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PK LC 15

Known as:	PK LC 15
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK LC 15". 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-pklc15 (accessed 18 Sep. 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Letter
Object
Material:	on paper

Transliteration

a1	/// ·ñ· ṇa caṃ ndreṃ ṇyā ṇa ra kṣi te yṣu wa rsa pre kṣäṃ lā re ta tteṃ śka ya sa ///
a2	/// te ka ryā mai ka lyā ṇa ra kṣi te ntse ṣe ri pa ryā ne ma rsā wa pa rya na tse tw· ///
a3	/// e tte te su wa pe pre¯ ¯k ne mce¯ ¯k śka plā wa

Transcription

a1	/// (j)ñ(ā)ṇacaṃndreṃ ṇyāṇarakṣite yṣuwarsa prekṣäṃ lāre tatteṃ śka yasa ///
a2	/// te käryāmai kalyāṇarakṣitentse ṣeri paryāne märsāwa paryanatse tw· ///
a3	/// ette tesuwa peprek nemcek śka plāwa

Translation

a1	Jñānarakṣite asks Jñānacandre with friendliness. Also the dear Tatte (?) ...
a2	I bought ... The debt of Kalyāṇarakṣite ... I have forgoten. ...
a3	I put down... immediately send a peprekn3 !

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	Might ṣeri actually be peri?
n2	for first person -uwa cf. pleṅkuwa, prekuwa. As far as I can see, this is the first attestation of the first person singular preterite of tā-.
n3	This could be a form derived from pärk- 'ask', thus maybe 'request', but the derivation is obscure.