Tangut Manuscripts With Tibetan Phonetic Glosses - British Library or

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TangutManuscriptswithTibetanPhoneticGlosses:BritishLibraryOr.12380/1842
TangutManuscriptswithTibetanPhoneticGlosses
BritishLibraryOr.12380/1842
IDP:BritishLibraryOr.12380/1842
Description
This is a single sheet of a Tangut Buddhist manuscript held at the British Library in London. It has the pressmark
Or.12380/1842 (originally K.K.II.0234.k), and was collected by Aurel Stein from KharaKhoto during his expedition to
Central Asia of 19131916. It has been studied by Berthold Laufer (Stein1928) and Tai Chung Pui (TCP2008) [amongst
others],andisavailableonlineattheInternationalDunhuangProject.
The sheet is in poor condition, with several parts of the text lost. In total there are fifteen surviving lines, each about 25
characters in length, although only a single line is complete with no missing characters. Only the edge of the Tangut text
remainsonthefirstline,andonlytheTibetanglossesremainonthelastline,sothereareonly13lineswithbothTangut
charactersandTibetanglossessurviving.Thereareatotalofabout207identifiableTangutcharacterswithTibetanphonetic
glosses,andatotalofabout249legibleorpartiallylegibleTibetanphoneticglosses.
TheTanguttextiswritteninasomewhatcursivehandwithsomesimplificationsofstrokes,sothatsomecharactersarenot
easy to identify. In contrast the Tibetan phonetic glosses are written in a relatively neat, cursive, headless script, and are
generallylegiblewhereundamaged.ThelargegapbetweeneachlineofTanguttextseemstohavebeendeliberatelyprovided
fortheTibetantranscription,andthecolouroftheinkisthesamefortheTangutandTibetantexts,soitisreasonableto
assumethattheTibetantranscriptionwasmadeatthesametimeastheTanguttextwaswritten,althoughthetwoscripts
http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/Or_12380_1842.html
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wouldhavebeenwrittenbydifferentscribes.
Transcription
Tangut
Position
Tibetan
TCP2008
Character
LFW2008
01:01
170101
01:02
170102
01:03
170103
01:04
170104
01:05
170105
01:06
170106
01:07
170107
01:08
170108
01:09
170109
01:10
170110
Reading
Stein
1928
Note
TCP2008
BabelStone
[1]
01:1124
02:01
170201
L1290
tsew
gtso
gtsiv
02:02
170202
L3195
gjwi
bgye
bgyi
bgyi
02:03
170203
L0508
wu
du
ngu
02:04
170204
L5993
kha
kra
khha
02:05
170205
L1364
dna
dngav
02:06
170206
L2698
tsjir
rtse
rtse
02:07
170207
L1278
gyi
gyi
gtsi'
ngu
kh+ha
dnga'
rtse
g.yi
2/18
5/4/2015
02:08
170208
L3583
tja
ta
ta
02:09
170209
L0015
rgi
rgi
rgi
02:10
170210
L3830
njij
ne
ne
ne
02:11
170211
L1364
da
ngav
nga'
02:12
170212
?e
je'
03:01
170301
?u
[?]u
03:02
170302
gyi
gyi
g.yi
03:03
170303
L3583
tja
ba
ta
03:04
170304
L1771
sjj
gse
gsev
gse'
03:05
170305
L1364
dna
dngav
03:06
170306
L3852
djij
gde
gjev
gje'
[2]
03:07
170307
L1139
jij
ye
ye
03:08
170308
L1278
gyi
gyi
g.yi
03:09
170309
L5354
thj
te
thi
thi
03:10
170310
L1100
tshja
tsha
tsha
03:11
170311
L1546
lj
lu
l?
lu
iej
dge
dge
dge
ta
02:1325
ta
dnga'
ye
03:1225
04:01
170401
04:02
170402
04:03
170403
?
