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THT 610

Known as:THT 610; B 610; B 610a; Tintennummer 3319.13; X 13
Cite this page as:"THT 610". 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-tht610 (accessed 11 Jun. 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
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Doctrine
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Manuscript:THT 609-616
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:7=8

Transliteration

a1/// – [u] dā yi ///
a2/// [m]ña kta ta¯ ¯mp e ///
a3/// mcu ṣka nta me[ṃ] – – ///
a4/// yä kne e ṅka lṣa na ///
a5/// [w]e s̝s̝aṃ || ni ṣkra mā ///
a6/// y·· rtaṃ tsno – ///
a7///
b1///
b2/// ts· mcu ṣk[e] ma ///
b3/// stra a ñma la ///
b4/// ka ya ta ske ntra – ///
b5/// – ṣñ❠¯r ye nmeṃ – ///
b6/// – : we śe ññai ///
b7/// [ś]· ddha vā sa ṣ·i ///

Transcription

a1/// – udāyi ///
a2/// mñakta tamp e ///
a3/// mcuṣkantameṃ – – ///
a4/// yäkne eṅkalṣana ///
a5/// weṣṣäṃniṣkramā ///
a6/// y·· rtaṃts no – ///
a7///
b1///
b2/// ts· mcuṣke ma ///
b3/// strä añmala ///
b4/// k{†ä} yatäskenträ – ///
b5/// – ṣñār yenmeṃ – ///
b6/// – : weśeññai ///
b7/// ś(u)ddhavāsäṣ(ṣ)i ///

Commentary

Remarks

*In one frame with THT 610.a (unpublished).

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Tamai 2011C3
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 610, THT 610a; TITUS: THT 610

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 390