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PK NS 164

Known as:PK NS 164
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 21 Sep. 2024).

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· ///
a2mā stne yne ma ne tri śa lñe sa [pi] ///
a3tka tsi ār¯ ¯m rī ta [t]· ///
a4ksa o stmeṃ ltu ta rkau wārtte i ///
b1ka ṣ[ṣ]e ñca : u ppā lyo kaṃ kaṃtwa ///
b2a ra ṇyā taṃ yke [n]t· ·[e] – ///
b3pu 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· ///
a2 =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) ///
b2araṇyātaṃ ykent(an)e – ///
b3putkalñesa wī-ykne ce putkat ///
b4 t(·)e kertte lastāṅmeṃ arṣaklaime(ṃ) ///

Translation

a1... with a … voice: “you with the assembly ...”
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

n1ārm: hapax, but cf. TA ārm, borrowing from Skt. arman- ‘disease of the eyes’?