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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
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
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.