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THT 76

Known as:	THT 76; B 76; Bleistiftnummer 2325
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Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 63.14
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Lakṣaṇa-Buddhastotra
Passage:	21b-26a
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	554443 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	Araṇemi α
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// [v]ā sa ṣṣi ña· [t]· lkā nta¯ ¯rcä k[au] ñī ra mno o mpa lsko ñe ṣme ///
a2	/// sa su da rśaṃ ñ[ä] kcyai ri ne śpā lmeṃ vai ja ya nto stā ṅne ///
a3	/// ndaṃ wa rñai wa rtto nta : ca ṅke ne ṣle ntse śt[w]e rlā¯ ¯ñ ///
a4	/// kṣā tta rnta bra ha sva ti śu k· r[wa] ·ai ///
a5	/// [ta]¯ ¯rc sa mu dta¯ ¯r ysā ṣṣe [ñ]· ///
a6	/// ṇi nta nau mye nta s·ai ·e ///
b1	/// ta¯ ¯ñä e ne s[t]ai 20 [3] ·w· ///
b2	/// [l]· ca ṅke rā hu ba ḍi ve ma ///
b3	/// pa rne sa no lkā ntra ta¯ ¯ñä lw· ///
b4	/// kā¯ ¯r śpā lmeṃ wa lo lkā ta¯ ¯r ca kra vā¯ ¯rt : – ///
b5	/// swa lkā nta¯ ¯rcä ke ktse nne ta ryā ka wī la kṣā nä nta mai ///
b6	/// ṣe lyū ke sa – 5 bra mñä kteṃ ya ltse ylai ñä kteṃ ya [l]·[e] ///

Transcription

21b	5σ /// ; (śuddha)vāsäṣṣi ; ña(k)t(i) lkāntar-c ; kauñī ram no ; ompalskoñe ; ṣme(mane) (:)
21c	/// 25σ
21d	a2/// 0σ (stmau)sa sudarśaṃ ; ñäkcyai rine ; śpālmeṃ vaija;yanto stāṅne ; /// 7σ
22a	a318σ /// ; (na)ndaṃ warñai ; warttonta :
22b	caṅkene ṣlentse ; śtwer lāñ(c) /// 18σ
22c	a410σ /// ; (nä)kṣāttärnta ; brahasvati ; śuk(kä)r wa(rñ)ai ; /// 3σ
22d	25σ
23a	a56σ /// tärc samudtär ; ysāṣṣe ñ· /// 13σ
23b	25σ a6/// (:)
23c	(cintāma)ṇinta ; naumyenta s(n)ai ·e ; /// 15σ
23d	b121σ /// tañ ; enestai 20-3
24a	·w· /// 25σ
24b	b27σ /// l· caṅke ; rāhu baḍi ; vema(citre) ; /// 7σ
24c	25σ
24d	b31σ /// parnesa no ; lkānträ tañ lw(āsa) ; /// 15σ
25a	b415σ /// kār śpālmeṃ ; walo lkātär ; cakravārt :
25b	– /// 25σ
25c	b53σ /// (sa)swa ; lkāntar-c kektsenne ; täryāka wī ; lakṣānänta ; mai /// 6σ
25d	b621σ /// ṣe ; lyūkesa (20-)5
26a	bramñäkteṃ yaltse ; ylai-ñäkteṃ yal(ts)e ; /// 15σ

Other

a1	... (Śuddhā)vāsa-Götter werden an dir gesehen wie Sonnen, in Meditation sitz(end). (Schmidt 1974: 234)
b3	... an deinen Händen aber werden Tie(re) gesehen ... (Schmidt 1974: 234)
b5	O Herr, es werden an deinem Körper die 32 Merkmale gesehen. (Schmidt 1974: 234)

Commentary

Remarks

*	According to the content the leaf directly following THT 74, so originally leaf 5 of the manuscript. On IDP, recto and verso are reversed. A small piece in the lower left corner of the recto (upper left corner of the verso, reading /// 9 a [k]· ///) does not belong here.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Tamai 2011	C5
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 76; TITUS: THT 76

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 15-16

Translations

Carling 2000: a2 (160), b5 (221); Couvreur 1954c: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (104); Schmidt 1974: a1 (234), b3 (234), b5 (234); Thomas 1969: a1 (253)