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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 15 Mar. 2026).

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

Images from gallica.bnf.fr by courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Pelliot koutchéen.

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

a1/// – bhadrāsanāṅku(śadhvajayā)naiḥ cihnaiḥ – ///
a2/// ntsa wawākauwa u(pllāläntasa) 10-6 ॥ lakṣmī ///
a3/// marasya • śaiṣṣents(e) (ś)l(e) (śā)mñ(e) ñäktec(c)epi • b(ā) ///
a4/// gūḍhadehaṃ • läkutsauñaisa ceccukoṣ kek(ts)e(ñ) ///
a5/// (o)lyapotse tswoṣäntsa kektseñäśco mā ///
b1/// (mtsi)ṣṣ(e) letse ce • matidaṃṣṭra • aiśamñe(ṣṣe) ///
b2/// kailāso ṣlentse ts(ā)ro ramt no saim yāmoṣ ///
b3/// ññ· manäññe läkutsece • vasantakāya – ///
b4/// mñ(e)ṣ(ṣ)e wänta(re) ·e – – reṃ papāṣṣorñeṣ(ṣ)e ///
b5/// cīraṃ vigatabhava(ṃ) (•) – – – r(e)ṃ yaikoṣ cme(lñe) ///

Translation

a1... with signs, vehicles with banners, elephant hooks, thrones (?)...
a1+... with blooming lotuses...
a2Lakṣmī...
a2+... of the world together with humanity and gods.
a3+... the body hidden by light...
a4+...
a5+... this lock of hair (?), the fang of knowledge...
b1+... having made refuge, like a monastery on the Kailāsa mountain...
b3+... the matter of... relating to good behavior...
b4+... 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.