L5057
3/18
5/4/2015
04:04
170404
L2698
tsjir
rtse
rtse
04:05
170405
L1364
dna
dngav
04:06
170406
L0508
wu
du
ngu
04:07
170407
04:08
170408
04:09
170409
04:10
170410
04:11
170411
L0930
04:12
170412
04:13
rtse
dnga'
ngu
dz?
dmi
dmi
dmi
?o
[?]o
gsa
g??v
g[?]'
dju
adu
vduv
'du'
L1139
jij
ye
ye
ye
170413
L0369
thj
tu
thu
thu
04:14
170414
L5880
wu
du
ngu
ngu
04:15
170415
L5215
wj
dgu
d??
d.wa?
04:16
170416
L0290
sju
zu
z?
zu
04:17
170417
L1100
tshja
04:18
170418
L1546
lj
lu
lu
04:19
170419
L1326
kj
ki
ki
04:20
170420
L4184
ja
04:21
170421
L3180
zjj
04:22
170422
L2019
thja
04:23
170423
L5815
tsj
dza
tsha
lu
ki
4/18
5/4/2015
04:24
170424
04:25
05:01
170501
05:02
170502
05:03
170503
L0508
wu
du
05:04
170504
L2484?
ni w
gu
gnu
05:05
170505
L1245
jij
gan
gye
g.[?]e
05:06
170506
L2698
tsjir
rtso
rtse
05:07
170507
L1546
lj
du
05:08
170508
L0508
wu
e?
ngu
05:09
170509
L0322
thjwo
chov
05:10
170510
L4797
jwr
did
dwir
d.wir
05:11
170511
L5993
kha
kra
khha
05:12
170512
L0638
njij
ge
gnev
gne'
05:13
170513
L5057
iej
dgre
dghe
dgyue?
[3]
05:14
170514
L2753
lhew
sde
lhi
05:15
170515
L1278
gyi
gyiv
g.yi'
[4]
05:16
170516
L3133
sjij
gse
gsev
gse'
05:17
170517
L2736
bia
abar
vbar
'bar
05:18
170518
L3691
war
ko
wa
wa
ngu
gnu
rtse
lu
ngu
cho'
kh+ha
lhi
5/18
5/4/2015
05:19
170519
L0998
dzjij
dze
dzev
dze'
05:20
170520
L5815
tsj
rtse
tsi
tsi
05:21
170521
L2019
thja
tha
tha
05:22
170522
L0290
sju
zu
zu
05:23
170523
dmi
dmi
dmi
06:09
170601
la
m?
[?]
06:10
170602
L4713
rjur
gdu
gruv
g.ru'
06:11
170603
L2763
rmu
rgu
06:12
170604
L0433
bju
abru
vbu
'bu
06:13
170605
L0752
tja
ba
ca
ca
06:14
170606
L5771
tshwew
atso
btshi
btshi
06:15
170607
L0535
jij
zhe
zhe
06:16
170608
L3583
tja
ta
ta
ta
06:17
170609
L5865
gso
gsov
gso'
06:18
170610
L4713
rjur
dru
ru
06:19
170611
L4719
kij
dkre
dkye
zu
05:24
25
06:01
08
rgu
ru

dkyue?
[5]
6/18
5/4/2015
06:20
170612
L0724
nj
ni
ni
06:21
170613
L4027
nj
gi
gni
gni
06:22
170614
L3195
gjwi
bkyi
bgyi
bgyi
06:23
170615
du
ngu
06:24
ni
ngu
do
[?]i
06:25
07:01
170701
L0467
tsjir
rtsa
rc?
07:02
170702
L1546
lj
su
lu
lu
du
ngu
ngu
kra
khha
o?
b?ov
07:03
07:04
07:05
rtse
07:06
07:07
07:08
07:09
07:10
07:11
07:12
170703
07:13
170704
07:14
170705
07:15
170706
L3735
tj
sde
sti
07:16
170707
L0433
bju
abru
vbu
L5993
kha
kh+ha
b[?]o'
sti
'bu
7/18
5/4/2015
07:17
170708
L3469
sjij
gse
gsev
gse'
07:18
170709
L0930
dju
adu
vduv
07:19
170710
L1918
mji
dmi
dmi
dmi
07:20
170711
L2180
djr
gdi
gjiv
gji'
07:21
170712
L2484
ni w
gu
gnu
07:22
170713
L1546
lj
lu
lu
07:23
170714
gye
gye
g.ye
07:24
170715
bi
?i
ni
tha
'du'
gnu
lu
07:25
08:01
170801
ta
tha
08:02
170802
zu
zuv
zu'
08:03
170803
L0467
tsjir
rtse
rtse
rtse
08:04
170804
L1546
lj
lu
luv
lu'
08:05
170805
L3200
thjiw
chiv
chi'
08:06
170806
L5865
gso
gsov
gso'
08:07
170807
L4713
rjur
su
?u
08:08
170808
?ge
dge
08:09
08:10
[?]u
08:11
170809
L0724
nj
ni
ni
08:12
170810
L0930
dju
adra
v??
