PK NS 80.2

Known as:	PK NS 80.2; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 80.2
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator). "PK NS 80.2". 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-pkns802 (accessed 12 Apr. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn (collaborator)
Date of online publication:	2015-05-25
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Expedition code:	882
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Supriyanāṭaka
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	Supriyanāṭaka PK AS 17
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	12.1 × 14.3 cm
Number of lines:	6
Interline spacing:	2.2 cm

Images

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a1	/// ñ(·) ñma mpa k(·) l(·)¯ ¯ñc (–) (·)k(·) \|\| – w(·) ///
a2	/// ·o mpa nai e rai twe yā ta lñe cwi o r[o] tsts(·) [:] (·)wr(·) ///
a3	/// ○ ndra bhā suṃ lāṃ tsa pi lko śe śśa ///
a4	/// ○ ñca kreṃ tyo laiṃ yta ri ṣṣa na ṣ(·)o(·) r(·) ///
a5	/// ya ma lye • \|\| tu meṃ ca ndra bhā su ///
a6	/// (·)eṃ (–) rpseṃ kre nta ṣo tru na : i ///
b1	/// [c](·) (–) [m]ñ(·) sa ·e pre ntse ce¯ ¯u ī ke¯ ¯[ś](·)[ä] ///
b2	/// [rk](·) sa [p]r[e] kseṃ kuse te ste • wä rcci m[e] we ///
b3	/// ○ skeṃ ne¯ ¯śä • \|\| pa ñca mne \|\| [k](·) ///
b4	/// ○ pa lsko nta : cī ka¯ ¯s̝ ṣe ye¯ ¯m pa ///
b5	/// (·)ñ(·) : \|\| tu meṃ cai go yā ni ṣṣi lā¯ ¯ñc[ä] we ///
b6	/// staṃ y[y]ā ma ne lya ka (·)e [ka] lī¯ ¯ṅk – ///

a1	/// (ṣa)ñ (ā)ñmämpa k(a) l(ā)ñc (wes)k(eṃ) ॥ – w· ///
a2	n1

1x	/// (ok)ompa nai eraitwe ; yātalñe cwi ; orotsts(e) :

*	·wr· ··///
a3	/// (ca)ndrabhāsuṃ lāṃtsa pilko śeśśa(mu) ///
a4	/// °ñca kreṃt yolaiṃ ytariṣṣana ṣ()o(t)r(una) ///
a5	/// yamalye • ॥ tumeṃ candrabhāsu ///
a6

1x	/// ·eṃ ; (ṣa)rpseṃ krenta ; ṣotruna :

*	i° ///
b1	/// c(ämpa)mñ(e)sa (ṣ)e prentse ce_u īkeś· ///
b2	n2 /// (ya)rk(e)sa prekseṃ k_use te ste • wärccime we(ṣṣäṃ) ///
b3	n3 n4 /// (we)skeṃ-neś • ॥ pañcamne ॥ k· ///
b4	n5

1x	/// pälskonta :
1d	cī kaṣ ṣeyem ; pä(lskonta) ; /// b5/// ·ñ· :

*	॥ tumeṃ cai goyāniṣṣi lāñc we(skeṃ) ///
b6	n6 /// (po)stäṃ yyāmane lyaka (c)e kalīṅk – ///

a1	... the kings only speak to themselves: (In) [the tune] ...
a2	... by means of the fruit (of his merits?) indeed [his] capacity is great. ...
a3	... having fixed his sight on king Candrabhāsu ...
a4	... (teach?)ing the marks of the good [and] bad paths ...
a5	... it will be done. Thereupon (king) Candrabhāsu ...
a6	... they (show) the good signs. ...
b1	... through [his] capacity in a single instant towards this place ...
b2	... with homage they ask: What is that? W. (says?) ...
b3	... they say to him: In [the tune] p.: ...
b4	... the thoughts. We were ... your thoughts ...
b5	... [1d] Thereupon the Goyāni kings sa(y): ...
b6	... traveling after ... he saw this Kaliṅga [country] ...

*	Note the interpunctation with dot and double before \|\| in lines a3, b3, b5.
n1	The remains of the akṣara speak in favor of a reading ‹ko›.
n2	A reading wärccirma is also possible. The hapax may be a personal name or a title.
n3	The tune is already recorded in this manuscript, it has 4x14 (7/7) syllables.
n4	The reading kaṣ is certain, also the separation cī kaṣ, with cī being the genitive pronoun. The meaning of the hapax kaṣ remains unclear.
n5	goyāniṣṣi ought to refer to a place or people, ultimately derived from Skt. goyāna- 'cart'.
n6	The reading yyāmane is very likely, it may be a metrical form of iyāmane, the m-part. of iyā- 'to go (by waggon)'.

*	A fragment from the middle of a leaf with the right part of the string hole preserved.