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PK AS 15J

Known as:PK AS 15J; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 15J
Cite this page as:Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator). "PK AS 15J". 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-pkas15j (accessed 09 Mar. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator)

Provenience

Main find spot:Duldur-akur
Expedition code:DA
Collection:Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)

Language and Script

Language:TB

Text contents

Title of the work:Mahākāśyapa
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):10.9 × 8.7 cm
Number of lines:7
Interline spacing:1.8 cm

Transliteration

a1/// rpai ne meṃ l(·)[ṃ] me nai ṣṣ(·) ///
a2/// [yw]ā rccä yne ma ne ywā rcca [kra] ///
a3/// na no ṣe lkā tra k[ā] śya pe ///
a4/// r[kw]a nta ne ṣa rne ne ṅtra kau nm[e] ///
a5/// ṣṣ(·) krau pe ntse pyā mtso (·)e ///
a6/// [lye] cca nne pa pā lau ///
a7///
b1/// [p]ta – ///
b2/// kā ś[n]e swā sa ske nme ///
b3/// tra ra skre mā ntsa ntra pa ///
b4/// [w](·) rñ[ai] ya kni yo lai ñe m[p]e ///
b5/// kuse toṃ tspe lki ñä ā lyau ///
b6/// [ma] ntka rso rmeṃ mrau skā ntra s[n]ai ///
b7/// hā kā ś[y]a [p]e : p[r](·)(·) ka [s̝s̝a]ṃ ///

Transcription

a1/// r painemeṃ l(a)ṃ-me naiṣṣ· ///
a2/// ywārccä ynemane ywārc cakra ///
a3/// nano ṣe lkāträ kāśyape ///
a4/// rkwantane ṣarnen= eṅträ kaunme ///
a5/// ··ṣṣ· kraupentse pyāmtso ·e ///
a6/// lyeccanne papālau ///
a7///
b1/// ptä – ///
b2/// kāśne swāsäsken-me ///
b3/// trä räskre māntsanträ ///
b4/// ·w·rñai yakni yolaiñemp= e ///
b5/// kuse toṃts pelkiñ{†ä} ālyau ///
b6/// mant kärsormeṃ mrauskānträ snai ///
b7/// (ma)hākāśyape : pr(ut)kaṣṣäṃ ///

Commentary

Remarks

*Recto and verso are uncertain; there is a small piece wrongly placed at the beginning of lines a5 and b2.