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PK NS 161

Known as:	PK NS 161
Cite this page as:	Athanaric Huard. "PK NS 161". 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-pkns161 (accessed 07 Oct. 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Athanaric Huard
Provenience
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB

Transliteration

a1	/// (·)m· ///
a2	/// [k]s· ñpo : māka p· [ñ]· ///
a3	/// ○ sā¯ ¯u tsā ro śā m[ñ]e ///
a4	/// [pa] ○ lwo yeṃ tā¯ ¯u tsā ///
a5	/// [ts]o pi ye ntra ywā rcno ksa yākṣi mc· ///
a6	/// ñca ña ke ñi śt[oṃ] pwā ra po [pa] ///
b1	/// kl· ya ma skeṃ • tn·¯ ¯k w[e]¯ ¯[s] [m·] ///
b2	/// n· ṣṣe a kā lksa sa¯ ¯m mcu ṣke a lye [k]·e ///
b3	/// c(·)a ○ ṅko sne \|\| ta ne ñ· ///
b4	/// ○ a raṃ cka kā ma rmeṃ ///
b5	/// a raṃ ñce ṣa ñ(·)e m· ///
b6	/// – s̝[s̝]aṃ • – ///

Transcription

a1	/// (·)m· ///
a2	/// ks· ñ po : māka p(a)ñ(äkti) ///
a3	/// sā_u tsāro śāmñe ///
a4	/// pälwoyeṃ tā_u tsā(rane) ///
a5	/// tsopiyenträ ywārc no ksa yākṣi mc(uṣkeṃ) ///
a6	/// ñca ñake ñiś toṃ n1 pwāra po pän2 ///
b1	/// (la)kl(e) yamaskeṃ • tn(e-)k wes m· ///
b2	/// (pañäktäññe) (per)n(e)ṣṣe akālksa sam mcuṣke alyek(n)e (camelne) ///
b3	/// caṅk= osne ॥ tane ñ(ake) ///
b4	/// araṃc kakāmarmeṃ ///
b5	/// araṃñce ṣañ(·)em · ///
b6	/// (we)ṣṣäṃ • – ///

Translation

a1	…
a2	… many Buddha lords …
a3	… this monastery … human …
a4	… they would lament (in) the monastery …
a5	… some demons amidst crushed the prince …
a6	… Now I … this fire …
b1	… they do … Here we …
b2	… By the wish for the dignity (of Buddhahood), this prince in another (birth)…
b3	… then4 waist … in the house. Then now …
b4	… having brought the heart …
b5	… in the heart … by oneself (?)…
b6	… s/he says …

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	toṃ and tau could easily be confused, but only toṃ makes sense in this context.
n2	At the end of the line, one may restore pälkṣantär ‘they burn’.
n3	Maybe to be restored as ṣañ ñem, presumably ‘by oneself’, see // s· araṃśne salāte-ne • kUcatākmeṃ ṣañem ette ṣallāte • ‘… hüpfte in ihrem Herzen, [und] sie stürzte sich vom Söller herab’ (THT 109 b2; tr. Schmidt 1974: 279, 311).
n4	This translation of caṅke will be justified in a forthcoming publication.

Bibliography

Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.