THT 614
| Known as: | THT 614; B 614; B 614a; Tintennummer 3319.29; X 29 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 614". 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-tht614 (accessed 11 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 |
| Passage: | Encounter with the old man |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 609-616 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4=8 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// yke nta /// |
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| a2 | /// ntse ya kne sa /// |
| a3 | /// – śau moṃ myā· k· /// |
| a4 | /// ka lpa ntai śau [la] /// |
| b1 | /// sā ro – pra /// |
| b2 | /// a rtā te : a ·e /// |
| b3 | /// [mpa] lyä ktsai tsa /// |
| b4 | /// sa tve a /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ykenta /// |
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| a2 | /// ntse yaknesa /// |
| a3 | /// – śaumoṃ myā(s)k(a) /// |
| a4 | /// kalpäntai śaula /// |
| b1 | /// sāro – pra /// |
| b2 | /// artāte : a ·e /// |
| b3 | /// mpalyä ktsaitsä /// |
| b4 | /// satve a /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 614.a (unpublished). |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C3 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 614, THT 614a; TITUS: THT 614
Edition
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.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
