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PK AS 17D

Known as:	PK AS 17D; Pelliot Koutchéen Ancienne Série 17D; PK 17.4
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator). "PK AS 17D". 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-pkas17d (accessed 11 Sep. 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator)
Date of online publication:	2013-08
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Expedition code:	M 497.4
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:	Supriyanāṭaka
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	Supriyanāṭaka PK AS 17
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	12 × 48.8 cm
Number of lines:	6
Interline spacing:	2.2 cm

Transliteration

a1	cw(·) s̝pa pe rne rñ(·) s(·) ·[p]· [c]· pe ñī ya cci pa lkā r· (–) tu meṃ – – – – – (–) (·)y(·) c(·) św(·) sk(·) || k[o] ś· [k]ñ· [n]· || [t]· – [y]· p· [c]· [śr]· – – – – – – – –
a2	po ye t(·)eṃ tsa yai to¯ ¯s̝ cai sa l[p]eṃ ra mno p(·) ñyai sa : ylai ñä kti ñ[ī] ke [r](·) [ci] r[a] [ai] skeṃ trai ke lkā lñe sa : ma kte sa swe pre kai śta¯ ¯r la lyai pre śyai a [ñ]m· nts[e]
a3	1 || tu ke klyau ṣo rmeṃ su ○ pri y[e] ca kra vā rti wa lo y[ai] n[m]u – lsko a mā cä nta¯ ¯śä lye we ta¯ ¯r (–) (·)[t]s(·)(·) [s](·) r[r]ī wī ka skeṃ ya kte pā te n[e]
a4	rī ttä skeṃ tu meṃ ñī¯ ¯ś ○ la n[nu] tu meṃ we (– –) – [t]i – [ri]· n(·) || sa rye yso mo krau pa ta¯ ¯r ā tstse kre ntaṃ (–) mn(·) sa : ya l[ts]e (–) [t]rī ñī [sa] s[w]
a5	ā rwe¯ ¯r sta maṃ ñī¯ ¯śä wraṃ tsaiṃ : – ·[ā] – – – [ktau] no pla ka ske sye¯ ¯s la nta[ṃ]¯ ¯ts ñke : trai ke wro tstse a ma rṣe wi kā ta rm· snai lyī pa¯ ¯r• yä stā¯ ¯[r]
a6	– – s[n]ai wa ce ñä [kcy]e [e] – – – – – – – [r]a ke te nau my(·) (–) e ta ṅka tte l(·)ā ṣ[ṣ]e ñca : [s]e yä kne sa śpā lmeṃ ste o sta ṣme ñca nau m·[e]
b1	– [c]c· – kl· tk· – – – – – – – – [r]· : 2 [ṣ](·)¯ ¯k su s[t](·) [m](·) ñī¯ ¯ś (·)r(·)(·) s(·)(·) [ā](·) [w](·)¯ ¯r e ṅku n(·) my(·) [nt](·) (–) kus[e] l· ñc[ä] [ś]· nmeṃ yp[au] [n]· m· sa ññi[¯] (–)
b2	po cai klu tka ṣlyi : ta se ma ne y· – – – [t]o ro mñe pā c(·)¯ ¯r wlo : pkā tka ṣṣa¯ ¯t ceṃ¯ ¯ts pa lsko nta wä rpau caṃ tso ai lñe sa jaṃ bu dvī pṣi lā
b3	ñcä ṅke mā ka śa nmeṃ ○ ñi¯ ¯śä lkā [t] (– –) (·)e ·au[¯] – (–) n[ma]ṃ ñi¯ ¯śä la kaṃ cwi lu we¯ ¯r ṣma lle ste : se wa tka ṣlñe ñśa me[ṃ] – (·)[s]a pe lai kne
b4	sa wä rpna lle : po yśiṃ ○ ñe ṣṣ[eṃ] l(·)(·) [t](·) s[p]o ca kra vā rti – se ya kne 4 pā ce¯ ¯r wa lo sa ññau ke ai śa mñe sa ke ke nu (–) ś[ai] tsye
b5	pa stye ś(·) ṣṣe mpa yä kne s[u] s̝pa snai wa ce : a ṣa nī keṃ ś(·)a ne – ks· [sāṃ] cwya ma rṣṣe tse ṅke ta¯ ¯r• ñi yā ms̝a lye wä nta re pā ce¯ ¯r wa lo tū
b6	yā maṃ 5 || ta ne [ñ]a [k]e su ppri ye ca kra vā rt[t]i wa lo (·)[e] [ka] [ā] r[s](·)o rmeṃ w[e] n[t](·)i ba hu da n(·)eṃ lā n[ta]¯ ¯śä [tu] [me]ṃ ba hu da [nt]e [w]a lo [t]· r[n]e – – –

