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PK NS 109

Known as:	PK NS 109
Cite this page as:	Timothée Chamot-Rooke; Athanaric Huard; Bernhard Koller. "PK NS 109". 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-pkns109 (accessed 06 Mar. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Timothée Chamot-Rooke; Athanaric Huard; Bernhard Koller
Provenience
Expedition code:	882
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	4343 (1x), 434 (3x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// [s]k· – [t]ka stra po ntaṃ wno lme[ṃ]¯ ¯ts 20 7
a2	/// ·ka ś[p]ā lme[ṃ] : ka ru ṇä [ṣ]ai ke sā rtstse śī
a3	/// – – – dhya na nma a bhi [jñ]ä nta wa rñai sa : kre ntau
a4	/// mce : po yśi ññe ṣṣai u ppā¯ ¯l cī – kwi na skau 20 9
a5	/// cī lkā skeṃ spā l·eṃ e re : kā tka st· rme pa lsko nta ta ṅkka
b1	/// w[e] r· ta¯ ¯ñä yaṃ ka ly[m]· ntsa ka rtse ṣṣe : la kṣā nta sa lkā
b2	/// po [yś]· ññe ṣṣai pu ṇḍa ri – – – nā skau 30-1 pa lsko
b3	/// [r]ka [ru] [wai] pte kle ś[s]a : [c]w[i] sk[w]a ṣṣe p[i] śu ke ntse a
b4	/// sa ksa ra [śau]¯ ¯l [cä] rkā sta : a nta ra
b5	/// ṣe [ṣ]e ki ma ssu : 30 3

Transcription

27d	a1/// 2σ (päl)sk(o) ; (kā)tkästrä ; pontäṃ wnolmeṃts 20-7
28a	a2/// 14σ
28b	/// 9σ ·kä śpālmeṃ :
28c	karuṇäṣai ; kesārtstse ; śī 3σ
28d	a3/// 11σ
29a	/// – – – 4σ ; dhyananma ; abhijñänta ; warñaisa :
29b	/// 9σ krentau a4///
29c	/// 11σ m ce :
29d	poyśiññeṣṣai ; uppāl cī ; – k winaskau 20-9
30a	14σ a5///
30b	/// 4σ ; cī lkāskeṃ ; spāl(m)eṃ ere :
30c	kātkäst(a)r-me ; pälskonta ; taṅk kä b1/// 2σ
30d	/// 11σ
31a	/// 4σ ; wer(e) tañ ; yaṃ kälym(i)ntsa ; kärtseṣṣe :
31b	lakṣānta ; salkā b2/// 6σ
31c	/// 11σ
31d	poyś(i)ññeṣṣai ; puṇḍari(k) ; (cī) (wi)nāskau 30-1
32a	pälsko b3/// 12σ
32b	/// 5σ rkaru ; waipte kleśsa :
32c	cwi skwaṣṣepi ; śukentse ; a b4///
32d	/// 11σ
33a	/// 4σ ; saksa ra śaul ; cärkāsta :
33b	antara b5/// 8σ
33c	/// 11σ
33d	/// 6σ ṣe ; ṣek imassu : 30-3

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	Findspot: Subeši and Khitai-bāzār; Duldur-Akhur

References

Miscellaneous

Pinault 2007: 172 (on the find spot)

Bibliography

Pinault 2007

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 2007. “Concordance des manuscrits tokhariens du fonds Pelliot.” In Instrumenta Tocharica, edited by Melanie Malzahn, 163–219. Heidelberg: Winter.