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PK LC 16.1

Known as:	PK LC 16.1
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK LC 16.1". 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-pklc161 (accessed 08 Nov. 2025).
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	/// [c]· – – w· – «tka» [k]· /// /// [t]· [n]· – – k·
a2	/// kw·i ye¯ [¯s] yṣu wa¯ ¯r tā ka [ce]¯ ¯r ·i ka – si pyā mtso
a3	/// ·i· /// /// p·a – pa ta ci we ntse sa

Transcription

a1	/// c· – – w· – tka k· /// /// t(a)n(e) – – k·
a2	/// kw(r)i yes yṣuwar tākacer (ñ)i ka – sin1 pyāmtso
a3	/// ·i· /// /// p·a – pätaciwentse sa

Translation

a2	... if you are friendlyn2 , do... for me.
a3	... of Pätaciwe (=Buddhajīva) ...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	A restoration that would make sense is ka(la)si, however the missing akṣara doesn't seem to be an 'l'.
n2	For this kind of phrase, cf. PK LC 20 a1.