PK NS 45
| Known as: | PK NS 45 |
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| Cite this page as: | Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator). "PK NS 45". 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-pkns45 (accessed 08 Feb. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Georges-Jean Pinault; Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator) |
| Date of online publication: | 2014-08 |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Duldur-akur |
| Specific find spot: | DA, cour |
| Expedition code: | DA cour |
| Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Candraprabha-Avadāna |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Candraprabha-Avadāna |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 4.5 × 7 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
| Interline spacing: | 1.1 cm |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·s· ·r· ·c· • a k❠¯lk spa rk· ta· [m]· /// |
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| a2 | /// la lā lo¯ ¯s̝ ta ṅku we¯ ¯ṣ a k❠¯lk [t](·) /// |
| a3 | /// tu m· kwa ne ṣā lla ṣpe rksa ma ñcu ṣkai sa – /// |
| a4 | /// ṣk· ṣe – ·e – – lo ra mno a sā naṃ /// |
| b1 | /// [m]ai yyā cc· (– – –) p[o] wa(·) [k]s̝a· tsa /// |
| b2 | /// ksa [wi] ya ta rne || tu meṃ ca ndra pra bhe ma /// |
| b3 | /// yya e ta ṅka ccai plā ska twe klyo mai : e /// |
| b4 | /// [s]e ñi [śa] mpa śa mtsi : ñī ra no [a] /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·s· ·r· ·c· • akālk spärk(e)tä(r) m· /// |
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| a2 | /// lalāloṣ täṅkuweṣ akālk t· /// |
| a3 | /// tum(eṃ) kwa neṣālla ṣperksa mäñcuṣkai sa – /// |
| a4 | /// ṣk· ṣe – ·e – (wa)lo ram no asānaṃ /// |
| b1 | /// maiyyācc· – – – po wa(r)kṣä(l)tsa /// |
| b2 | /// ksa wiyatär-ne ॥ tumeṃ candraprabhe mä(ñcuṣke) /// |
| b3 | /// (mai)yya etaṅkäccai plāska twe klyomai : e /// |
| b4 | /// se ñiśampa śamtsi : ñī rano a /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| This fragment belongs to the same manuscript as PK NS 18 and PK NS 399. The little fragment is the middle part of a leaf without a trace of the string hole. |


