PK NS 171
| Known as: | PK NS 171 |
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| Cite this page as: | Athanaric Huard. "PK NS 171". 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-pkns171 (accessed 17 Aug. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Athanaric Huard |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ka tka lñe • ā ryā ñcā ṣṭā ṅgi ·[ṃ] /// |
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| a2 | /// l[ai] kne ṣṣe ṣe m[e] ślo¯ ¯k ke /// |
| a3 | /// kuce tu ñi¯ ¯[ś] sā [wä] ·ai ·e /// |
| a4 | /// [s]ta[ṃ] ñe la kle ne – /// |
| b1 | /// – sai¯ ¯m ya ma sk· /// |
| b2 | /// – stra o kta tsa (·)ly· ·ñ· /// |
| b3 | /// nta pa ñä kteṃt¯ ¯s ṣe sa – /// |
| b4 | /// ś(·)o¯ ¯k ysā ṣṣe pa trā kne – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// katkalñe • āryāñ cāṣṭāṅgi(kā)ṃ /// |
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| a2 | /// (pe)laikneṣṣe ṣeme ślok ke(klyauṣormeṃ) /// |
| a3 | /// kuce tu ñiś sā wä ·ai ·e /// |
| a4 | /// (po)staṃñe laklene – /// |
| b1 | /// saim yamask(entär) /// |
| b2 | /// – strä oktatsa (k)ly(om)ñ(a) /// |
| b3 | /// nta pañäkteṃts ṣesa – /// |
| b4 | /// ś(l)ok ysāṣṣe patrākne /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... the crossing …. [Sanskrit:] the noble eightfold [path] … |
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| a2 | … having heard one śloka of the Law … |
| a3 | … that which I … |
| a4 | … in the last pain … |
| b1 | … they take refuge … |
| b2 | … by the noble eightfold path … |
| b3 | … of the Buddhas … |
| b4 | … śloka … in the golden alms bowl … |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| This may be the story of Subhāṣitagaveṣin, who was ready to sacrifice himself for a strophe of the Law (see THT 100), or a similar story. | |
| n1 | cf. Uv. 27,34: duhkhaṃ duhkhasamutpādaṃ duhkhasya samatikramam | āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ duhkhopaśamagāminam ||. |
