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PK NS 305 and 306
Known as: | PK NS 305 and 306; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 305; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 306 |
Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz (translation). "PK NS 305 and 306". 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-pkns305and306 (accessed 25 Apr. 2025). |
Edition |
Editor: | Adrian Musitz (translation) |
Provenience |
Expedition code: | M 496.27 (NS 305); M 496.28 (NS 306) |
Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
Language and Script |
Language: | Skt.; TB |
Text contents |
Passage: | śloka 16ff |
Text genre: | Literary |
Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object |
Material: |
ink
on paper |
Form: | Poṭhī |
Size (h × w): | 8 × 4.8 cm |
Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Transliteration
a1 | /// – bha drā sa nā ṅku – – – – nai ḥ ci hnai ḥ – /// |
a2 | /// [n]tsa wa [wā] kau wa u – – – – 10 6 || la [k]ṣm[ī] /// |
a3 | /// [m]a ra sya • śai ṣṣe nts· ·l· – [m]ñ· ñä kte c·e pi • b /// |
a4 | /// [g]ū ḍha de haṃ • la k[uts]au ñai sa ce ccu ko¯ ¯s̝ ke k·e – /// |
a5 | /// lya po tse tswo s̝a ntsa ke ktse ñä śco mā /// |
b1 | /// ṣṣ· le tse ce • ma [ti] daṃ ṣṭra • ai śa m[ñ]e /// |
b2 | /// kai lā [so] ṣle ntse [ts]· ro ra mtno sai myā m[o]¯ ¯s̝ /// |
b3 | /// ññ· [ma] nä ññe la ku[ts]e ce • va sa nta [k]ā ya – /// |
b4 | /// mñ· [ṣ]·e wä nta – ·e – – reṃ pa pā ṣṣo rñe ṣ·e /// |
b5 | /// c[ī] raṃ vi ga ta bha va· – – – – r·ṃ yai ko¯ ¯s̝ [cm]e /// |
Transcription
Translation
a1 | ... with signs, vehicles with banners, elephant hooks, thrones (?)... |
a2 | ... with blooming lotuses... Lakṣmī... |
a3 | ... of the world together with humanity and gods. |
a4 | ... the body hidden by light... |
a5 | ... |
b1 | ... this lock of hair (?), the fang of knowledge... |
b2 | ... having made refuge, like a monastery on the Kailāsa mountain... |
b4 | ... the matter of... relating to good behavior... |
b5 | ... for long (?) having driven away existence... |
Commentary
Remarks
* | Central piece, consisting of two immediately adjacent pieces. |
* | Same manuscript as PK NS 11? |
References
Edition
Couvreur 1970: 176-178
Bibliography
Couvreur 1970
Couvreur, Walter. 1970. “Boeddhistische Sanskritfragmenten in Koetsjische handschriften-verzamelingen.” In ANAMNHΣIΣ. Gedenkboek Prof. Dr. E. A. Leemans, 175–184 + 2x. Werken uitgegeven door de Faculteit van de letteren en wijsbegeerte, Rijksuniversiteit te Gent 149.