THT 72
| Known as: | THT 72; B 72 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 72". 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-tht72 (accessed 11 Feb. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 64 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Lakṣaṇa-Buddhastotra |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Araṇemi α |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | |
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| a2 | /// [p]lu ṣteṃ la re yo¯ ¯k ka ru ntsa s̝pa k· /// |
| a3 | /// ·[e] [m]ai kne : a wā ska cca ra¯ ¯mt ysā ṣ[ṣa] /// |
| a4 | /// tyai ko ṣy[ai] to ṣkre ntau na¯ ¯ts • śi la /// |
| a5 | /// ne ysā ṣṣi maṃ ta¯ ¯ñä klau ts[n]e /// |
| a6 | /// ntaṃ – [o] [n]·· [ñ]e ·i – [t]e ·[e] /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | /// pluṣteṃ lare yok karuntsa ṣpä k· /// |
| a3 | /// (ṣ)emaikne : awāskacca ramt ysāṣṣa /// |
| a4 | /// t yaikoṣ yaitoṣ krentaunats • śila /// |
| a5 | /// ne ysāṣṣi maṃtañ klautsne /// |
| a6 | /// ntaṃ – on··ñe ·i – te·e /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 80 und THT 1684. Verso of the leaf directly preceding THT 73, so originally leaf 2 of the manuscript. For the original recto, see THT 71. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C5 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Hackstein 1995: a3 (198)
Bibliography
Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
“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.



