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PK NS 69

Known as:	PK NS 69
Cite this page as:	"PK NS 69". 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-pkns69 (accessed 20 Jan. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Specific find spot:	DA cour
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Vinaya
Object
Manuscript:	PK NS 64 ff
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	lyā ka a kā śne s· ñ· ///
a2	te sā¯ ¯ṅk krau pa ṣṣa ce [śa] ○ – – – ///
a3	ṣa [ḍva] rgi nta sa ptā da śa va ○ – – ///
a4	klyau [ṣa] nā ksa te sā¯ ¯ṅk krau pa – ///
b1	|| pa ñä kte śrā va sti ne ma s[k]ī – – ///
b2	tyā mo rsa pa¯ ¯stä srū ka • pa ○ – – ///
b3	tya ma s̝aṃ pā yti 60 3 || pa ○ – – ///
b4	rne kl[u] tta ñ[c]i ye n[ta] [r]a – ///

Transcription

a1	lyāka akāśne s· ñ· ///
a2	te sāṅk kraupäṣṣa ce śä(kṣapāt) ///
a3	ṣa ḍvarginta saptādaśava(rginta) ///
a4	klyauṣa nāksate sāṅk kraupä(ṣṣa) ///
b1	॥ pañäkte śrāvastine mäskī(tär) ///
b2	°t yāmorsa päst srūka • pa(ñäkte) ///
b3	°t yamaṣäṃ pāyti 60-3 ॥ pa(ñäkte) ///
b4	rne kluttañciyentär{†ä} – ///

Translation

a1	He saw ... In the sky ... ///
a2	(Buddha heard, blamed and) gathered the community. (He established) this prescription. ///
a3	The monks of the group of six (and) the monks of the group of seventeen ///
a4	(Buddha) heard, blamed and gathered the community. (He established this prescription.) ///
b1	Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī. ///
b2	He died by the tickle. Buddha (heard, blamed and gathered the community. He proclaimed this prescription. If a monk)
b3	tickles (a monk), Pāt. 63 || Buddha ///
b4	they were turning [in the water] ///

References

other

Ogihara 2009: 375-377; Ogihara 2013: 192, 196

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.

Ogihara 2013

Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2013. “Tocharian Vinaya texts in the Paris collection.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 14: 187–211.