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PK NS 61

Known as:	PK NS 61
Cite this page as:	"PK NS 61". 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-pkns61 (accessed 22 Jan. 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	/// – – ·[ṣ]· [p]· ta śā· m[y]· kuse ṣa [m]· – ///
a2	/// pa ñä kte śrā va s[ti] ne [ma] – – – ///
a3	/// [n]· pa¯ – pa¯ ¯s[t]ä – ///
a4	/// – – – – – – k[s]a te sā ṅ[k]r[au] – – – – – – – – – ///
a5	///
b1	///
b2	/// – – – [mṣ]· te ta ṅ[k]ā – ///
b3	/// – – – – [ṣa] nā ksa te sā· [k]r· – – – – – – – – – ///
b4	/// – – ryā mtsi wa tka s̝s̝aṃ p[ā] [y]· – – – – – ///
b5	/// ·ā m· ṅtsi ṣmī y·ṃ o¯ ¯t ///

Transcription

a1	/// (ce) (śik)ṣ(a)p(ā)t{†ä} śā(n)my(a) k_use ṣam(āne) ///
a2	/// pañäkte śrāvastine mä(skītär) ///
a3	/// n· pa – päst – ///
a4	/// (pañäkte) (klyauṣa) (nā)ksate sāṅ krau(päṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya) ///
a5	///
b1	///
b2	/// (puwar) (yā)mṣ(a)te täṅkā(tsi) ///
b3	/// (pañäkte) (klyau)ṣa nāksate sā(ṅ) kr(aupäṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya) ///
b4	/// (puwa)r yāmtsi watkäṣṣäṃ pāy(ti) (traṅko) (kättaṅkäṃ) ///
b5	/// ·ā m· ṅtsi ṣmīy(e)ṃ ot ///

Translation

a1	He proclaimed this prescription. If a monk ///
a2	Buddha [was staying] in Śrāvastī. ///
a3	... away ///
a4	(Buddha heard,) blamed and gathered the community. (He proclaimed the prescription.) ///
b2	He made (a fire) to warm himself ///
b3	(Buddha) [heard], blamed and [gathered] the community. (He proclaimed the prescription.)
b4	(or) orders to make a fire, (he commits) Pāt.(-sin.) ///
b5	... they were sitting. Then ///

Commentary

Remarks

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

References

other

Ogihara 2009: 355-356

Bibliography

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.