PK NS 4
| Known as: | PK NS 4; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 4 |
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| 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 20 May 2026). |
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: | 43434 (4x) |
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 |
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 |
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| 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 suvantsi kṣi – – – (:) |
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| 1b | tsälpālune a2n1 – ṣṣalyi ; trä āl·āśśi knalune ; preṣ(i) pat tñi : |
| 1c | śriñkät – viṣṇu mahiśvaa3rn1 ; tatärkuṣ swaṃce täm tu ; yākā pyāmtsār : |
| 1d | p· s· nuṃ ṣotre ākṣñām-ci ; nimnā a4n1n2 – (l)ñi ṣpäṃ lyākaṣt ; mahādeveṃ : 1 |
| * | । 4 1 4 । bahudantākaṃ śtwar neṣ śtwar ya |
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Translation
| a1 | a2 ... The goddess Śrī, Viṣnu, Mahīśvara |
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| 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). |
Philological commentary
| n1 | The metrical passage here has 4 x 18 syllables with a rhythm 7/7/4. |
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| n2 | The metrical passage in the tune bahudantāka presumably is 4 x 25 syllables with a rhythm 5/5/8/7 or 7/8. |
