PK NS 164
| Known as: | PK NS 164 |
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| Cite this page as: | Athanaric Huard. "PK NS 164". 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-pkns164 (accessed 08 Nov. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Athanaric Huard |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·w· ks· y·¯ ¯s w· (·)ts· y· mpa tr· /// |
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| a2 | mā stne yne ma ne tri śa lñe sa [pi] /// |
| a3 | tka tsi ār¯ ¯m rī ta [t]· /// |
| a4 | ksa o stmeṃ ltu ta rkau wārtte i /// |
| b1 | ka ṣ[ṣ]e ñca : u ppā lyo kaṃ kaṃtwa /// |
| b2 | a ra ṇyā taṃ yke [n]t· ·[e] – /// |
| b3 | pu tka lñe sa wī ykne ce putka¯ ¯t /// |
| b4 | [pa] [t](·)e ke rtte la stā ṅmeṃ a rṣa klai me(·) /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// · w(e)ks(a) y(e)s w(er)ts(i)y(e)mpa tr· /// |
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| a2 | mā =stne ynemane triśalñesa pi /// |
| a3 | (ru)tkatsi ārmn1 rītat(e) /// |
| a4 | (kuse) ksa ostmeṃ ltu tärkauw=ārtte i(śelmeṃ) /// |
| b1 | (la)käṣṣeñca : uppāl-yokäṃ kaṃtwa(sa) /// |
| b2 | araṇyātaṃ ykent(an)e – /// |
| b3 | putkalñesa wī-ykne ce putkat /// |
| b4 | pä t(·)e kertte lastāṅmeṃ arṣaklaime(ṃ) /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... with a … voice: “you with the assembly ...” |
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| a2 | ... not going into the house, even through delusion |
| a3 | … s/he longed to remove ārm* … |
| a4 | … whoever is gone from the house and has abandoned (the desires) ... |
| b1 | ... showing. With lotus-like tongue ... |
| b2 | ... in the deserted places ... |
| b3 | ... divide him/it into two parts by separating ... |
| b4 | ... from the sword, the executioner’s block, the snake ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | ārm: hapax, but cf. TA ārm, borrowing from Skt. arman-‘disease of the eyes’? |
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