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THT 612

Known as:THT 612; B 612; Tintennummer 3319.20; X 20
Cite this page as:"THT 612". 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-tht612 (accessed 08 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
Passage:Encounter with the monk
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Doctrine
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Manuscript:THT 609-616
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):12 × 7.5 cm
Number of lines:8

Transliteration

a1///
a2/// – – s̝s̝a· kā t·i ///
a3/// – – cme – ///
a4/// [y]nme sa ña ke – – ///
a5/// ṣṣa le ṣṣe nau [ntai] ne – ///
a6/// – – ma ne sa rvā r[tha] si ///
a7/// rwa ne || saṃ ghā ri – ///
a8///
b1///
b2/// ·[ṣ]·¯ ¯• ta rkau po yśe[ṃ] ///
b3/// [ko] [ka] lpa ntai pre kaṃ • kuce ·w· ///
b4/// s̝s̝aṃ kuce ṣa rmtsa no o sta ///
b5/// ñe ai wā ne sru ///
b6/// mā neṃ || ta ne – ///
b7/// dhi sa tve ṣa mā ///
b8///

Transcription

a1///
a2/// – – ṣṣä(ṃ) kāt·i ///
a3/// – – cme – ///
a4/// ynmesa ñake – – ///
a5/// ṣṣaleṣṣe nauntaine – ///
a6/// – – mane sarvārthasi ///
a7/// rwanesaṃghāri – ///
a8///
b1///
b2/// ·ṣ·tärkau poyśeṃ ///
b3/// kokalpäntai prekṣäṃkuce (t)w(e) ///
b4/// ṣṣäṃ kuce ṣarmtsa no osta ///
b5/// ñe aiwā-ne sru ///
b6/// māneṃtane – ///
b7/// dhisatve ṣamā ///
b8///

References

Online access

IDP: THT 612; TITUS: THT 612

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 391

Translations

Carling 2000: a5 (98)