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PK NS 59

Known as:PK NS 59
Cite this page as:"PK NS 59". 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-pkns59 (accessed 17 Mar. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Duldur-akur
Expedition code:DA Ncc
Collection:Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)

Language and Script

Language:TB

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Vinaya

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī

Transliteration

a1/// [ñ]·¯ ¯m pra se na ji lā [n]· ///
a2/// – – – [y]ā m[ts]i sa nau mye nta y·ā – – – – – ///
a3/// [s]· ṅkrau pa ṣṣa śi – – – – – ///
a4/// – – – – [s̝aṃ] pā yti tra ṅ[k]o ka – – ///
a5/// – ///
b1///
b2/// – – kt· k·[au] [ṣa] n· ·[s]· – ///
b3/// – m· s· – ka [pp]ī ///
b4/// 50 9 || pa [ñ]· kte r· – – – – – – – ///
b5/// – wa· to ne a m· [c]ä [na] [tr]· ///

Transcription

a1/// ñ(e)m prasenaji lān(te) ///
a2/// (ceu) (smāṃ) yāmtsisa naumyenta y(t)ā(rine) (ṣallāre) ///
a3/// s(ā)ṅ kraupäṣṣa śi(kṣapāt) (śānmya) ///
a4/// (wat) (watkä)ṣäṃ pāyti traṅko kä(ttaṅkäṃ) ///
a5/// – ///
b1///
b2/// (pañä)kt(e) k(ly)auṣa n(āk)s(ate) ///
b3/// (ṣe)m(e)s(a) (kca) kappī ///
b4/// 50-9 ॥ pañ(ä)kte r(ājagrine) (mäskītär) ///
b5/// – wa(r)tone am(ā)c{†ä} natr· ///

Translation

a1/// by name, of the king Prasenajit ///
a2/// in order to (test this one, they threw) jewels on the road. ///
a3/// he gathered the community and (proclaimed) the prescription. ///
a4/// (or) [orders], he commits Pāt.-sin. ///
a5/// ... ///
b2/// Buddha heard and blamed ///
b3/// with the one the purity ///
b4/// 59 || Buddha (was staying in) Rājagṛha. ///
b5/// [in the forest], the minister ... ///

Commentary

Remarks

*PK NS 59, PK NS 60, PK NS 61 and PK NS 62 belong to the same manuscript.

References

other

Ogihara 2009: 368-370

Bibliography

Ogihara 2009

Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2009. “Researches about Vinaya-texts in Tocharian A and B [Recherches sur le Vinaya en tokharien A et B].” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.