A Reconstructed Tocharian Reading
Translation
PK AS 13J
Āṭavaka came from the wild place, fierce and hard of heart. His power frightened others, but it did not frighten the Dharma.
Before the Buddha, violence lost its throne. What was savage could be tamed; what was cruel could turn; what was outside the path could enter refuge.
1:1 Translation
PK AS 13J
a1 /// Buddha; seeing; having surpassed ///
a2 /// this ///
a3 /// Buddha; yakṣa; seeing ///
a4 /// yakṣa; having surpassed; terrible, horrible; then, indeed ///
a5 /// Āṭavaka; without; this; then ///
b1 n1 /// more, very; hand; does; having done ///
b2 /// yakṣa; anger, displeasure, contempt; suffering, to suffer; not; to announce, proclaim, teach ///
b3 /// becoming; yakṣa; this; ~ what has to be averted/abandoned ///
b4 /// indeed; this; not ///
b5 /// Buddha; seeing; having surpassed ///
Source-Close Translation
PK AS 13J
a1 /// broken words in the field of Buddha; seeing; having surpassed ///
a2 /// broken words around āmpa ///
a3 /// Buddha; yakṣa ///
a4 /// yakṣa ///
a5 /// Āṭavaka ///
b1 n1 /// broken words around kakācu, añcalyi, ṣarne ///
b2 /// yakṣa ///
b3 /// becoming; yakṣa ///
b4 /// broken words in the field of Buddha; seeing; having surpassed ///
b5 /// broken words in the field of Buddha; seeing; having surpassed ///
Colophon
This Good Works Translation was made from inspected Tocharian transliterations/transcriptions for the witnesses grouped here as Āṭavaka Avadāna Fragment, indexed by CEToM. The reconstructed English reading is independently derived from the source text and lexical controls exposed in the source records. Existing CEToM translation-control lines, where present, were consulted only for checking the direction of difficult or damaged passages and were not copied as the English body.
The source is damaged and discontinuous. This page is therefore a reconstructed reading from damaged witnesses, not a restored Tocharian base text and not a complete-work claim.
Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.
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Source Text: Tocharian Witnesses
Tocharian source text inspected through CEToM. Presented here for reference, study, and verification alongside the English reading above.
PK AS 13J — unplaced
PK AS 13J. Language: TB. Lines: 5. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-pkas13j.
a1 /// y· ///
a2 /// ·k· r·āmpa ta – – sū ///
a3 /// pañäkte lyelyakormeṃ yakṣañ· na° ///
a4 /// ṣ(e)ṣṣīrku : empelye pi yakṣantse yaṣtsi cas pyabha – ///
a5 /// k·nte snai karu sū yākṣe ṅke 1 ॥ tumeṃ āṭavaki – ///
b1 n1 /// ne olyapotstse kakācu añcalyi ṣarne yāmu ñe° ///
b2 /// erkantäññe warpatsi : mā kampelye yakṣaṃnmeṃ pokse – ///
b3 /// cwī yakṣantse k u calle masnabhavaṃne 1 ॥ – ///
b4 /// – ·e ka sū – ṣāl· ·ai ma ///
b5 /// – ñ – ///
Source Colophon
The source text follows Tocharian transliterations/transcriptions available through CEToM, https://cetom.univie.ac.at/, as cached for the 2026-05-10 Good Works source scout. Ancient source text and faithful transcription are used as source material. Modern translations, commentary, and scholarly notes exposed by CEToM were treated as controls only.
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