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THT 65
| Known as: | THT 65; B 65; Bleistiftnummer 3346 |
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| Cite this page as: | Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 65". 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-tht65 (accessed 16 Jun. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Hannes A. Fellner |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
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| Expedition code: | T III Š 92.54 |
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| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | classical |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Udānālaṅkāra |
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| Passage: | uncertain, strophes 59-72(?) |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
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| Verse/Prose: | verse |
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| Meter: | 643 (4x) |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | Udānālaṅkāra B |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 13.5 × 12 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 8 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | – – – we ntsi : e nte sī twā ks̝aṃ ce¯ ¯ts o /// |
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| a2 | – ·m· kuse ka ma rti ki sa swe¯ ¯ñä /// |
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| a3 | ke e kñi 60 kuse pa rso wa tka s̝s̝aṃ [p]ai (– –) /// |
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| a4 | wai ke ce¯ ¯u re ki meṃ ○ /// |
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| a5 | lle¯ ¯k mā wa¯ ¯t kuse cwi ○ /// |
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| a6 | ka rma pa¯ ¯thä to tka ra : to tkā¯ – /// |
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| a7 | : ma ske ta¯ ¯r mā lye ṅkaṃ kuce¯ ¯[s̝] /// |
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| a8 | illegible |
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| b1 | illegible |
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| b2 | ke ā ntpi śco 60 6 dhya na [nma] /// |
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| b3 | rwe¯ ¯r ptā ka¯ ¯s ke¯ ¯t ṣa ñ[a] /// |
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| b4 | nta tsye twe ṣe¯ ¯k ta tā ○ /// |
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| b5 | kre nta¯ ¯ts wno lme¯ ¯ts ma ○ /// |
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| b6 | sa pre te nmeṃ : śrā ddhe ta nma sta r /// |
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| b7 | – – sa mske lle śrā ddhe mpreṃ [t]se ta [k]· /// |
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| b8 | – – p[aṃ] mpe ṣe : ña kte ywa rcī ṣi pi [ś]· /// |
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Transcription
Translation
| a1 | to say. When he tells them the price, then ... |
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| a2 | which rulers [and] lords [are] ... |
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| a3 | possession. [60d] Whoever commands a letter to be written ... |
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| a4 | lie from this word ... |
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| a5 | another one, not rather who this one’s ... |
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| a6 | way of the [good] deeds (not) even in the least. Of few ... |
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| a7 | ... he is, not others, let alone ... |
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| a8 | ... |
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| b2 | for both. [66d] (By) meditations ... |
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| b3 | be ready; you to whom (in) [their] own (self) ... |
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| b4 | (you) that have always been the adornment of the (good ones) ... |
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| b5 | the good beings ... |
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| b6 | by the animals [and] hungry ghosts. The believer will be born ... |
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| b7 | therefore one shall be pious, true, clear ... |
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| b8 | together with [his] community. The god at midnight (with five hundred) ... |
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Commentary
Philological commentary
| * | Contains strophe numbers 60 and 66 with 7 lines between them. The metre could be 4x13 syllables (rhythm = 6/7), but such a metre is so far not attested anywhere else. |
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| n1 | According to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 93 fn. 2 the reading sītw should be corrected to pītw in the transcription. |
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| n2 | Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 93 fn. 3. |
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| n3 | Emendation according to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 93 fn. 4. |
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Remarks
| * | Damaged left side of a leaf to the schnurloch. Line b1 is lost. |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
References
Online access
IDP: THT 65; TITUS: THT 65
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1949: I, 78; Sieg and Siegling 1983: 93226-227 notes 224
Translations
Barnes 2013: a2 (33); Carling 2000: b8 (331); Sieg and Siegling 1949: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 (II, 78-79)