'du'
08:13
170811
[6]
8/18
5/4/2015
08:14
170812
L4713
rjur
gdu
gru
08:15
170813
L2763
rmu
rgu
08:16
170814
L0433
bju
abru
vbu
'bu
08:17
170815
L0752
tja
ba
cav
ca'
08:18
170816
L5771
tshwew
btso
btshiv
btshi'
08:19
170817
L5645
tj
sde
sti
08:20
170818
L0508
wu
du
ngu
08:21
170819
L4797
jwr
dkid
dwir
08:22
170820
L5993
kha
kra
khha
kh+ha
08:23
170821
L0015
rgi
rgi
rgi
08:24
170822
L3830
njij
ne
ne
09:01
170901
an
zh?v
zha'
09:02
170902
du
ngu
g.[?]u
rgu
sti
ngu
d.wir
ngu
09:03
09:04
09:05
09:06
d[?]
09:07
170903
09:08
170904
tha
[8]
09:09
170905
L3183
wo
wo?
[9]
09:10
170906
L5771
tshwew
btso
btshi
dwi
btshi
d.wi
[7]
9/18
5/4/2015
09:11
170907
L5645
tj
ste
sti
sti
09:12
170908
L4024
zj
bro
ziv
zi'
09:13
170909
L0089
thja
cha
cha'
09:14
170910
L4481
shi
shi
09:15
170911
L5285
lj
si
li
li
09:16
170912
L4027
nj
go
gni
gni
09:17
170913
L3735
tj
sto
sti
09:18
170914
L0009
jwo
sho
sho
09:19
170915
L5390
phie
phi
phi
09:20
170916
L5612
tshjij
tse
tshe
tshe
09:21
170917
L0535
jij
she
she
09:22
170918
L5612
tshjij
tse
tshe
tshe
09:23
170919
L3583
tja
ta
ta
ta
09:24
170920
L4797
jwr
did
dwir
d.wir
09:25
170921
L2612
phju
tso
phov
pho'
10:01
171001
L0998
dzjij
'[?]
10:02
171002
L3756
tw
b[?]
10:03
171003
L3756
tw
b[?]
10:04
171004
L5981
sti
10/18
5/4/2015
10:05
171005
L0837
lja
sda
lda
lda
10:06
171006
L0508
wu
du
ngu
ngu
10:07
171007
L1801
dzjij
adza
vdz?
'dze
10:08
171008
L1045
dru
dha
dha
10:09
171009
L5354
thj
to
thi
thi
10:10
171010
L0290
sju
zu
zu
10:11
171011
L0752
tja
tsa
cav
ca'
10:12
171012
L5771
tshwew
atso
btshiv
btshi'
10:13
171013
L1906
ni w
gu
gnu
gnu
10:14
171014
L5688
wa
ka
wa
[?]
10:15
171015
dmo
dwo
d.wo
10:16
171016
L1101
jij
gye
gyi
g.yie?
