PK NS 4

Known as:	PK NS 4; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 4
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator). "PK NS 4". 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-pkns4 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Subashi
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Medicine/Magic
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Meter:	M18
Object
Manuscript:	PK NS 1-6
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	5.3 × 15.5 cm
Number of lines:	4
Interline spacing:	1.3 cm

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Transliteration

a1	śtwa· śtwa rsa rki ya [ṣ]ne ṣṣā ñā ṭa kla we tñi pu¯ ¯k suva ntsi k[ṣ]i – – – – tsa lpā lu ne
a2	– ṣṣa lyi [tra] ā ○ l·ā śśi kna lu ne [pr]e [ṣ]· pa¯ ¯t tñi : śri ñka t – vi ṣṇu ma hi śva
a3	[¯r] ta ta rku¯ ¯ṣ [swaṃ] [ce] ○ ta mtu yā kā pyā mtsā¯ ¯r : p· s· nuṃ ṣo tre ā kṣñā mci ni mn[ā]
a4	– ·ñi s̝paṃ lyā ka¯ ¯s̝t^• [m]a hā de veṃ : 1 \| 4 1 4 \| ba hu da ntā ka[ṃ] śtwa rne ṣśtwa rya

Transcription

1a	a1n1 śtwa(r)śtwar särki yaṣ neṣ ṣāñā ṭa klawe tñi puk s_uvantsi kṣi – – – (:)
1b	tsälpālune a2n1 – ṣṣalyi ; trä āl·āśśi knalune ; preṣ(i) pat tñi :
1c	śriñkät – viṣṇu mahiśvaa3r n1 ; tatärkuṣ swaṃce täm tu ; yākā pyāmtsār :
1d	p· s· nuṃ ṣotre ākṣñām-ci ; nimnā a4n1 n2 – (l)ñi ṣpäṃ lyākaṣt ; mahādeveṃ : 1

	। 4 1 4 । bahudantākaṃ śtwar neṣ śtwar ya

Translation

a1	a2 ... The goddess Śrī, Viṣnu, Mahīśvara
a3	have emitted rays. You pay homage to that. ... again I will explain to you the sign.

Commentary

Remarks

	This is an almost complete leaf with damages on the margin. The leaf number is lost. The string hole is damaged and interrupts line 2 and 3. There are traces of horizontal and vertical ruling. The script is less formal than in the average TA manuscript. On one side of the leaf the akṣaras of another leaf are imprinted covering the original akṣaras almost completely. Unfortunately, this provisional verso side thus will have to remain without transliteration (for now).

This is an almost complete leaf with damages on the margin. The leaf number is lost. The string hole is damaged and interrupts line 2 and 3. There are traces of horizontal and vertical ruling. The script is less formal than in the average TA manuscript. On one side of the leaf the akṣaras of another leaf are imprinted covering the original akṣaras almost completely. Unfortunately, this provisional verso side thus will have to remain without transliteration (for now).

Philological commentary

n1	The metrical passage here has 4 x 18 syllables with a rhythm 7/7/4.
n2	The metrical passage in the tune bahudantāka presumably is 4 x 25 syllables with a rhythm 5/5/8/7 or 7/8.

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