IOL Toch 122 JOIN

Known as:	IOL Toch 122 JOIN; H 149.331; IOL Toch 122; U 10.; IOL Toch 772; Tb 076
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 122 JOIN". 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-ioltoch122_join (accessed 14 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Unknown
Collection:	British Library (London)
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānavarga
Passage:	12.8b-12.13b
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	4.2 × 2.9 cm

Transliteration

a1	/// jña yā – /// /// n[i] rvi dya te – ///
a2	/// ś·· 8 ā – /// /// – sa ye sa ññi ssa ytā ///
a3	/// – ra – /// /// – s̝s̝a lle • ā khyā tā r[a] ///
a4	/// ṣ·ā [ś]a lya ni kṛ nda na ///
a5	/// – (– –) – ///
b2	/// – : s· e mpr· tsa se s̝pa ///
b3	/// ·[y]· ma kt· /// /// gā cchā kya mu ni ḥ sa [m]· ///
b4	/// ·[ā] ti ga ṇ· /// /// – nne ṣe kṣe ka 10 2 [e] ///
b5	/// ñca • mā /// /// – [r]i we s̝s̝aṃ se ///

Transcription

a1	n1 n2 /// (pra)jñayā – /// /// nirvidyate – ///
a2	n3 n4 /// °ś(cä) 8 ā(khyāto) /// /// (ākṣu)sa yesäñ ñissa ytā(rye) ///
a3	n5 n6 /// (ka)ra(ṇīyam) /// /// (yama)ṣṣälle • ākhyātāra(s) ///
a4	n7 /// (tṛ)ṣ(ṇ)āśalyanikṛndana(ḥ) ///
a5	/// – – – – ///
b2	n8 /// – : s(e) empr(eṃ)tsa se ṣpä ///
b3	n9 n10 /// (ytār)y(e) mäkt(e) /// /// (adhya)gāc chākyamuniḥ sam(āhitaḥ) ///
b4	n11 n12 /// (cākhy)āti gaṇ(eṣv) /// /// (kraupe)nne ṣek-ṣekä 10-2 e(kāyanaṃ) ///
b5	n13 n14 /// (lkāṣṣe)ñca • mā(rgaṃ) /// /// (ytā)ri weṣṣäṃ se ///

Translation

a1	[SKT] (if one recognises [that]) through wisdom /// /// [SKT] (then) he turns away (from sorrow)
a2	[TB] (this is the way) to (complete purity) [SKT] (I have) taught (you the way) /// /// [TB] I have taught you the way
a3	[SKT] ([this] is) to be done (by you;) /// /// [TB] ([this] is) to be done (by you;) [SKT] (Tathāgatas) teach [it]
a4	[SKT] it destroys the thorn of craving
a5	...
b2	[TB] it is straight, and it is ([the way of] exertion)
b3	[TB] like (the only certain) way (of flamingos to the pond) /// /// [SKT] (which) Śākyamuni attained concentrated
b4	[SKT] and (which) he teaches (constantly) in the assemblies /// /// [TB] (and which he teaches) constantly in the assemblies [SKT] (seeing the end of rebirth and old age) [he proclaims] the only certain [way]
b5	[TB] seeing (the end of rebirth and old age [he proclaims] the only certain [way]) [SKT] (he proclaims) the [only certain] way, (kind and compassionate) /// /// [TB] he proclaims the [only certain] way, (kind and compassionate)

Commentary

Parallel texts

*	Bernhard 1965: 194-196; Chakravarti 1930: 143-146; Hahn 2007: 47-48

Philological commentary

*	The size of the lacuna between the left hand fragment IOL Toch 772 and the right hand fragment IOL Toch 122 may be estimated between 7 and 14 akṣaras on the basis of the following speculative restorations (for several correspondences there are more possibilities, which are not noted here):
*	The difference between 7 akṣ. for lines a3/b3 and 10-14 akṣ. for lines a1-2/b4-5 suggests that a3/b3 contained the string hole space. On the basis of IOL Toch 122 b2, which preserves 7 full akṣaras on 6,4 cms, the size of a lacuna of 11-12 akṣaras may have been approximately 10 cms.
n1	Uv.12.8b-c prajñayā paśyate yadā \| atha nirvidyate duḥkhād
n2	(pra)jñayā (paśyate yadā aiśamñesa lkāṣṣäṃ krui atha) nirvidyate = 14 akṣ.
n3	Uv.12.8d-9a eṣa mārgo viśuddhaye // 8 ākhyāto vo mayā mārgaḥ
n4	ā(khyāto vo mayā mārgaḥ ākṣu)sa = 10 akṣ.
n5	Uv.12.9c-d yuṣmābhir eva karaṇīyam ākhyātāras tathāgatāḥ
n6	(ka)ra(ṇīyam yessa yama)ṣṣälle = 7 akṣ.
n7	Uv.12.10b tṛṣṇāśalyanikṛntanaḥ; all manuscripts used by Bernhard 1965: 195, including this one, read °nikṛndana°
n8	Uv.12.12a eṣo ’ñjaso hy eṣa ca vai parākramas
n9	Uv.12.12b-c tv ekāyano haṃsapatho yathā hrade \| yam adhyagāc chākyamuniḥ samāhitas
n10	mäkt(e yolmeścä • yam adhya)gāc = 7 akṣ.
n11	Uv.12.12d-13a tam eva cākhyāti gaṇeṣv abhīkṣṇaśaḥ \|\| 12 ekāyanaṃ jātijarāntadarśī
n12	gaṇ(eṣv abhīkṣṇaśaḥ tāu ṣpä aksaṣṣäṃ kraupe)nne = 12 akṣ.
n13	Uv.12.13a-b ekāyanaṃ jātijarāntadarśī mārgaṃ vadaty eṣa hitānukampī
n14	mā(rgaṃ vadaty eṣa hitānukampī ytā)ri = 11 akṣ.

Remarks

*	This fragment (IOL Toch 122, right) is from the same leaf as IOL Toch 772, left: IOL Toch 772 a1-3 and IOL Toch 772 b3-5 precede IOL Toch 122 a1-3 and IOL Toch 122 b3-5 by approximately 7 to 14 akṣ. or 10 cms (see the philological commentary for details). Traces of lines a5 and b1, which contained Uv.12.10c-11d, can be discerned. If the string hole space covered only a3/b3, the manuscript must originally have had 5 lines.

This fragment (IOL Toch 122, right) is from the same leaf as IOL Toch 772, left: IOL Toch 772 a1-3 and IOL Toch 772 b3-5 precede IOL Toch 122 a1-3 and IOL Toch 122 b3-5 by approximately 7 to 14 akṣ. or 10 cms (see the philological commentary for details). Traces of lines a5 and b1, which contained Uv.12.10c-11d, can be discerned. If the string hole space covered only a3/b3, the manuscript must originally have had 5 lines.

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