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PK NS 74

Known as:	PK NS 74
Cite this page as:	"PK NS 74". 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-pkns74 (accessed 13 Aug. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Specific find spot:	DA, cour
Expedition code:	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
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

Transliteration

a1	///
a2	/// – yśi sai mw· – ///
a3	/// ○ y[t]i • ñī tro ṅka meṃ ya s· ·[ra] ///
a4	/// – – ○ n[e] tsa mo yä nma ṣyeṃ • tī rthi l[y]· – /// – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
a5	– ·[y]· • se ṣa mā ne ka tko¯ ¯s̝ pre ke rī kwa ṣai ne [y]ä – – ///
b1	/// [p]· ñä kt[e] śwā tsi¯ ¯ś ka kā te e ṣe sā¯ ¯ṅk u – – – ///
b2	/// ○ kca śwā tsi ka lpā re • pa ñä kte klyau – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ///
b3	/// ○ – – – – l[y]ñe sa po staṃ śi nma lñe sa sā – – – – ///
b4	/// r·· [m]o ·e [e] ne ṅka ·o ///
b5	/// – ·[ā] ///

Transcription

a1	///
a2	/// (po)yśi saim w(aste) ///
a3	/// yti • ñī troṅkameṃ ya s· ·rä ///
a4	/// (kwaṣai) ne tsamo yänmaṣyeṃ • tīrthi ly(kārme) /// (klyauṣa) (nāksate) (sāṅk) (kraupäṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt)
a5	(śānm)y(a) • se ṣamāne kätkoṣ preke rī kwaṣaine yä(nmaṣṣäṃ) ///
b1	/// p(a)ñäkte śwātsiś kakāte eṣe sāṅk u(panande) ///
b2	/// kca śwātsi kälpāre • pañäkte klyau(ṣa) (nāksate) (sāṅk) (kraupäṣṣa) (ce) (śikṣapāt) (śānmya) ///
b3	/// (nauṣ) (tsaṅka)lyñesa postäṃ śinmalñesa sā(ṅk) (miyiṣṣäṃ) ///
b4	/// r·· mo ·e eneṅka ·o ///
b5	/// – ·ā ///

Translation

a2	/// the omniscient, refuge [and] protection ///
a3	/// ... from my cave ... ///
a4	/// they entered into (the village) frequently. The heretics saw them. ///
a5	(Buddha heard, blamed and gathered the community. He) [proclaimed] (the prescription.) If a monk [enters] into a city or a village when the time has passed ///
b1	/// he invited Buddha to the meal with the community. [Upananda] ///
b2	/// they obtained the food. Buddha heard, (blamed and gathered the community. He proclaimed the prescription.) ///
b3	/// (he embarrasses) the community by [the early departure or] the late arrival ///
b4	/// ... inside ... ///
b5	/// ... ///

References

other

Ogihara 2009: 392-393

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.