PK NS 144
| Known as: | PK NS 144; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 144 |
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| Cite this page as: | "PK NS 144". 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-pkns144 (accessed 24 Jan. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Duldur-akur |
| Expedition code: | DA cour |
| Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Mahāprabhāsa-Avadāna |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Mahāprabhāsa-Avadāna |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 7 × 6/3.5 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
| Interline spacing: | 1.7 cm |
Images
Images from gallica.bnf.fr by courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Pelliot koutchéen.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ko rmeṃ ma hā pra bhā si /// |
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| a2 | /// lymā ne • a mā cä /// |
| a3 | /// [y]a yā tau ma /// |
| a4 | /// – nä n(·)e e ne /// |
| b1 | /// [yā] [t](·) – – /// |
| b2 | /// re kau na ko /// |
| b3 | /// ñca lyi ṣa rne yā /// |
| b4 | /// ñyā ta ssi ci mpyā /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// kormeṃ mahāprabhāsi /// |
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| a2 | /// lymā-ne • amācä(nta) /// |
| a3 | /// yayātau mä(sketär) /// |
| a4 | /// – nän(ts)e ene(pre) /// |
| b1 | /// yāt· – – /// |
| b2 | /// rekauna ko /// |
| b3 | /// (a)ñcalyi ṣarne yā(mu) /// |
| b4 | /// ñ yātässi cimpyā(wa) /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| Fragments PK NS 34, PK NS 37 (including 38), PK NS 144 and PK NS 398 belong to the same manuscript. In this small fragment on edge is preserved; the writing is pale and the paper is worn. This is the left part of a leaf, just before the string hole. |
References
other
Pinault 1988a: 186-188
Bibliography
Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1988a. “Révision des fragments en tokharien B de la légende de Mahāprabhāsa.” In Studia Indogermanica et Slavica. Festgabe für Werner Thomas zum 65. Geburtstag, edited by Peter Kosta, Gabriele Lerch, and Peter Olivier, 175–210. München: Sagner.
