THT 611
| Known as: | THT 611; B 611; Tintennummer 3319.18; X 18 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 611". 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-tht611 (accessed 12 Mar. 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: | 8 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// ys[ā] ṣṣ[e] a sā /// |
| a3 | /// [u] dā yiṃ pre ks̝aṃ • /// |
| a4 | /// we s̝s̝aṃ || śu d[dh]o ·(·)ṃ /// |
| a5 | /// ntsa • mā¯ ¯s̝p su wī na ṣ[ṣ]e /// |
| a6 | /// tu meṃ ma kā yä kne [u] /// |
| a7 | /// ṣ[e] me kauṃ te te mu /// |
| a8 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// ·k· r· ne • ta ne b[o] /// |
| b3 | /// sa tve we s̝s̝aṃ kuse [śa¯] [¯r] /// |
| b4 | /// – ksa ti ri to tka tri śa [nm]· /// |
| b5 | /// ktsi sa ka rtse pā [lska] /// |
| b6 | /// [ṣ]e¯ ¯ts kre nte rsna /// |
| b7 | /// – ra ska re ntse /// |
| b8 | /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// ysāṣṣe asā /// |
| a3 | /// udāyiṃ prekṣäṃ • /// |
| a4 | /// weṣṣäṃ ॥ śuddho(da)ṃ(ñene) /// |
| a5 | /// ntsa • mā ṣp su wīnaṣṣe /// |
| a6 | /// tumeṃ makā yäkne u /// |
| a7 | /// ṣeme kauṃ tetemu /// |
| a8 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// ·k· r· ne • tane bo /// |
| b3 | /// satve weṣṣäṃ kuse śar /// |
| b4 | /// – ksa tiri totka triśanm· /// |
| b5 | /// ktsisa kartse pālska /// |
| b6 | /// ṣets krent= ersna /// |
| b7 | /// – räskar= entse /// |
| b8 | /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 390-391
Translations
Carling 2000: a7 (296)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
“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.