Transcription

Xx	a1n1n2 cw(i) ṣpä pernerñ(e)s(a) ·p· c· ; peñīyacci pälkār(e) (:)

	tumeṃ (po) (amācänta) (āl)y(au)c(e)ś w(e)sk(eṃ) ॥ koś· ·kñ·n(e) ·॥

1a	t· – y· p· c· śr· – ; – – – – – – – (:)
1b	a2n2 po yet(w)eṃtsa ; yaitoṣ cai ; salpeṃ ram no ; p(e)ñyaisa :
1c	ylaiñäkti ñī ; ker(c)ci ra ; aiskeṃ traike ; lkālñesa :
1d	mäkte saswe ; prek= aiśtär ; lalyai preśyai ; añm(a)ntse a3 1 ॥

	tu keklyauṣormeṃ supriye cakravārti walo yainmu (pa)lsko amācäntaś lyewetär (wer)ts(yai) s(ā)rrī wīkäskeṃ yakte pātene
a4	rīttäskeṃ tumeṃ ñīś lannu tumeṃ we(ṣṣäṃ) (॥) ti – ri·n(e) ॥

1a	sarye ysomo ; kraupatär ; ātstse krentäṃ ; (śā)mn(a)sa :
1b	yaltse (kṣā)trī;ñī säsw{eṃ} ; a5n4n4 ārwer stamaṃ ; ñīś wraṃtsaiṃ :
1c	(śäkt)ā(lye) (se) ; (po) ktau no ; plakäskes yes ; lantaṃts ñke :
1d	traike wrotstse ; amarṣe ; wikātär-m(e) ; snai lyīpär {1}
2a	yästār a6n4n4 – – ; snai wace ; ñäkcye e(kñi) ; (tākaṃ-me) (:)
2b	(ārwe)r{†ä} kete ; naumy(enta) ; etaṅkätte ; l(k)āṣṣeñca :
2c	se yäknesa ; śpālmeṃ ste ; osta-ṣmeñca ; naum(y)eb1n4n4(ssu) (:)
2d	– cc· – kl· ; tk· – – ; – – – – ; – – r· : 2
3a	ṣ(e)k su st(ā)m(aṃ) ; ñīś (w)r(at)s(ai) ; ā(r)w(e)r eṅku ; n(au)my(e)nt(a) (:)
3b	kuse l(ā)ñc{†ä} ś(a)nmeṃ ; ypaun(a)m(eṃ) ; saññi (ṣp) b2n4n4n5 po cai ; klutkäṣlyi :
3c	tasemane ; y· – – 3σ ; – toromñe ; pāc(e)r wlo :
3d	pkātkäṣṣat ceṃts ; pälskonta ; wärpaucaṃtso ; ailñesa
4a	jaṃbudvīpṣi ; lāb3n5n5n6ñcä ṅke ; māka śanmeṃ ; ñiś lkāt(si) (:)
4b	(kus)e (k)au(c) (śa)nmäṃ ; ñiś lakaṃ ; cwi {śpā}lu wer ; ṣmalle ste :
4c	se watkäṣlñe ; ñśameṃ (ceṃt)s{†ä} ; pelaikneb4n6n6n7sa ; wärpnalle :
4d	poyśiṃñeṣṣeṃ ; l(an)t(aṃ)s po ; cakravārti(nta) ; se yakne 4
5a	pācer walo ; saññauke ; aiśamñesa ; kekenu (:)
5b	śaitsy eb5n7n7pastye ; ś(ai)ṣṣempa ; yäknesu ṣpä ; snai wace :
5c	aṣanīkeṃś{†ä} ; ne(mce)ks(a) ; sāṃ cwy amarṣṣe ; tseṅketär
5d	ñi yāmṣälye ; wäntare ; pācer walo ; tū b6n7n7 yāmäṃ 5 ॥

	tane ñake suppriye cakravārtti walo (t)e ka ārs(k)ormeṃ went(s)i bahudan(t)eṃ lāntäś tumeṃ bahudante walo t(a)rne – – –

