PK DA M 507.25

Known as:	PK DA M 507.25; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(25); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 25 [PK Cp 25]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.25". 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-pkda507_25 (accessed 09 Nov. 2025).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Account
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Size (h × w):	39.3 × 29 cm
Number of lines:	8
Interline spacing:	2–2.5 cm

Transliteration

a1	ṣka¯ ¯s kṣuṃ ntsa nā śmiṃ lā nti mo ko śkai pi ku lne nai ma ñe śa¯ ¯k me ña ntse ne cau pre ke
a2	ste re a mpra rta de we yo kto la¯ ¯t a na n[d]a de wa ntse pta ma ṣṣeṃ sa rwaṃ nteṃ ma nte
a3	wsā ne pi¯ ¯ś 5 ṣe me sa ṅki¯ ¯k śwe rpta ma ṣṣi 4 cā neṃ wsā ne [•] wsā ne «†[śma]» pśā ka
a4	śwe¯ ¯r 50 4 tu ne¯ ¯k śwā rka wi pta [m]a [ṣ]ṣi śa kwi sa ṅki¯ ¯k ṣe yeṃ
a5	yo kto la¯ ¯t a na nda de we ntse ṣo tri ¤
a6	jñā se ne lyā ka se ṣo tri ¤
a7	jñā na ra kṣi te śa rsa se ṣo tri ¤
a8	ke rca pi śke lyā ka se ka pci ¤

Transcription

a1	ṣkas kṣuṃntsa nāśmiṃ lānti mokośkai pikulne naimañe śak meñantse -ne cau preke
a2	stere amprärtadewe yoktolat anandadew{a→e}ntse ptamaṣṣeṃ sarwaṃnteṃ mante
a3	wsā-ne piś 5 ṣeme saṅkik śwer ptamaṣṣi 4 cāneṃ wsā-ne • wsā-ne pśāka¬
a4	¬śwer 50-4 tune-k śwārka wi ptamaṣṣi śak wi saṅkik ṣeyeṃ
a5	yoktolat anandadewentse ṣotri ¤
a6	n1 jñā{na}sene lyāka se ṣotri ¤
a7	n2 jñānarakṣite śarsa se ṣotri ¤
a8	kercapiśke lyāka se kapci ¤

Translation

a1	In the 6th regnal year of the king Nāśmi, a year of monkey, on the 10th day of the 1st (month).
a2+	At that time, Amprätatewe the Stere gave the stūpa(s)' sarwante* to the Yotkolau monk Anandadewe.
a3+	He gave to him (in the following way: for every) 5 (coins), one (was out of the coins) of the saṃgha, 4 (were out of the coins) of the stūpa(s). (So) he gave to him 54 (coins). Therein, fourty-two were the [ones of the stūpa(s)] and twelve the ones of the saṃgha.
a5	Anandadewe the Yotkolau's sign.
a6	Jñā〈na〉sene has seen. This (is his) sign.
a7	Jñānarakṣite has recognized. This (is his) sign.
a8	Kercapiśke has seen. This (is his) finger-measure.

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	¤: monogram, a ligature of ña and ā.
n2	¤: monogram ñā.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 32-33; Ching 2010: 190-191

Bibliography

Ching 2010

Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.

Peyrot 2008

Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

Pinault 0000

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 0000. “Textes économiques koutchéens.”

Tamai 2011

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.