PK NS 112

Known as:	PK NS 112; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 112
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator). "PK NS 112". 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-pkns112 (accessed 18 Feb. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator)
Date of online publication:	2014-08
Provenience
Expedition code:	M 442
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:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	53436 (2x), 4545 (1x), 436 (1x)
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	7.2 × 12.3 cm
Number of lines:	5
Interline spacing:	1.5 cm

Images

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a1	/// [mā] ka pñi nau ṣyā mu wa saṃ sā rne kle śa nma
a2	/// tā tñi ṣpo no lmi ṣno ma nä kṣiṃ ka rtse
a3	/// stwe¯ ¯r^• : tā no¯ ¯t yo lyyai pre śyai ne la
a4	/// [da] ri nne \|\| pa¯ ¯ṣ snai ne rke saṃ sā rne po
a5	/// cyo mpo staṃ : po ña tse nta wī ka skau¯ ¯cä
b1	/// yā mtsi : ṣe me ra no kṣa ṇa ṣṣe to tka
b2	/// yso mo cī sa ta ttau : kwri no śa mta¯ ¯r te
b3	/// ·[ta] ñe ṣṣe a kā lka¯ ¯ś pra kreṃ pa lsko : 2
b4	/// [ñ]·¯ ¯ś mā ta rsa wa wā yau pra tha gja ññe
b5	/// – ¯cä : ka ru nmeṃ no po yśiṃ ñe ka llā lle ke

a1	/// māka pñi nauṣ yāmuwa saṃsārne kleśanma
a2	n1 /// (krä)tātñi ṣp onolmi ṣnoma-näkṣiṃ kärtse¬
a3	¬(ritāñ) /// (kä)stwer : tān ot yolyyai preśyaine lä¬
a4	¬(klenta)n2 /// darinne ॥

1b	paṣ snai nerke saṃsārne ; po a5 /// cy ompostäṃ :
1d	po ñatsenta wīkäskau-c ; b1 /// yāmtsi :
2b	ṣeme rano kṣaṇaṣṣe ; totka b2 /// ysomo ; cīsa tattau :
2d	kwri no śamtar teb3(lkine) /// ; (pañäk)täñeṣṣe akālkäś ; prakreṃ palsko : 2
3a	b4///
3c	ñ(i)ś mātärsa wawāyau ; präthagjaññe b5 /// – c :
3d	karunmeṃ no poyśiṃñe ; källālle ke (ktseñ)

a1	... having previously done much merit, ... the passions in the saṃsāra ...
a1+	... and the grateful beings destroying the decay (?) [and] (seeking) the good ...
a3	... by night.
a3+	Then in this evil time the sufferings ...
a4	... in the tune ...
a4	Go without delay in the saṃsāra,
a4+	all ... following you.
a5	I will chase away all distresses.
a5+	... in order to do.
b1+	Even the small (period) of a single instant ... totally I will stand by you.
b2+	But if you go (to the sacrifice?) ... the firm mind towards the wish of Buddha rank.
b4+	... I guided by the mother, ... the profane state ... you (?).
b5	But out of compassion I shall obtain the body of the omniscient ...

*	This fragment may belong to the same manuscript as PK NS 56. It is the right part of a leaf including the right margin. It shows traces of horizontal and vertical ruling.

n1	The form ṣnoma which is here a first member of a verbal governing compound with -näkṣi as a second member is also attested in THT 1392.i a2 in the form ṣnom.
n2	The metrical passage seems to follow a type of 4x18 syllables with a rhythm of 7/7/4.