PK AS 13G

Known as:	PK AS 13G; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 13G
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator). "PK AS 13G". 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-pkas13g (accessed 13 Aug. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator)
Provenience
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	15.8 × 20 cm
Number of lines:	7?
Interline spacing:	2.5 cm

Transliteration

a1	s[so] ta ne w· e pi ṅte [ne] saṃ te ka – ///
a2	i me trai ksa • vi śva ka rmi no po [l]· – ·e – ///
a3	[l]· (– –) ce ra no ga ndhā rvi ññe m[cu] ṣ[ke] – – – ///
a4	(– –) (·)ra [w](·) [ṣ]ṣaṃ ne śco kwä ntsaṃ ñe pe ○ ///
a5	yya [a] kṣaṃ [n]e (–) [p]ā lka pi ña ○ ///
a6	(– – –) ·[au] (·)[o] (–) e tsu wai y[ku] ///
a7	(– – – – – – – – –) we ///
b1	(– – – – – – – – –) [d]· ///
b2	(– – – – –) we śeṃ ñai sa ///
b3	(–) (·)(·)s[o] yce [ṣ]ma reṃ [pi] lko sa bo dhi ○ ///
b4	(– –) wä(·) kā lycu : pa du me [r]e ○ ///
b5	(·)(·)n(·) (·)[s](·) ña k[e] pre ke sta¯ ¯rcä \|\| śa rkā [tts]e ā ra ///
b6	śau mo ntse klai na meṃ pau to a ppa mā [t]a – – ///
b7	rmeṃ ku śe śai pya pyai ṣ[ṣ]a na pa ssa (– –) [ā] s(·)a ///

a1	°sso tane w· epiṅte nesaṃ te ka – ///
a2	ime traiksa • viśvakarmi no po l· – ·e – ///
a3	l· – – ce rano gandhārviññe mcuṣke – – – ///
a4	– – ·rä w(e)ṣṣaṃ-neśco kwäntsaṃñe pe° ///
a5	n1 °yya akṣaṃne – pālka piña° ///
a6	– – – ·au ·o – etsuwai yku ///
a7	– – – – – – – – – we ///
b1	– – – – – – – – – d· ///
b2	– – – – – weśeṃ ñaisa ///
b3	(ont)soyce ṣmareṃ pilkosa bodhi ///
b4	– – wä(t)kālycu : padum ere ///
b5	··n· ·s· ñake preke star-c ॥ śärkāttse āra ///
b6	śaumontse klainameṃ pauto appamāt a – – ///
b7	n2 °rmeṃ kuśeśai pyapyaiṣṣana pässa(känta) ās·a ///

b7	... garlands [made] from kuśeśaya-blossoms ...

*	Lower left part of a leaf.

n1	reads yya [a]kṣaṃ[n]e • [p]ālka piña ○ ///, but the dot could be all sorts of things (GJP).
n2	The phrase kuśeśai pyapyaiṣ[ṣ]ana passa(kanta) is translated as 'garlands from Kuśeśaya-blossoms' in Bernhard 1958: 100.