Translation

a1	And through the shining of this one, the splendid ... shone." Then (all the ministers) say to each other: in [the tune] K.: "... [1a]
a2	1
a2	Decorated with all the ornaments, these ones gleam, as it were, through their splendor. The Indra gods provide confusion through their [mere] appereance like swords [do].
a2+	The lord may know for himself at which moment it is time to leave."
a3	Having heard that, the cakravartin king Supriya, having reached [his] (de)cision, sends [this] towards the ministers: They may leave the assembly [and] the council,
a3+	and set about for base ploughing!
a4	“After that I will leave." Then he says: in [the tune] T. : “[If] the seed is accumulated [lit. gathered] completely [and] in abundance by the good people, then a thousand (Kṣa)triya lords may [even] stand ready against me. [1b]
a5	(This) se(ed) has been sown entirely, so show yourselves to the kings now! [1c] The great confusion of discontentment will disappear from you without residue. 1
a5+	Every time the double ... without second, the divine poss(esion will belong to you) [2a]
a6	Of whom one [is allowed] to see readily [his] jewels without restriction, [2b] this householder of sorts who (possesses) the jewels is superior. [2c]
b1	... 2. This one will always stand against me, holding the jewels ready. [3a]
b1+	Whichever kings come from [foreign] countries, all these are made turn into enemies. [3b]
b2	A father, a king provided with reward [is] comparable to (a jewel?). [3c] Make the spirits of these alms receivers joyful by the gift! 3.
b2+	The kings of Jambudvīpa, however, will come in great numbers to see me. [4a]
b3	(If) one will come upwards [to me and] will see me, [even] (extr)eme hostility of his will lie [down].
b3+	This command of mine is to be received as law by (them). [4c]
b4	This is the way of all cakravartin kings of omniscience. 4. 4. My father, the king provided with wisdom [is] conciliable (?), [a5] being able to live with the world, invested with the [correct] way [= dharmika-] and without equal. [5b]
b5	(If) his angry enemy rises openly against the venerable ones, my father, the king will do the thing which could be done by me.”
b6	[5d] Here now the cakravartin king Supriya no sooner after having stopped saying this to the king Bahudanta, the king Bahudanta ... on the head

Other

a2	The lord may know for himself at which moment it is time to leave. (cf 128) (Peyrot 2013b: 717)
a3+	They may leave the company and the assembly, and get ready for insignificant farm work; I will leave. (Peyrot 2013b: 658)
a4+	If the seed is accumulated [lit. gathered] completely [and] as a whole by the good people, then a thousand Kṣatriya lords will stand ready towards me. (128 and p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 671)
a5	… but show yourselves to the kings now, so that your big trouble of miscontent disappears completely! (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 711)
a5	Die große Verwirrung des Unwillens wird euch restlos schwinden. (Schmidt 1974: 113)
b1+	He will always stand against me, holding the jewels ready; the kings that come from [their] countries all have to be turned into enemies. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 667)
b2	Erfreut durch die Gabe die Gedanken dieser Genießer! (Schmidt 1974: 506)
b3+	The kings of Jambudvīpa will come with many to see me; if he comes (from afar?63) and sees me, his lu64 hate is to rest. This command of mine is to be received as law, [since] the cakravartin-ship of all the omniscient kings is this way. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 667)
b4+	Father king, wise (?) and provided with wisdom, [is] fit to live with the world in a way without equal; for the venerable … his (= the king’s) miscontent does not arise. The thing I have to do father king will do. (Georges-Jean Pinault, p.c.) (Peyrot 2013b: 297)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	Although this is not certain, the beginning seems to belong to a metrical passage. But after tumeṃ we have a prose sentence as introduction of the next stanza.
n2	The metre has 4x14 [7/7] syllables. The tune name is otherwise unattested and cannot be restored.
n3	The metre has 4x14 [7/7] syllables. The tune name is otherwise unattested and cannot be restored.
n4	Pāda 4b has an unusual colon break.
n5	If the reading yä is warranted, it seems impossible to restore a comitative form of any disyllabic word, which is expected after tasemane 'comparable with', because the accent does not move in the comitative. Therefore, since the reading is uncertain, one may consider to read ye; one possible restoration would be yetwempa.
n6	The second colon of 4b lacks one syllable. The context imposes to segment wer 'hatred'. The preceding word maybe a substantive/adjective ending in -lu. One candidate would be the expected match of TA 'hostile, enemy', i.e. yaslu, though this is unattested in TB otherwise. But it would imply that the scribe did not simply forget an akṣara. A better candidate therefore is śpālu 'superior' in the sense 'extreme'.
n7	saññauke can be an adjective or a substantive coordinated with the following word; it may be loan based on Skt. saṃjñā- 'harmony, understanding, agreement' through Middle Indic.

References

Edition

Pinault 1994: 127-129

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a2 (717), a3 a4 (658), a4 a5 (671), a5 (711), b1 b2 (667), b3 b4 (667), b4 b5 b6 (297); Pinault 1994: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (127-129); Schmidt 1974: a5 (113), b2 (506)

Bibliography

Peyrot 2013b

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

Pinault 1994

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1994. “Formes verbales nouvelles dans les manuscrits inédit du fonds Pelliot Koutchéen.” In Tocharisch. Akten der Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Berlin, September 1990, edited by Bernfried Schlerath, 4:105–205. TIES Suppl. Reykjavík: Málvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands.

Schmidt 1974

Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.