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PK AS 12J

Known as:	PK AS 12J; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 12J
Cite this page as:	"PK AS 12J". 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-pkas12j&outputformat=print (accessed 23 Jan. 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

Known as:

PK AS 12J; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 12J

Cite this page as:

"PK AS 12J". 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-pkas12j&outputformat=print (accessed 23 Jan. 2026).

Provenience

Collection:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)

Language and Script

Language:

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

Transliteration

b2	tä ne a mā cai śai mä ske tä r
b3	lä cka ñcu ki • tä ne lā ntsa ai śai sa mä ske – ·

tä ne a mā cai śai mä ske tä r

lä cka ñcu ki • tä ne lā ntsa ai śai sa mä ske – ·

Transcription

b2	täne amāc aiśai mäsketär
b3	läc kañcuki • täne lāntsa aiśaisa mäske(tär)

täne amāc aiśai mäsketär

läc kañcuki • täne lāntsa aiśaisa mäske(tär)

Translation

b2	alors le ministre apparaît (then the minister appears)
b3	"Therefore I will bring him here now." The chamberlain left.

alors le ministre apparaît (then the minister appears)

"Therefore I will bring him here now." The chamberlain left.

Other

a5	Mein Geist ist verzweifelt. (Schmidt 1974: 175)
b1	Da wird die Königin ohnmächtig. (Schmidt 1974: 122)
b3	«Therefore I will bring him here now.» The chamberlain left. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 659)

Mein Geist ist verzweifelt. (Schmidt 1974: 175)

Da wird die Königin ohnmächtig. (Schmidt 1974: 122)

«Therefore I will bring him here now.» The chamberlain left. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 659)

References

Miscellaneous

Translations

Bibliography

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

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