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PK NS 1143
| Known as: | PK NS 1143 |
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| Cite this page as: | Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator). "PK NS 1143". 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-pkns1143 (accessed 09 Feb. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator) |
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| Date of online publication: | 2012-08 |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Duldur-akur |
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| Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | classical |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Araṇemijātaka (?) |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 6 × 4 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 4 |
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| Interline spacing: | 1.4 cm |
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Transliteration
| a1 | (·)[t]s(·) y(·) n /// |
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| a2 | po ykne sa [ma] /// |
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| a3 | [ṇ]ā va ti rī /// |
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| a4 | [ma] ñc[u] ṣ(·)e /// |
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| b1 | (·)s(·) : c(·)(·) [pa] /// |
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| b2 | [l]ā ñcä ta k(·) /// |
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| b3 | pe rne rñe(·) [ṣai] /// |
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| b4 | (–) [s]a (·)ai – /// |
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Transcription
Translation
| a1 | ... |
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| a2 | ... by every means ... |
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| a3 | ... (in) the city of Aruṇāvati ... |
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| a4 | ... the prince ... |
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| b1 | ... He is able to ... |
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| b2 | ... the kings for sure ... |
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| b3 | ... (with) the ... pertaining to splendor ... |
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| b4 | ... one (fem.) ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | Small piece from the left part of a leaf. |
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References
other
Couvreur 1964: 248
Bibliography
Couvreur 1964
Couvreur, Walter. 1964. “Nieuwe Koetsjische fragmenten van het Araṇemijātaka.” Orientalia Gandensia 1: 237–249 + I.
