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PK AS 12A
| Known as: | PK AS 12A; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 12A |
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| 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 18 May 2025). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation transliteration) |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Duldur-akur |
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| Specific find spot: | DA, cour |
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| Expedition code: | DA cour |
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| Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
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| Script: | archaic |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Mahābhiniṣkramaṇa |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Drama |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
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| Meter: | 4335 (4x) |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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Transliteration
| a1 | – – – k· [ñc]u k[i] w[e] s̝a· – w· [ts]· [ma] h· [va] • m[ā] a /// |
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| a2 | – r[ñ]k[e] kuce wa ntre ntse s̝a rmtsā me ntsi sa e re spa rkau /// |
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| a3 | [ñä] śna no mau ka stā re neṃ • ○ || pla ktu ki ñña /// |
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| a4 | ·[e] lye lyä ko rmeṃ ma mrau skau ○ mcu ṣke • a nti ṣpū ·[n]· /// |
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| a5 | [p]· ka rso rtu || na ndi vi lā pne || kuce tu lye lyko rmeṃ ·[ai] /// |
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| a6 | – – [rwā] [tsi] ścä • [t]e [ki] n[ts]e ma mā lā s̝pa ytā ri ne /// |
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| b1 | – – – ·[ñ]· – – – – – ·[s]· – [t]· ·[y]· [n]· – – /// |
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| b2 | ·[y]ka ra mta wä pai ne yo paṃ ra ska re pa lkṣtra • klyau ṣa te [n]· /// |
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| b3 | – [s̝]s̝a[ṃ] • tu meṃ su kno ṅke y[ś]e ○ lme ṣṣe sa kwä cä pi [ye] /// |
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| b4 | [ś]k[e] ne la ñi • ñke rwe o r[o] ○ tse wa lo we /// |
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| b5 | [ta] kuce la nta ññai yta ri ntse mā a sta rñe ntse tra ṅko /// |
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| b6 | – [r]o [ts]e wa lo pla ktu ki ñña we s̝s̝aṃ ta kuce pi to /// |
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Transcription
| 1a | kuce tu lyelykormeṃ ·ai /// 1σ ; 8σ |
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| 1b | 7σ ; 3σ ; a6 – 1σ (tsā)rwātsiścä • |
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| 1c | tekintse mamālā= ṣpä ; ytārine /// 5σ |
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Translation
| a1 | ... the chamberlain says: ... not... |
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| a2 | ... now because of which thing (your?) appearance has faded through sorrow... |
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| a3 | ... again you stop from (going) inside. The (female) doorkeeper... |
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| a4 | ... having seen which, the king has felt aversion. In the harem... |
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| a5 | (You should) know all this. In the nandivilāp*-tune: ... having seen which... |
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| a5+ | ... to console... |
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| a6 | Crushed(?) by disease on the way... |
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| b2 | ... like a ... : if it enters a wapo*, it is harshly tormented. He heard him... |
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| b2+ | ... says: |
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| b3 | Then the sexual pleasure... of him (?)... |
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| b3+ | ... may he exit (?) into the garden. |
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| b4 | Now the great king (says): ... |
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| b5 | ... which/because (?) the sin of impurity of the royal way... |
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| b6 | .... great king, the door-keeper says: Which price... |
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Other
| b2 | ... like a ... : if it enters a wapo, it is harshly tormented. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 674) |
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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.
