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PK NS 299

Known as:PK NS 299; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 299
Cite this page as:"PK NS 299". 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-pkns299 (accessed 17 Aug. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Duldur-akur
Expedition code:DA Ncc
Collection:Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)

Language and Script

Language:TB

Text contents

Title of the work:Vinayavibhaṅga
Passage:Pātayantika-dharma
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Vinaya

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī

Images

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Transliteration

a1///
a2///
a3/// [yo] l[ai] – l[ko] m· ///
a4/// – twe klau – – – – o mn[o] pa ñä kte ya sna l[y]· – ///
a5/// – ṅktsi [y]· [tk]· m[ā] ka la kle ya ma ṣa re ne ta pa [s]i ///
b1/// – – [ñc]· pa ñä k[t]e ntse re ki tu sa we ñā wa • ā ///
b2/// – [l]ts[e] [ti] – – – ri ne ṣa llā re cai a lo ka lymi – – ///
b3/// – – – ·[au] – – – – – – – – śrā [va] st[n]e a lyā k·e ///
b4///
b5///

Transcription

a1///
a2///
a3/// yolai (pi)lko m(ā) ///
a4/// (eṃ)twe klau(tka) (śem) (•) om no pañäkte yasna ly(āka) ///
a5/// (e)ṅktsi y(ā)tk(a) māka lakle yamaṣare-ne tapäsi ///
b1/// (weṣṣe)ñc(a) pañäktentse reki tusa weñāwaā ///
b2/// (ya)ltse ti(nārnta) (ytā)rine ṣallāre cai alokälymi (lymāre) ///
b3/// (pañäkte) (kly)au(ṣa) (nāksate) (•) (pañäkte) śrāvastne alyāk ·e ///
b4///
b5///

Translation

a3/// [not] the evil insight ///
a4/// thereupon he turned (and came). Then Buddha saw the golden pieces (?) ///
a5/// he ordered to arrest (him). They made much pain to him. ... ///
b1/// and I said thus the speech of Buddha telling (a decision to Ānanda: 'Here is an venomous snake, O Ānanda. Here is an fearful poison, O Venerable'.) ///
b2/// they threw a thousand denarius on the road. They remained in a separate direction (=distant place). ///
b3/// (Buddha heard and blamed. Buddha) in Śrāvastī, a certain woman ... ///

Commentary

Parallel texts

*IOL Toch 131

Remarks

*Same manuscript as PK NS 44.

References

other

Broomhead 1962: 97-98; Broomhead 1962: 103; Ogihara 2009: 367-368

Bibliography

Broomhead 1962

Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.

Ogihara 2009

Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2009. “Researches about Vinaya-texts in Tocharian A and B [Recherches sur le Vinaya en tokharien A et B].” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.