[10]
[11]
10:17
171017
L1278
gyi
gyi
g.yi
10:18
171018
L1542
ku
bku
bku
bku
10:19
171019
L4625
mjij
bde
me
me
10:20
171020
L3195
gjwi
bgyi
bgyi
bgyi
10:21
171021
L5993
kha
kru
khha
10:22
171022
L5390
phie
phiv
phi'
10:23
171023
L5632
tshj
tse
tshe
tshe
10:24
171024
L2098
d[?]'
zu
kh+ha
11/18
5/4/2015
10:25
171025
L1278
gyi
gyi
g.yi'
11:01
171101
L5688
wa
ko
wa
wa
11:02
171102
L5390
phie
phi
phi
11:03
171103
L5632
tshj
tse
tshe
tshe
11:04
171104
L4601
nja
na
na
11:05
171105
L1278
gyi
gyi
g.yi
11:06
171106
L1542
ku
bku
vku
11:07
171107
L5865
gso
gsov
gso'
11:08
171108
L1290
tsew
tsa
tsa
11:09
171109
L3195
gjwi
bgo
bgyi
bgyi
11:10
171110
L1770
lhjwi
blti
blhiv

b.lhi'
11:11
171111
L0015
rgo
rgi
rgi
11:12
171112
L3830
njij
ne
ne
11:13
171113
L5795
mj
mu
mu
11:14
171114
L2753
lhew
sde
lhi
11:15
171115
L0092
mja
ma
ma
ma
11:16
171116
L1139
jij
ye
ye
ye
11:17
171117
L0105
kj
rku
rkyu
bku
tsa
[12]
mu
lhi
rkyu
12/18
5/4/2015
11:18
171118
L0535
jij
she
she
11:19
171119
L3974
tshji
tsi
tshi
tshi
11:20
171120
L2098
da
nga
nga
11:21
171121
gyi
gye
g.yi
11:22
171122
?ne
ne
11:23
[?]i
11:24
12:01
171201
L5621
lhu
bsdus
blhuv
b.lhu'
12:02
171202
L5040
kia
bkan
bkar
bkar
12:03
171203
L1045
dra
dha
dha
12:04
171204
L3527
mja
ma
ma
ma
12:05
171205
L0508
wu
du
ngu
ngu
12:06
171206
L1278
gyi
gyi
g.yi
12:07
171207
L1542
ku
bku
bku
12:08
171208
L0100
lew
kli
kli
12:09
171209
L1290
tsew
tsi
tsi
12:10
171210
L3195
gjwi
bgyi
bgyi
bgyi
12:11
171211
L5880
wu
du
ngu
12:12
171212
L3027
bkus
bkuv
bku'
12:13
171213
L2612
phju
pho
pho
bku
kli
tsi
ngu
13/18
5/4/2015
12:14
171214
L0998
dzjij
adze
vdze
12:15
171215
L3756
tw
btos
btiv
bti'
12:16
171216
L3756
tw
ados
btiv
bti'
12:17
171217
L5379
tj
gtsos
gciv
gtsi'
12:18
171218
L1278
gyi
gyi
g.yi
12:19
171219
L1319
tshji
tsi
tshi
12:20
171220
L4902
du
ngu
ngu
12:21
171221
du
ngu
ngu
ngu
'dze
tshi
12:22
25
13:01
171301
L5880
wu
pe
ngu
13:02
171302
L1332
dej
adre
vdhe
'dhe
13:03
171303
L2098
da
nga
nga
13:04
171304
L1278
yi
?yi
g.yi
13:05
171305
L0441
sjw
bsu
bsu
bsu
13:06
171306
L5447
do
dro
dho
dho
13:07
171307
[?]i
13:08
171308
L4601
nja
na
13:09
171309
L1278
ga
g??
g.[?]
13:10
171310
L1542
ku
bku
bku
bku
13:11
171311
L0100
lew
klo
kli
kli
14/18
5/4/2015
13:12
171312
L5932
dmu
dmu
dmu
13:13
171313
L3574
tsjij
tse
tse
tse
13:14
171314
L3818
mjijr
dme
rme
13:15
171315
L1278
yi
yi
yi
13:16
171316
L5981
la
13:17
171317
L3195
gjwi
bgye
bgyi
bgyi
13:18
171318
L5612
tshjij
tshe
tshe
13:19
171319
L5354
thj
te
thi
thi
13:20
171320
L3183
wo
ko
wo
wo
13:21
171321
L5612
tshjij
tse
tshe
tshe
13:22
171322
she
she
13:23
dam?
rme
[?]
13:2425
14:01
14:02
14:03
14:04
[?]dz[?]
14:05
tshe
'[?]e
14:06
14:07
14:08
14:09
?
