THT 596

Known as:	THT 596; B 596; prelim. no. Toch 358
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 596". 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-tht596 (accessed 17 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 5.2
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Treaties about the Ten Evil Actions (akuśalakarmāṇi)
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	8.3 × 18.5 cm
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// [ṣ]· weṃ tsi mā wa ṣe we ṣe ñcai mpa ṣe me wä ntre ma ske ma¯ ¯r mā tu
a2	/// pa llā ma¯ ¯r 5 \|\|ñi[¯] [¯ś] ra knā śka m· ma [k]·i ya [ś]ī re we skau
a3	/// – wa t[ka] skau [śī] re [weṃ] tsi mā śi re [we] [ṣe] ñcai mpa ṣe
a4	/// ma ske ma¯ ¯r mā tu sa kā tkau mā tu pa llā ma¯ ¯r 6 \|\|
a5	/// ya ka sko¯ ¯r we skau mā a lye¯ ¯k wa tka skau ka
a6	/// [we] ṣe ñcai mpa ṣe me wä ntre ma ske ma¯ ¯r mā tu sa
b1	/// [7] \|\| ñi¯ ¯ś ra knā śka mā ma kci ya ke ta ra ka rtse
b2	/// [mā] a lye¯ ¯k wa tka skau ke ta ra ka rtse ne eṃ ttse e rtsi
b3	/// ka rtse ne eṃ tse e rṣṣe ñcai mpa ṣe me wä ntre ma ske
b4	/// – kā tkau mā tu pa llā ma¯ ¯r 8 \|\| ñi¯ ¯ś ra knā śka
b5	/// nta ñe ma¯ ¯r mā a lye¯ ¯k wa [tka] skau mā nta tsi mā ma ntā
b6	/// [ṣ]· m[e] wä ntre ma ske ma¯ ¯r mā tu sa kā tkau mā tu pa llā ma¯ ¯r 9 \|\|

a1	/// ṣ· weṃtsi mā waṣe weṣeñcaimpa ṣeme wäntre mäskemar mā tu
a2	/// pällāmar 5 ॥ ñiś räknāśka m(ā) mäk(c)iya śīre weskau
a3	/// – watkäskau śīre weṃtsi mā śire weṣeñcaimpa ṣe
a4	/// mäskemar mā tusa kātkau mā tu pällāmar 6 ॥
a5	/// ya käskor weskau mā alyek watkäskau kä
a6	/// weṣeñcaimpa ṣeme wäntre mäskemar mā tusa
b1	/// 7 ॥ ñiś räknāśka mā mäkciya ketara kartse
b2	/// mā alyek watkäskau ketara kartsene eṃttse ertsi
b3	/// kartsene eṃtse erṣṣeñcaimpa ṣeme wäntre mäske
b4	/// – kātkau mā tu pällāmar 8 ॥ ñiś räknāśka
b5	/// ntañemar mā alyek watkäskau māntatsi mā mantā
b6	/// ṣ(e)me wäntre mäskemar mā tusa kātkau mā tu pällāmar 9 ॥

a1	... to tell (a lie), I do not cooperate with one telling a lie...
a1	(I) do not...
a1+	.... I (do not) praise (it).
a2	I, Räknāśka, do not speak harshly myself...
a2+	... I (do not) order (someone else) to speak harshly,
a3+	(I) do not (cooperate) with one who speaks harshly...
a4	I do not delight in it.
a4	I do not praise it.
a4+	... I do not spread rumors.
a5	I do not order someone else to spread rumors...
a5+	... I do not cooperate with someone who spreads rumors.
a6	I do not (delight) in it.
b1	I, Räknāśka, do not envy someone's good fortune.
b1+	... I do not order someone else to envy someone's good fortune.
b2+	... I do not cooperate with someone who envies someone's fortune.
b3+	... I (do not) delight (in it)
b4	I do not praise it.
b4+	I, Räknāśka, ... do not irritate.
b5	I do not order (someone else) to irritate.
b5+	I do not cooperate with someone who irritates.
b6	I do not delight in it.
b6	I do not praise it.

a2+	Ich, Räknāśka, sage selbst keine Grobheit [wtl. Hartes, Rauhes]; (nicht) befehle ich (einem anderen), eine Grobheit zu sagen; nicht mache ich gemeinsame (Sache) mit einem , der eine Grobheit sagt; nicht freue ich mich darüber [und] nicht lobe ich es. (Schmidt 1974: 171)
b4+	Ich, Räknāśka, bin (selbst nicht) übelgesinnt; nicht befehle ich einem anderen, übelgesinnt zu sein; nicht mache ich gemeinsame Sache (mit einem) Übelgesinnten; nicht freue ich mich darüber [und] nicht lobe ich es. (Schmidt 1974: 165)

Schmidt 1974: a2 a3 a4 (171), b4 b5 b6 (165); Thomas 1954: a1 (728), a3 (728), b2 (728), b5 (728); Thomas 1960a: a4 (201), b4 (201), b6 (201); Thomas 1967b: a3 (26); Thomas 1989: a2 (36), a4 (36), b4 (36), b6 (36)