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PK AS 12K

Known as:PK AS 12K; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 12K
Cite this page as:"PK AS 12K". 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-pkas12k (accessed 15 Sep. 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

b4nta ññ[ai] yta ri nts[e] pe [ñi] [yo]

Transcription

b4(la)ntäññai ytarintse peñiyo

Translation

b4the splendour of the royal road