PK NS 103

Known as:	PK NS 103
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "PK NS 103". 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-pkns103 (accessed 15 Jan. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Specific find spot:	DA, cour
Expedition code:	DA Cour
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

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a1	[n]· [r]s· ra ka ly[ī] sta ma ṣṣa mai yyo ///
a2	na ya mū me • to¯ ¯t ñi¯ ¯śä cau ne m[e] ///
a3	nte pi śā ka ke ṣeṃ pyā kṣne ○ ///
a4	me • tu meṃ wi kä nte pi śā ○ ///
a5	mi tā¯ ¯u ti nā¯ ¯r mā lko ye· kuce ///
a6	ya mpa rṣ[ṣ]e ī [k]e – – [ai] ///
b1	·m· ·w· lu kṣy· nt· ///
b2	au su cau krau pe ne yo psa mä [k]te ///
b3	ṣṣe ylai ñä kte cau krau pe ne • ma· te ○ ///
b4	mā nne ṣe ca ke cce a sāṃ ne ○ ///
b5	ña ke nai pa¯ ¯st kau¯ ¯cä sā¯ ¯u we ///
b6	[na] nai kau¯ ¯cä ru tkau [e] n[t]·e cce ka s̝pa l[k]· ///

a1	n· rs· ra ka lyī stamaṣṣa maiyyo ///
a2	na yamū-me • tot ñiś caune me /// (wi) (kä)¬
a3	nte piśāka keṣeṃ pyākṣne ///
a4	me • tumeṃ wi känte piśā(ka) ///
a5	mi tā_u tinār mā lkoye(ṃ) k_uce /// (sva)¬
a6	yamparṣṣe īke(ne) – ai ///
b1	·m· ·w· lukṣy(eṃ) nt(a) ///
b2	ausu cau kraupene yopsa mäkte ///
b3	ṣṣe ylai-ñäkte cau kraupene • mä(k)te /// (wi)¬
b4	mānne ṣecakecce asāṃne ///
b5	ñake nai päst kauc sā_u we(śeñña) ///
b6	na nai kauc rutkau ent(w)ecce ka ṣpä lk(aṣṣītär) ///

a1	the strength of tree ...
a2	I will do ... for you. So far I (for myself). On this one, the (moon ?) ...
a2+	On a pillar of two hundred fifty fathoms ...
a4	for you. Thereupon two hundred fifty ...
a5	they didn't see this dinar, for which (reason ?) ...
a5+	in the place of the svayaṃvara
b1	... was lighting up...
b2	wearing ... he entered in this crowd. Like ...
b3	the Indra of (virtue ?) in this crowd. Like ...
b3+	in the palace of ... on the throne of the lion ...
b5	Now indeed this voice (was heard) from afar and upwards ...
b6	... indeed moved upwards. And thereupon precisely he/it was seen ...