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PK NS 73

Known as:	PK NS 73
Cite this page as:	"PK NS 73". 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-pkns73 (accessed 17 Dec. 2025).
Provenience
Expedition code:	M 504.X
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

Transliteration

a1	/// – – [nd]eṃ kā ka pe te a śī yaṃ tse pi¯ ¯[ś] – – – ///
a2	/// – [l]e tsai a śī [y]ai – ///
a3	/// ·[e] /// /// ka ryo rtau ṣai w[ī] ///
a4	/// tsi ā ñme ṣai [•] ///
b1	/// – – – – – ·[m]· ñc[ai] meṃ o s· – – – – – – – – ///
b2	/// [pā] yti tra ṅko de ·i – – – ///
b3	/// [k]u wra ttse ka [r]·au ///
b4	/// – – [na] nde ceṃ ṣa mā neṃ ṣa ḍva [r]g· nt· – ///

Transcription

a1	/// (āna)ndeṃ kāka pete aśīyaṃtse piś (wästsanma) ///
a2	/// (a)letsai aśīyai(meṃ) ///
a3	/// ·e /// /// käryortau ṣai wī ///
a4	/// tsi āñme ṣai • ///
b1	/// (alecce) (osta) (ṣ)m(e)ñcaimeṃ os(ta) (ṣmeñcantse) (śanomeṃ) (wat) ///
b2	/// pāyti traṅko de(ś)i(t) (yamaṣle) ///
b3	/// ku wrattse kär(k)au ///
b4	/// (upa)nande ceṃ ṣamāneṃ ṣaḍvarg(i)nt(a) – ///

Translation

a1	/// He called Ānanda, 'Give to that nun five (clothes).' ///
a2	/// (from) an unrelated nun ///
a3	/// there was the merchant. ... ///
a4	/// had the wish to ///
b1	/// from the (unrelated) householder, (or the wife of) house(holder) ///
b2	/// Pāt.-sin. The confession (should be made). ///
b3	/// ... was stolen ///
b4	/// Upananda ... this monk (and) the monks of the group of six ///

References

other

Ogihara 2009: 312-314

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.