THT 600
| Known as: | THT 600; B 600; Bleistiftnummer 2604 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 600". 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-tht600 (accessed 20 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 119 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Add. linguistic characteristics: | late |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Characteristics of the Bodhisattvas |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·[n]a spe lkk· meṃ wai ṣa¯ ¯ñä e ka lymi ññe tsaṃ ñe meṃ se bo dhi sa tveṃ tsā rwa 2 ta rya a saṃ khyai ṣṣai la lyi ntse o ko sa bo dhi |
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| a2 | /// ṣṣ· ñcaṃ srū ka lñe¯ ¯ś ai wo lce 4 pi¯ ¯śä bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts yā ta lñe nta [śra] ddhau ñe ṣṣe yā ta lñe kuce tu po cme la ne kre ntaṃ¯ ¯ts |
| a3 | /// lñe a lye kne pa lsko ma ske ta rne 1 tsi rau ññe ṣṣe yā ta lñe kuce tu [po] cme la ne kre ntaṃ¯ ¯ts yä rkke ssu ma ske ta¯ ¯r pa pā ṣṣo |
| a4 | /// ske ta rne tsi rau ñe ṣṣe yā ta lñe kuce tu po cme la ne ke ta ra ka rtse¯ ¯śä a lā la tte ma ske ta¯ ¯r 3 ri lñe ṣṣe yā ta lñe kuce tu |
| a5 | /// cme la ne ne rvāṃ lā re ma ske ta rne 5 || ṣka¯ ¯sä bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts śpa lmeṃ sa rrī we nta e kṣa lyi [pa] ñä kte tsai pre ścī yai mpa ṣe śi nma l[ñ]e |
| b1 | /// we nta e kṣa lye 2 jā ta¯ ¯k ya ma lñe ṣṣe bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts sa rrī we [nta] e kṣa [ly]· – – – – – – – – – a nā – ta |
| b2 | /// [nta] la kle nta ña tse nta ne sai¯ ¯mä wa ste pa rma ṅka ne sa lñe ṣṣa na bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts sa rrī we nta e kṣa lye 4 yu ga rā ji ññe |
| b3 | /// ṣṣa bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts sa rrī we nta e kṣa lye 6 || ṣu¯ ¯kt bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts – – [wa] ṣa mo¯ ¯ñä po yśi pa ñä kte ka sṣī bo dhi sa tveṃ |
| b4 | /// śśi yu prā kkre kra ta ññe ṣa¯ ¯ñä a ra ñce bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts ka rtse wa ṣa mo 3 srū ka lñe ṣṣe wai ai ka rñe ṣṣe ī me bo dhi sa |
| b5 | /// [so] mo tkaṃ ñe wi kṣa llo na wä nta rwa ske nte • ka ma rttā ññe wai a māṃ ka ru ṇä ntse sa ñī bo dhi sa tveṃ¯ ¯ts wi kṣa lle • a lā sñe |
Transcription
Translation
| a1 | ... from good zeal and self control, this is the pleasure of the Bodhisattvas. |
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| a1+ | ... [2] Through the fruit of zeal in the three asaṃkhyeya-aeons ... |
| a2 | ... directed towards death. The Bodhisattvas have five powers. |
| a2+ | The power of faith, that in all births... to the virtuous |
| a3 | ... his mind is... at someone else... The power of force, that in all births he is venerated by the virtuous. |
| a3+ | ... good behavior... he has... |
| a4 | The power of force, that in all births he is tireless for the good of someone (else). |
| a4+ | The power of renunciation, that... |
| a5 | ... in (all) births, Nirvāṇa is dear to him. There are six excellent sarriwenta-parousias (?) of the Bodhisattvas. |
| a5+ | The sarriwenta-parousia that is meeting the time of the Buddha... |
| b1 | The sarriwenta-parousia of the Bodhisattvas that is being reborn. |
| b2 | The sarriwenta-parousia of the Bodhisattvas that consists in being refuge, protection, hope in... sufferings and danger. |
| b2+ | ... being king of the age... |
| b3 | ... the sarriwenta-parousia of the Bodhisattvas... The Bodhisattvas have seven good friends: |
| b3+ | The all-knowing Buddha the teacher is a friend of the Bodhisattvas. |
| b4 | ... their own firm, grateful heart is a good friend of the Bodhisattvas. |
| b4+ | The notion of death and emptiness (is a good friend of the) Bodhisattvas. |
| b5 | Eight things are equally to be avoided by the Bodhisattvas. Imperiousness and arrogance, enemies of compassion, are to be avoided by the Bodhisattvas. Inertia... |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 383-384
Translations
Carling 2000: a3 (244), a4 (52, 244); Hackstein 1995: a1 (221), b5 (133); Peyrot 2012a: a1 (198-199); Schmidt 1974: b4 (394); Thomas 1952: b5 (19), b5 (27); Thomas 1967: a1 (266), b4 (266), b5 (266); Thomas 1967c: b5 (180); Thomas 1990: a1 (39)
Bibliography
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Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2012a. “The Tocharian A match of the Tocharian B obl.sg. -ai.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 13: 181–220.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Thomas, Werner. 1952. Die tocharischen Verbaladjektive auf -l. Deutsche Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Institut für Orientforschung 9. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
Thomas, Werner. 1967. “Bemerkungen zum Gebrauch von toch. A yo und B wai.” Central Asiatic Journal 11: 264–74.
Thomas, Werner. 1967c. “Zu wortverbindendem toch. A śkaṃ/ B ṣpä.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung 81: 161–80.
Thomas, Werner. 1990. Tocharische Maitreya-Parallelen aus Hami. Vol. 1. SbWGF, XXVII. Stuttgart: Steiner.
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