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IOL Toch 1243

Known as:	IOL Toch 1243
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 1243". 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-ioltoch1243 (accessed 04 May 2024).
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:	29.54a-29.57a
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	2.9 × 3.8 cm

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Transliteration

a1	/// – te wi tsa ko [k]· ///
a2	/// lpo s̝a • ko nu ///
b1	/// – tya s· [r]v· sa[ṃ] jñ[ā]· ///
b2	/// – pu ra to mu ñca ///

Transcription

a1	n1 /// (ke)te witsäko k(enne) ///
a2	n2 /// (tsä)lpoṣä • ko nu ///
b1	n3 /// (atī)tya s(a)rv(a)saṃjñā(ṃ) ///
b2	n4 /// – purato muñca ///

Translation

a1	[TB]: who (has no) root in the earth
a2	[TB]: (the wise who) is released (from fetters) [SKT]: who should reproach him?
b1	[SKT] (he who) leaves behind (attachment) and consciousness,
b2	[SKT]: (give up) in front, give up (behind)

Commentary

Parallel texts

	SI B 117; Bernhard 1965: 389-391; Hahn 2007: 115-116

Remarks

	Although the fragment is also archaic, it is not from the same manuscript as IOL Toch 1244.

Philological commentary

n1	Uv.29.54a yasya mūlaṃ kṣitau nāsti
n2	Uv.29.54c-d taṃ dhīraṃ bandhanān muktaṃ ko nu ninditum arhati
n3	Uv.29.56c sa hi saṅgam atītya sarvasaṃjñāṃ
n4	Uv.29.57a muñca purato muñca paścato, see Dhp.348d (and Norman 2004: 50).

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 1243

Edition

Tamai 2007: №1243; Peyrot 2008a: 111

Bibliography

Bernhard 1965

Bernhard, Franz. 1965. Udānavarga. Band I, Einleitung, Beschreibung der Handschriften, Textausgabe, Bibliographie. Sanskrittexte aus den Turfanfunden 10. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht.

Hahn 2007

Hahn, Michael. 2007. Vom rechten Leben, Buddhistische Lehren aus Indien und Tibet, Aus dem Sanskrit und aus dem Tibetischen übersetzt und herausgegeben. Frankfurt am Main/Leipzig: Verlag der Weltreligionen (im Insel Verlag).

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Norman 2004

Norman, Kenneth R. 2004. The word of the doctrine (Dhammapada). Translated with an introduction and notes. Vol. 46. PTS. Oxford: Pali Text Society.

Peyrot 2008a

Peyrot, Michaël. 2008a. “More Sanskrit – Tocharian B bilingual Udānavarga fragments.” Indogermanische Forschungen 113: 83–125.

Tamai 2007

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 853 – IOL Toch 1247 in the India Office Library, London.” The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Tamai_2007.