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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 04 May 2024).

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

a1 n1 /// katkalñe • āryāñ 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.
n1 cf. Uv. 27,34: duhkhaṃ duhkhasamutpādaṃ duhkhasya samatikramam | āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ duhkhopaśamagāminam ||.