe yai tku sa wro cce [p]i rṣā
b7	/// ñä yo lyai i mai meṃ pro sko ne [sa]ṃ 5 bo ddhya ṅgä nta i ndri nta
b8	/// ścwi twe tu meṃ tse [ta]¯ ¯r [s]nai s̝ma [r]e [r]a mta – [kt]e co ka ke ke so rne ma ka

Xb	ññi pyapyaicci ; wawakāṣ po kompaino ; ayato eśnaisäñ
Xc	mruntsañ ka a2 /// śärka ramt{†ä} yamäskeṃ täñ{†ä} klautsnaisäñ källaskeñ-c{†ä} säkwä ke° a3 /// ; (u)ppālntasa tseññana ; kmutäntas ārkwina se ; tekai yokä
Xa	rä a4 /// ka ṣäp ; wärñi lwasā =neṅkā
Xx	cäñcre yamäskeṃ wektse ; wek{†ä} kreñcepi yā° a5 /// ññä ·e ; ente twe yamäṣatai ; kreṃt yāmor orocce

*	cmelane mäkcpi yā°
a6	/// k(e)rcyeṃ mā teṃ yekte ṣärmo täñ{†ä} mā rano snai ṣärm seṃ tot oko nemcek ·ai
a7	/// ñña aṣanīkentse mudgulyāyani ce prāśśäṃ pepärkoṣ pä – – –
a8	///

1b	p(e)pärkormeṃ yamor ; krentä mäkcpi okonta ; wärpänoyträ
1d	täṅ – – – b1 /// s· aṣanīkeṃts 1
2c	leki saṃtke wästsänma ; wsāwa ñäś ā – – – b2 /// ts yällau yukoṣäṃts ; kekesoṣäṃts
3a	tākärṣkeṃ ñäś pälskon(e) ; – – b3 /// wa
3d	astäre pannak rano ; śäk śtwerne śäk piśne po ; añmsa wawlaw(au) b4 /// /// cmetsiśco kāwo ; tumeṃ tāka 3
4a	cpi kreñcepi yāmorntse ; ṣärmtsa b5 /// ··w·ññe ainake ñäś yamṣamai wina iśelmeṃne tu postäṃ b6 /// ·s· k·lo lmorntse ; mā twe prāskat
5d	takāsta twe yaitkusa ; wroccepi rṣā b7 /// ; (mā) (ta)ñ{†ä} yolyai imaimeṃ ; prosko nesäṃ 5
6c	boddhyaṅgänta indrinta ; b8 /// ś cwi twe tumeṃ tsetar ; snai ṣmäre ramt{†ä} (mä)kte cok{†ä} ; kekesorne

*	makä

a1	... all the flowery, blooming kompaiṃ, suitable to the eyes...
a2	... they play the lute, so to speak.
a2+	They bring pleasure to your ears...
a3	... tekai-colored through blue lotuses (and) white water lilies...
a3+	... and... animals like... are within (?)...
a4+	They loudly and pleasantly sing (lit. make a voice)... of the good deed...
a5	... when you did the great good deed...
a5+	... in the births... the deed of which...
a6	... the palaces...
a6	It is no small cause for you and also not without a cause (?)
a6+	So much reward... certainly...
a7+	... having asked this question of the worthy Maudgalyāyana...
a8	Having asked about the good deed, he would enjoy his own fruits.
a8+	... of the worthy ones...
b1+	I gave a bed, medicine, garments...
b2	... the yällau of the vanquishers and of the extinguished
b2+	I, in faithful thought, ...
b3	... a pure sandal, too.
b3+	On the fourteenth and fifteenth, completely self-controlled...
b4	... thus there arose the desire to be born...
b4+	For the sake of the good deed...
b5	... I made... mean...
b5+	After pleasure and lust...
b6	... you do not fear...
b6+	You were... adorned by the great sage...
b7	... you don't fear the evil road.
b7	5 ...
b7+	The Bodhyaṅgas, the senses...
b8	... you are thus separated from him. (?)
b8	Like a lamp without oil, in extinction...

a2	... sie machen gleichsam Musik [und] bringen deinen Ohren Lust. (Schmidt 1974: 390)
b5	Ich Gemeiner fand Gefallen an den Sinneslüsten. (Schmidt 1974: 343)
b6	Don't you be afraid! (Peyrot 2013b: 308)