THT 95

Known as:	THT 95; B 95a; B 95b; Bleistiftnummer 2325; THT 95ABC
Cite this page as:	Melanie Malzahn. "THT 95". 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-tht95 (accessed 10 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Melanie Malzahn
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 64, T III Š 64.17, T III Š 64.18
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Add. linguistic characteristics:	hypercorrect
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Araṇemijātaka; Subhāṣitagaveṣinjātaka
Passage:	End of Araṇemijātaka and beginning of the Subhāṣitagaveṣinjātaka
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Manuscript:	Araṇemi α
Preceding fragment:	THT 94
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

(continues from THT 94)

a1	tre ṣai¯ ¯m kuse no sū (– – – – –) (·)[m](·) ṇe ṣai so yśa no ma kce s̝pa ya ṣṣā te¯ ¯ñä se [ña] ///
a2	sā ña ke ya śo (– – –) ○ kuse no su u [t](·)(·) re mñcu ṣke [ṣ]ai se ña (·)e [rā] hu l[e] st(·) \|\| kuse ///
a3	te maṃ tya kne sa /// ○ /// (·)[t](·) (·)ñ(·) pe rne śca skai nā ma ne ///
a4	sā ksa ye¯ ¯s «ṣa» m· [n]i pa [ñ](·) /// ○ /// (·)(·)[s](·) yai tko rpo ā ñmtsa pā ṣṣa¯ ¯t^• te [w]e ///
a5	ni pa ñä kte ntse we lyñe sa /// /// [o] mno ña ke gu ṇa saṃ pa [d]e ///
a6	su bhā ṣi ta ga ve ṣi ñe m[ts](·) /// /// pi ślau ka ntse pe rne ///
b1	/// saṃ pa [d]e ·e ///
b2	/// ka stwe¯ ¯r so (·)[o] ///
b3	illegible
b4	illegible
b5	illegible
b6	illegible

(continues from THT 94)

*	(e)¬
a1	¬tre ṣaim k_use no sū (rudramukhe) (brāh)m(a)ṇe ṣai soy śano makce ṣpä yaṣṣāte-ñ se ña(ke) ///
a2	sā ñake yaśo(dhara) (ste) k_use no su ut(ta)re mñcuṣke ṣai se ña(k)e rāhule st(e) ॥ k_use ///
a3	te-maṃt yaknesa /// /// (pañäk)t(äñ)ñ(e) perneśca skaināmane /// (tu)¬
a4	¬sāksa n1 yes ṣam(ā)ni pañ(äktentse) (käṣṣint)s(e) yaitkor po āñmtsa pāṣṣat te we(ṣṣäṃ) /// (ṣamā)¬
a5	¬ni pañäktentse welyñesa /// /// om no ñake guṇasaṃpade ///
a6	n2 subhāṣitagaveṣi ñemts(a) /// /// (pañäktäññeṣṣe)pi ślaukantse perne(sa) ///
b1	/// (guṇa)saṃpade ·e° ///
b2	/// (iṅkauṃ) kästwer so(m)o(-kälymi) ///
b3	///
b4	///
b5	///
b6	///

(continues from THT 94)

a1	... (He who was Araṇemi, the he)ro, [it] was me. But he who was the (Brah)min (Rudramukha) — [my] son, wife and [my]self he asked of me — he (is) n(ow Devadatta (?). But [she] who was the queen..., )
a2	she (is) now Yaśo(dharā). But he who was prince Uttara, he is now Rāhula. (But) [s/he] who....”
a3	in this way /// /// striving for (Buddha-)worth
a4	"Thus ye monks, keep the commandment of the Buddha, the teacher, with your whole self!" This (he) sa(ys) ... monks
a5	by the saying of the Buddha /// /// But now Guṇasampada ...
a6	Subhāṣitagaveṣi by name /// /// for the sake of the strophe about the Buddha ...
b1	... Guṇasampada
b2	... by night (and day) having a single goal ...
b3+	...

a4	... den Befehl des Buddha befolgt mit ganzem Herzen! (Schmidt 1974: 405)

*	End of the Araṇemi-jātaka. The translation of lines a1 and a2 follows Schmidt 2001: 327. Before line a1 the text may be supplemented with “(The Buddha, the teacher speaks: "Behold,) ye monks! ...” .
n1	Restoration based on Thomas in Sieg and Siegling 1983: 249.

*	Of the recto of the leaf, three fragments have been preserved, of which only one preserves traces also on the verso.

n2	Note the hypercorrect diphthong in ślaukantse for ślokantse!

Tamai 2011	C5
Tamai 2011	C14

Couvreur 1954c: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (103); Hackstein 1995: a1 (184), a4 (174); Schmidt 1974: a4 (405); Schmidt 2001: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (327); Thomas 1957: a1 (74, 75, 162), a2 (74); Thomas 1965: a1 (198); Thomas 1967: a1 (264); Thomas 1967c: a1 (169); Thomas 1976a: a1 (79); Thomas 1979a: a1 (259); Thomas 1979b: a1 (42), a2 (42), a2 (42)