PK AS 15C

Known as:	PK AS 15C; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 15C
Cite this page as:	"PK AS 15C". 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-pkas15c (accessed 17 Nov. 2025).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Departure of the Bodhisattva
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	PK AS 15
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	11.2 × 19.3 cm
Number of lines:	7
Interline spacing:	1.7 cm

Transliteration

a1	/// – – – y(·)[¯] [¯]m \|\| – [n](·) l(·) pa¯ ¯r (– – – – – – –)
a2	/// tku • tw· ra (–) s̝a¯ ¯p ceṃ la kle pa¯ ¯st [pt]ā rka • tu me(·) (– – –)
a3	/// (·)n(·) (–) kle sa ce¯ ¯u tsre [ly]ñ(·) ṣṣe wa se sa ri [l]yñe ṣṣe mñcu ṣke [n]ts(·) [t]sai – (·)[t](·)
a4	/// [l]a ṣke kū ka stsi • \|\| ta ne mā ya lā ntsa na no po ka lymi ntsa spo rtto ma ne
a5	/// [ttsai] we śe ññai sa bo dhi sa tveṃ kwā ma ne so rro¯ ¯mp klā ya tau r[ā] [ṣ]sa [kt]ā t[e]
a6	/// (·)· – (·)e (·)e s̝s̝aṃ \|\| ya śo dha ra (·)i lā pne \|\| yā mo¯ ¯r ñä kte [sn]ai ka
a7	/// mnā keṃ¯ ¯t[s] sa sweṃ : (·)ā [p]o ytā ri [m](·) ta¯ ¯[s] tre¯ ¯yä ye ne wī [k]a
b1	/// lyo ma s[a] mu· [ta] [r]a (–) (·)k(·) yo ywa ··n· pi k(·) n(·) s(·) ka [t]k(·) –
b2	/// po staṃ : tū sa a mā [sk]ai klau tka ss[i] mñcu ṣke ko¯ ¯s m[ā] [ts]e [ka]
b3	/// [k](·) sa nma k[ā] rsa o nwa ññe tu meṃ – ··e ye¯ ¯[s] ta ṅkwa n[tsi] ā ke l[y]u cce¯ ¯r la kl[e]
b4	/// – ya śo dha ra¯ ¯ñä su knaṃ we ṣṣa n[n]e¯ ¯ś ṣa rya ce hā¯ ¯r sa swe e pi ya cä ññe lywā¯ ¯[c]ä te
b5	/// ṅ[k]a pa ñ[ä]· [t]· śai ṣṣe ne tsa(·) kau [ṣ]ai tā u pre ści yai [ne] ṣu ktu ppā lnta ·u ma ·i (–) r(·)[ā] ///
b6	/// [rpo] yta¯ ¯r o tra [no] ñ[ī] kle śa nma ṣṣe o [r]ka· [ñ]e wī ka ṣṣī ///
b7	/// pa [ñä] (–) nts[e] we ly(·)e (·)(·)a ·ā te kl(·) t[ka] ///

a1	/// – – – y· m ॥ (ta)n(e) l(i)pär – – – – – – –
a2	/// °tku • tw(e) ra(no) ṣäp ceṃ lakle päst ptārka • tume(ṃ) – – –
a3	/// ·n· – klesa ce_u tsrelyñ·ṣṣe wasesa rilyñeṣṣe mñcuṣkents(e) tsai – ·t·
a4	/// °laṣke kūkästsi • ॥ tane māya lāntsa nano po kälymintsa sporttomane
a5	/// °ttsai weśeññaisa bodhisatveṃ kwāmane sorromp klāya taur āṣsa ktāte
a6	/// ·· – ·e ·eṣṣäṃ ॥ yaśodhara(v)ilāpne ॥ yāmor-ñäkte snai ka¬
a7	¬(ruṃ) /// °m nākeṃts säsweṃ : ·ā po ytāri m·tas trey yene wīka°
b1	/// °lyom{†ä} samu(d)tär{†ä} – (s)k(ā)yoy wa ··n· pi k· n· s· katk· –
b2	/// postäṃ : tūsa amāskai klautkässi mñcuṣke kos mā tsekä°
b3	/// k· sänma kārsa onwaññe tumeṃ – ··e yes täṅkwantsi āke lyuccer läkle
b4	/// ·(o/ī) yaśodharañ suknaṃ weṣṣan-neś ṣarya ce hār saswe epiyacäññe lywā-c te
b5	/// °ṅka pañä(k)t(e) śaiṣṣene tsä(ṅ)kau ṣai tāu preściyaine ṣukt uppālnta ·u ma ·i – r·ā ///
b6	/// (wa)rpoytar ot rano ñī kleśanmaṣṣe orka(ṃ)ñe wīkäṣṣī ///
b7	/// pañä(kte)ntse wely(ñ)e ··a ·āte kl(u)tkä ///