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PK AS 12G

Known as:PK AS 12G; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 12G
Cite this page as:"PK AS 12G". 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-pkas12g (accessed 16 Feb. 2026).

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

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī

Images

Images from gallica.bnf.fr by courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Pelliot koutchéen.

Transliteration

a1unread
a2unread
a3unread
a4unread
a5unread
a6unread
b1unread
b2unread
b3unread
b4unread
b5unread
b6unread

Transcription

Translation

a2"... we will open the gate." Pramardana says: "So it will be!"
b3I will (not) enter the paternal city as long as I will not in any way have reached the immortal place.

Other

a2«... we will open the gate.» Pramardana says: «So it will be!» (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.; cf 282) (Peyrot 2013b: 303)
b3I will (not) enter the paternal city as long as I will not in any way have reached the immortal place. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.; cf 282) (Peyrot 2013b: 709)

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.