15/18
5/4/2015
14:10
171401
L3583
tja
ta
ta
14:11
171402
L0100
lew
klo
kli
14:12
171403
du
ngu
14:13
171404
L5414
rejr
de
rev
re'
14:14
171405
L2541
dzjwo
ado
bdzo
bdzo
14:15
171406
L1139
jij
dpe
ye
ye
14:16
171407
L1918
mji
dmi
dmi
dmi
14:17
171408
L1332
dej
adre
vdhev
'dhe'
14:18
171409
L5113
wji
dtso
dwi
d.wi
14:19
171410
L2484
ni w
nu
14:20
171411
L0322
thjwo
[?]o
pa
[?]u
14:21
ta
kli
ngu
[13]
14:2225
15:0109
15:10
15:11
171501
sde
ldi
ldi
15:12
171502
mi
mi
15:13
171503
ada
?zav
'ja'
15:14
171504
phav
pha'
15:15
171505
tse
tsi
tsi
15:16
171506
ko
wo
wo
15:17
171507
adus
vduv
'du'
16/18
5/4/2015
15:18
171508
te
che
the
15:19
171509
bsu
bsu
bsu
15:20
171510
li
?iv
li'
15:2125
Notes
1. Only the left edge of the Tangut text survives for the first line, but not enough to identify the characters with
certainty.
2. TaiChungPuireadstheTangutcharacterasL0762"wheel",whereasIreaditasL3852"togo".
3. Tai Chung Pui reads the Tibetan gloss as dghe
, but the subscript letter is more curved than the subscript letter h
elsewhere in this particular manuscript, and it is identical to the subscript letter discussed in Note 5 which cannot
plausiblybeasubscripth.Ithereforetentativelyreaditasasubscriptletterywithauvowel(i.e.dgyue
).Cf.Note
5.
4. Thefinalletter'aoftheTibetanglossisoddlyseparatefromtheinitialg.yi,asifitdoesnotbelongtothegloss.
5. Tai Chung Pui transcribes the Tibetan gloss as dkye(i.e.
), but writes the Tibetan as
(i.e.dkyue).I concur with
thelatterinterpretationthatthehshapedletterisasubscriptletterywithauvowel.Cf.Note3.
6. TheexpectedreadingfortheTibetanglossisru,buttheactualglosslooksmorelikelu,althoughitisnotpossibleto
becertainduetomanuscriptdamageatthispoint.
7. TheTangutcharacterisdamaged,butshouldbeidentifiablehoweverIhavenotbeenabletodoso.Themanuscript
istornatthispoint,andIthinkthatdwiontheothersideofthetearisthecorrespondingTibetangloss,butitmay
actuallybetheglossbelow(i.e.tha).
8. TheTangutcharacterisdamaged,butshouldbeidentifiablehoweverIhavenotbeenabletodoso.Themanuscript
istornatthispoint,andIthinkthatthaontheothersideofthetearisthecorrespondingTibetangloss,butitmay
actuallybethelostglossbelowtha.
9. TheTibetanglossisdamagedanduncertain,butbasedontheTangutreadingIsuspectthatitiswo.
10. TheTangutcharacterisclearandlegible,butIcannotidentifyitaswritten,andTaiChungPuidoesnotprovidean
identificationeither.
11. The Tibetan gloss has both an i and an e vowel sign, which is probably a mistake caused by the scribe first writing
g.yeorg.yi,andthencorrectingittog.yiorg.ye.
12. TaiChungPuireadstheTangutcharacterasL4602"eight".
13. TheTangutcharacterisdamaged,butshouldbeidentifiablehoweverIhavenotbeenabletodoso.
References
LFW2008.LiFanwen,TangutChineseDictionary.Beijing,2008.
Stein1928.Aurel Stein, InnermostAsia. Oxford, 1928. SeeVol.3 plate CXXXIV. The overlaid transcription of the
TibetanphoneticglossesistheworkofBertholdLaufer(18741934).
TCP2008.TaiChungPui,A Study of Tibetan Phonological Transcription in Tangut Buddhism Fragments
. PhD dissertation, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (), May
2008.See2.3.1417.
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