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PK AS 14.1.1

Known as:	PK AS 14.1.1; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 14.1.1; PK AS 14A.1; PK 14
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator). "PK AS 14.1.1". 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-pkas1411 (accessed 08 Feb. 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:	late
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	19.6 × 14.8 cm
Number of lines:	8
Interline spacing:	2.4 cm

Transliteration

lf	80 4
a1	ā ñmä [śśe] ma ne • sū – ¯ñä yśe lme ///
a2	[la] kle ma kā ci i spe ks̝a¯ ¯p || –
a3	– [t]a llā rñe [ṣṣ]e· [c]ä mpī yeṃ : ○ ///
a4	cau śau moṃ e ṅsa nte lā nta¯ ¯śä ○ ///
a5	nta¯ ¯ś ka lpya wa mā [ṣ]e¯ ¯ñä ○ ///
a6	ka lypī tsi : 1 te rī ste te ○ ///
a7	– (–) cwī śai ṣṣeṃ tse : pa rnāṃ ña [n]a ///
a8	r[lts]e pi kwa la śa wa [ṣ](·)e ///
b1	[s](·) sa rma na stā na t[o] [t]k ///
b2	[y]m(·) sa rma na o sī ye nta· m ///
b3	nta¯ ¯śä klā nte ne • sa swa ○ ///
b4	snai we nta meṃ ā raṃ • mā cai ○ ///
b5	lyai kra no ka lypī [y]e[ṃ] se ○ ///
b6	·ka re n[a] wa [tka] • nā keṃ ○ ///
b7	mi śkaṃ ta kā re [•] o¯ ¯m se śai ṣṣe k[ā] ///
b8	[mī] wä – [ke]· [sa] mu [dtra] [ja]ṃ bu dvī¯ ¯[p] ///

Transcription

lf

80-4

a1	n1 āñmäś śema-ne • sū (ṣa)ñ yśelme ///
a2	n2 läkle makāci ispek ṣäp ॥ –
a3	– tallārñeṣṣe(ṃ) cämpīyeṃ : ///
a4	cau śaumoṃ eṅsante lāntaś /// (lā)¬
a5	¬ntaśn3n4 kälpyawa mā ṣe-ñ ///
a6	kälypītsi : 1 terī ste te ///
a7	– – cwī śaiṣṣeṃtse : pärnāṃñana /// (śtwā)¬
a8	¬rltsen5 pikwala śawaṣ·e /// –
b1	s· sarmana stāna totk(a) /// (ypo)¬
b2	¬ym(eṃ) sarmana osīyentä(r)-m(e) ///
b3	ntaś klānte-ne • saswa ///
b4	sn= aiwentameṃ āraṃ • mā cai /// (a)¬
b5	¬lyaik rano kälypīyeṃ se ///
b6	n6 ·karena watka • nākeṃ /// (a)¬
b7	¬miśkaṃ takāre • om se śaiṣṣe kā ///
b8	mīwä(ntra) ke(ṃ) samudträ jaṃbudvīp ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	Left part of a large leaf, with the left margin and with the string hole in lines 3 - 6. Does not belong to PK AS 14.1.2.

Philological commentary

n1	āñmä[ś = sic!
n2	makāci makātse* = “full of xy”
n4	kälpyawa is used for kälypyawa or kälpiyawa in verse.
n6	The form is probably karen[e], with maybe an ṅ or an s immediately before.

Linguistic commentary

n3	ṣe-ñ is an Imp. with a late 3.sg. form of ṣey.
n5	śtwārltse „4000“ for śtwār-(y)ältse

References

other

Krause 1952: 236; Couvreur 1954: 86

Bibliography

Couvreur 1954

Couvreur, Walter. 1954. “Review of: Westtocharische Grammatik, Band I. Das Verbum.” Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen 208: 79–92.

Krause 1952

Krause, Wolfgang. 1952. Westtocharische Grammatik, Band I. Das Verbum. Heidelberg: Winter.