THT 63

Known as:	THT 63; B 63; Bleistiftnummer 3344
Cite this page as:	Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 63". 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-tht63 (accessed 12 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Hannes A. Fellner
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 94
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānālaṅkāra
Passage:	uncertain
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	5555 (1x), 444343 (1x), 55 (1x), 4443 (1x)
Object
Manuscript:	Udānālaṅkāra A
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	10 × 18 cm
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	/// [te] – [t]e : śe m[n]e[¯] [¯ś] śe rw[e] kau tsi we ñi so· ·n· ///
a2	/// [śau] – ts[i] – – – cwi śau¯ ¯l pe te ta llā [nt]e : kuse ñ· k· ///
a3	/// r[c]e s[o] [m]ś[k]e [la] [re] – – – ¯ts so [k]ta ///
a4	/// śau[¯] [¯l] stā ma[¯] [¯ñä] ///
a5	/// [n]twe we ///
b3	///
b4	///
b5	/// – ñ – ñm ○ – ttsai[¯] [¯k] [y]· sa – – – [skā] – – [7] ///
b6	/// po yo – – – [m]· [skau] [:] k[au] ta pr· ti [n]· – ·ā [w]· nau¯ ¯s̝ ///
b7	/// [lle] : [kuce] ·[ca] yā maṃ [tu]¯ ¯k ma llā stra w[a] sto ta – [p]e [pa] rku ///
b8	/// [9] – [mpreṃ] tsñe [n]e [s]tm[au] – – – wno lme ṣa¯ ¯ñ – [a] ly[e] ṅkaṃ[¯] [¯ts] ///

Xx	a1n1 /// te(mtsa)te :
Xx	śem-neś śerwe kautsi weñi ; so··n· /// a2/// śau – tsi – – – ; cwi śaul pete tallānte :
7d	k_use ñ(a)k(e) /// a3/// r ce somśke lare – – – ts sokta /// a4/// śaul stāmañ /// a5/// ntwe we /// b3/// b4/// b5/// (ṣa)ñ (a)ñm (a)ttsaik y· sa – – – skā – – 7
Xx	/// b6/// po yo – – – m· skau :
Xx	kauta pr(a)tin· – ·āw· ; nauṣ /// b7n2 /// lle :
Xx	k_uce (k)ca yāmäṃ tu-k mällāsträ ; wasto ta(ne) peparku (:)
9d	/// b8n3 /// 9
10a	(e)mpreṃtsñene stmau – – – ; wnolme ṣañ (ṣle) alyeṅkäṃts (:)

a1	... (was [re]born). The hunter came to him, he should say ‘kill’. Persistent (?) ...
a2	... the life to (live) ... give the life to this miserable one. Who now ...
a3	... this dear little son ... Persistent (?) ...
a4	... if the life stands [for] me ...
a5	... then he spoke ...
b5	... only himself ...
b6	... [Thinking]: “Evil I do (not) do, he broke the decisions (set up) before ...
b7	... Whatever he should do, this exactly he denies; repeatedly questioned (there) ...
b8	... [9d]. The [one] remaining with the truth ... being him[self and] (at the same time) others ...

b7	Whatever he does, he denies that. (cf : ii, 77) (Peyrot 2013b: 707)
b7	Was immer er tun soll, das eben leugnet er. (Schmidt 1974: 442)

*	On one side this leaf contains the strophe numbers 7 and 9; due to the large gaps recto and verso side cannot be determined. The metre appears to be 4x15 syllables (rhythm = 8/7). Due to the bad attrition of the writing the transliteration is not entirely certain. In the translation many problems remain.
n1	Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 225.
n2	Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 92 fn. 3.
n3	Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 92 fn. 4.

*	Badly damaged fragment of the left side of a leaf. The writing is attrited in many places.

Tamai 2011	C3
Tamai 2011	C14

Hackstein 1995: b7 (316); Peyrot 2013b: b7 (707); Schmidt 1974: b7 (442); Sieg and Siegling 1949: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 (II, 77); Sieg and Siegling 1983: a1 (225), a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 (92 notes 225), b7 (225)