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PK AS 12B

Known as:	PK AS 12B; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 12B
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "PK AS 12B". 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-pkas12b (accessed 10 Nov. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
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:	543 (4x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

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Transliteration

a1	/// ·p· ·s· kl·· s· n· pa sta nn· • a m· cwe s̝s̝a· • o· ·cu w· lo ma· ttā k· ///
a2	– – wa ki tsa ññe rā hu leṃ yai to rmeṃ ra me re cce pka la rne • pla ktu ki ñña we s̝s̝aṃ • ma nttā kaṃ – ///
a3	– ñä ke mcu ṣke • nā ya ke ○ we s̝s̝aṃ • ñä kta a ppa s̝a ñśā mna lkā lla ññe mpa e ne śle ·e ///
a4	– ·i re ki klyau ṣi ññe ye twe ○ ste se yi ra no ai ke mā¯ ¯r• pā tri pai ne ṣṣe twe – ///
a5	·nai sklo kñi ta ne pa lsko • kuce no • ktsai tsa ññe • te ki • sru ka lñe sa oṃ s̝a – ///
a6	– pe pra ṅku ra mta la l·e ṣṣe a ka lksā yä rse mā¯ ¯r• • o ro cce la nta ścä • ///
b1	– – – nā ya ke a ñc· l· – – y· m· stra w· s̝·a· • ñä kta a pp· w· ///
b2	e ṅko rmeṃ we s̝s̝aṃ • sa rvā rttha si ddha || pu tro vā tne || krui pi we ntsi ta¯ ¯ñ ne m·e ///
b3	ñso ylā reṃ pa ta rye mai ma yä ○ rpä lle sā pa lsko ṣṣe pī rpe tu po staṃ ma ktā ñme ///
b4	p· ta rye pi a ra ñcä ntse ya kne ka rsau ne se¯ ¯u• tu ntse pe rne sa se au ñe nto s·· ///
b5	·y· pi a ra ñcä ntse yä kne ka rsau ne se¯ ¯u• te we s̝s̝aṃ ma pi • yu lyka we s̝s̝aṃ • a mā cä • ma k· ///
b6	·o rsa ta ṅwä mi yä s̝s̝aṃ • te ka rsa na ta • yu lyka a mā cwe s̝s̝aṃ • s· ñä ke cpi re ki ne ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·p· ·s· kl(aut)s(ai)n(e) pästänn(e) • am(ā)c weṣṣä(ṃ) • o(roc)cu w(a)lo mä(ṃ)t tāk(aṃ) ///
a2	– – wakitsäññe rāhuleṃ yaitormeṃ rämer ecce pkälar-ne • plaktukiñña weṣṣäṃ • mänt tākaṃ – ///
a3	– ñäke mcuṣke • nāyake weṣṣäṃ • ñäkta appa ṣäñ śāmna lkālläññempa eneśle ·e ///
a4	– ·i reki klyauṣiññe yetwe ste seyi rano aikemār pātri paineṣṣe twe(ye) ///
a5	(s)nai sklok ñi täne pälsko • kuce no • ktsaitsäññe • teki • srukalñesa oṃṣä(p) ///
a6	– pepraṅku ramtä läl(ñ)eṣṣe akalksā yärsemār • orocce lantäścä • ///
b1	– – – nāyake añc(a)l(i) (ṣärne) y(a)m(a)strä w(e)ṣ(ṣ)ä(ṃ) • ñäkta app(a) w(ināskew-cä) ///
b2	eṅkormeṃ weṣṣäṃ • sarvārtthasiddha ॥ putrovātne ॥

1a	krui pi wentsi täñ ; nem(c)e(k) /// 5σ
1b	5σ ; 4σ b3 °ñ ; soy lāreṃ
1c	patärye maimä ; yärpällesā ; pälskoṣṣe
1d	pīrpe tu postäṃ ; mäkt= āñme /// 4σ

b4	p(a)täryepi aräñcäntse yakne kärsau neseu tuntse pernesa se auñento s·· /// (patä)¬
b5	¬(r)y(e)pi aräñcäntse yäkne kärsau neseu te weṣṣäṃ mäpi • yulyka weṣṣäṃ • amācä • mäk(te) ///
b6	·orsa täṅwä miyäṣṣäṃ • te kärsänatä • yulyka amāc weṣṣäṃ • s(e) ñäke cpi reki ne(mcek) (ste) ///

Translation

a1	... in the ear (and) breasts (?)...
a1	The minister says:
a1	Great king, so it will be ...
a1+	... having adorned the distinguished (?) Rāhula, quickly bring him here!
a2	The door-keeper says:
a2	Thus it will be...
a2+	Now the prince, the leader says:
a3	Divine father, like seeing my own people...
a3+	... listening to the word (of the father?) is also an ornament for the son.
a4	I know the dirt of the father's feet...
a4+	... on this (point) my mind is without doubt that more (terrible?) than old age, disease and death...
a5+	... as though restrained, I honor the great king with the wish to leave home (=become monk)...
a6+	... the leader makes the añjali gesture with his hands:
b1	He says:
b1	Divine father, I worship you...
b1+	... having seized... he says:
b2	Success in all things!
b2	In the putrovāt*-tune:
b2	Even if to say... your..., ... dear son...
b3	With fatherly estimation and overseeing of the mind (?), hereafter take care... as you wish...
b3+	I know the way of the paternal heart.
b4	For that reason, this beginning...
b4+	I know the way of the paternal heart.
b5	This he says:
b5	Indeed.
b5	The friendly one says:
b5	Minister, as...
b5+	... damages the love through...
b6	This is known (?)
b6	The friendly one says (to?) the minister:
b6	This is truly is his word now...

Other

a1	Great king, so it will be! (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 297)
a2	Wenn du den Rāhula ... geschmückt hast, bringe ihn schnell herbei! (Schmidt 1974: 392)

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.

Schmidt 1974

Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.