THT 617
| Known as: | THT 617; B 617; Tintennummer 3319.6; X 6 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 617". 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-tht617 (accessed 20 May 2025). |
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: | The Bodhisattva and a govika (= gopikā ?) |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 617-620 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6=8 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// nma s̝s̝aṃ k· /// |
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| a2 | /// sa ka ñcāṃ ysā [ṣṣ]eṃ – /// |
| a3 | /// ka le [na] nko rmeṃ au [n]ts· /// |
| a4 | /// rmeṃ ka lnsā te ra mno /// |
| a5 | /// kā ḍa kṣe maṃ ñai śśrī nä [kt]· – /// |
| a6 | /// laṃ ṣka lyu ke wme rṣṣe ma hū /// |
| b1 | /// [¯ś] o mno go vi k· nts· [mcu] ṣke /// |
| b2 | /// ·tsa nte vai mā nu keṃ ña kte mpa /// |
| b3 | /// śa rkaṃ ślo ka nma sa ya [l]·[e] /// |
| b4 | /// vi ka bo dhi sa tve n[ts]e – /// |
| b5 | /// [śa] rku we rmeṃ we s̝s̝aṃ /// |
| b6 | /// ·e – nau pa lsko [w]· /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// nmaṣṣäṃ k· /// |
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| a2 | /// sa kañcāṃ ysāṣṣeṃ – /// |
| a3 | /// kale nankormeṃ aunts· /// |
| a4 | /// rmeṃ kälnsāte ram no /// |
| a5 | /// kāḍakṣemäṃñai śśrīnäkt· – /// |
| a6 | /// laṃṣka lyuke wmerṣṣe mahū /// |
| b1 | /// ś om no govik(a)nts(e) mcuṣke /// |
| b2 | /// ·tsante vaimānukeṃ ñaktempa /// |
| b3 | /// śarkaṃ ślokanmasa yal·e /// |
| b4 | /// vika bodhisatventse – /// |
| b5 | /// śarkuwermeṃ weṣṣäṃ /// |
| b6 | /// ·e – nau palsko w· /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 393-394
Translations
Krause 1952: b5 (159)
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Krause, Wolfgang. 1952. Westtocharische Grammatik, Band I. Das Verbum. Heidelberg: Winter.
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.
