THT 609
| Known as: | THT 609; B 609; Tintennummer 3319.9; X 9 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 609". 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-tht609 (accessed 22 Apr. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Life of the Buddha |
| Passage: | Encounter with the monk |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 609-616 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7=8 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// sk· tra /// |
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| a2 | /// ṣṣu śa wā ñca ka /// |
| a3 | /// • ya kne e ṅku tā ka – /// |
| a4 | /// [k]o ka lpa nta we s̝s̝aṃ || /// |
| a5 | /// ·[au] skā te • ce¯ ¯u ṣa¯ ¯rm /// |
| a6 | /// [l]· – – ma ne /// |
| a7 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// – – – – ta ne – /// |
| b3 | /// ddheṃ pa skā ya wi nā [m]· /// |
| b4 | /// nma s̝s̝aṃ kā mñä kte mpa – – /// |
| b5 | /// [ś]u ddhā vā sa ṣṣi ña kti /// |
| b6 | /// kre¯ ¯nt i ryā va t· – – – /// |
| b7 | /// rmeṃ ko /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// sk(e)trä /// |
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| a2 | /// ṣṣu śawāñca kä /// |
| a3 | /// • yakne eṅku tāka – /// |
| a4 | /// kokalpänta weṣṣäṃ ॥ /// |
| a5 | /// (mr)auskāte • ceu ṣarm /// |
| a6 | /// l· – – mane /// |
| a7 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// – – – – tane – /// |
| b3 | /// ddheṃ päskāya winām· /// |
| b4 | /// nmaṣṣäṃ kāmñäktempa – – /// |
| b5 | /// śuddhāvāsäṣṣi ñakti /// |
| b6 | /// krent iryāvat· – – – /// |
| b7 | /// rmeṃ ko /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 389-390
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.
