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PK AS 12A

Known as:	PK AS 12A; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 12A
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation transliteration). "PK AS 12A". 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-pkas12a (accessed 17 Aug. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation transliteration)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Specific find spot:	DA, cour
Expedition code:	DA cour
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	archaic
Text contents
Title of the work:	Mahābhiniṣkramaṇa
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	4335 (4x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

Transliteration

a1	– – – k· [ñc]u k[i] w[e] s̝a· – w· [ts]· [ma] h· [va] • m[ā] a ///
a2	– r[ñ]k[e] kuce wa ntre ntse s̝a rmtsā me ntsi sa e re spa rkau ///
a3	[ñä] śna no mau ka stā re neṃ • ○ || pla ktu ki ñña ///
a4	·[e] lye lyä ko rmeṃ ma mrau skau ○ mcu ṣke • a nti ṣpū ·[n]· ///
a5	[p]· ka rso rtu || na ndi vi lā pne || kuce tu lye lyko rmeṃ ·[ai] ///
a6	– – [rwā] [tsi] ścä • [t]e [ki] n[ts]e ma mā lā s̝pa ytā ri ne ///
b1	– – – ·[ñ]· – – – – – ·[s]· – [t]· ·[y]· [n]· – – ///
b2	·[y]ka ra mta wä pai ne yo paṃ ra ska re pa lkṣtra • klyau ṣa te [n]· ///
b3	– [s̝]s̝a[ṃ] • tu meṃ su kno ṅke y[ś]e ○ lme ṣṣe sa kwä cä pi [ye] ///
b4	[ś]k[e] ne la ñi • ñke rwe o r[o] ○ tse wa lo we ///
b5	[ta] kuce la nta ññai yta ri ntse mā a sta rñe ntse tra ṅko ///
b6	– [r]o [ts]e wa lo pla ktu ki ñña we s̝s̝aṃ ta kuce pi to ///

Transcription

a1	– – – k(a)ñcuki weṣä(ṃ) (•) w(ā)ts(ai) mah(ī)va • mā a ///
a2	– r ñke kuce wantrentse ṣärmtsā mentsisa ere spärkau ///
a3	ñäś näno maukästār eneṃ • ॥ plaktukiñña ///
a4	(kuc)e lyelyäkormeṃ mamrauskau mcuṣke • antiṣpū(r)n(e) ///
a5	p(o) kärsor tu ॥ nandivilāpne ॥

1a	kuce tu lyelykormeṃ ·ai /// 1σ ; 8σ
1b	7σ ; 3σ ; a6 – 1σ (tsā)rwātsiścä •
1c	tekintse mamālā= ṣpä ; ytārine /// 5σ

b1	– – – ·ñ· – – – – – ·s· – t· ·y· n· – – ///
b2	(l)ykä ramtä wäpaine yopäṃ räskäre pälkṣträ • klyauṣate-n(e) /// (we)¬
b3	¬ṣṣäṃ • tumeṃ su-k no ṅke yśelmeṣṣe säkwä cäpi ye /// (werpi)¬
b4	¬śkene läñi • ñke =rwe orotse walo we ///
b5	ta kuce lantäññai ytarintse mā-astärñentse träṅko ///
b6	(o)rotse walo plaktukiñña weṣṣäṃ ta kuce pito ///

Translation

a1	... the chamberlain says:
a1	... not...
a1+	... now because of which thing (your?) appearance has faded through sorrow...
a2+	... again you stop from (going) inside.
a3	The (female) doorkeeper...
a3+	... having seen which, the king has felt aversion.
a4	In the harem...
a4+	(You should) know all this.
a5	In the nandivilāp*-tune:
a5	... having seen which...
a5+	... to console...
a6	Crushed(?) by disease on the way...
b1+	... like a ... : if it enters a wapo*, it is harshly tormented.
b2	He heard him...
b2+	... says:
b3	Then the sexual pleasure... of him (?)...
b3+	... may he exit (?) into the garden.
b4	Now the great king (says): ...
b4+	... which/because (?) the sin of impurity of the royal way...
b5+	.... great king, the door-keeper says:
b6	Which price...

Other

b2	... like a ... : if it enters a wapo, it is harshly tormented. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 674)

Bibliography

Peyrot 2013b

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.