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PK NS 171

Known as:PK NS 171
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 12 Feb. 2025).

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] ///
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

a1n1 /// katkalñeāryāñ cāṣṭāṅgi(kā)ṃ ///
a2/// (pe)laikneṣṣe ṣeme ślok ke(klyauṣormeṃ) ///
a3/// kuce tu ñiś ·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] …
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.
n1cf. Uv. 27,34: duhkhaṃ duhkhasamutpādaṃ duhkhasya samatikramam | āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ duhkhopaśamagāminam ||.