THT 68
| Known as: | THT 68; B 68; Bleistiftnummer 3356 |
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| Cite this page as: | Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 68". 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-tht68 (accessed 14 Jan. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Hannes A. Fellner |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 97 |
| 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 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Udānālaṅkāra B |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 10 × 8 cm |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
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 | /// m· yw· [t]· /// |
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| a2 | /// kr· ñco : kuse po ca mpaṃ /// |
| a3 | /// [ma] ñ·e – – na la ṅkā rne /// |
| a4 | /// [ko]¯ ¯s ta ka r[ṣ]·[e] /// |
| a5 | /// ¯r ai tsi ca [m] – /// |
| a6 | |
| b2 | /// e we ta ta [rk]· /// |
| b3 | /// lm[e](·) pa¯ ¯st [y]· /// |
| b4 | /// ·w· lyai¯ ¯k tu [y]· /// |
| b5 | /// ścī re we lñe tne p[a] /// |
| b6 | /// ·[e] la pi – /// |
Transcription
| Xx | /// m· yw· t· /// a2/// kr(e)ñco : |
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| Xx | kuse po campäṃ /// |
| Xx | a3/// mäñ(ñ)e (udā)nalaṅkārne /// |
| Xx | a4/// kos takarṣ(kñ)e /// |
| Xx | a5/// (āyo)r aitsi cam(päṃ) /// |
| Xx | a6/// b2/// eweta tark· /// |
| Xx | b3/// lme· päst y· /// |
| Xx | b4/// · w (a)lyaik tu y· /// |
| Xx | b5/// ścīre welñe tne pa /// |
| Xx | b6/// ·ela pi(ś) /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... |
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| a2 | ... for salvation ... who is totally able ... |
| a3 | ... in the Udānālaṅkāra ... |
| a4 | ... as long as faith ... |
| a5 | ... he is able to give (a gift) ... |
| a6 | ... |
| b2 | ... |
| b3 | ... away ... |
| b4 | ... other ... |
| b5 | ... harsh saying now ... |
| b6 | ... births five ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| A six-line fragment without strophe number. Recto and verso side as well as metre cannot be determined. A colophon in a(3). |
Remarks
| Small fragment with edges torn off. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C2 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1949: I,79-80; Sieg and Siegling 1983: 94-95 notes 228
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1949. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 1. Die Udānālaṅkāra-Fragmente. Text, Übersetzung und Glossar. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1983. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B. Teil I: Die Texte. Band 1. Fragmente Nr. 1-116 der Berliner Sammlung. Edited by Werner Thomas. Neubearbeitet und mit einem Kommentar nebst Register versehen v. 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.
