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IOL Toch 145

Known as:IOL Toch 145; H 149.add.96; B.96
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 145". 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-ioltoch145 (accessed 06 Oct. 2024).

Edition

Editor:Michaël Peyrot

Provenience

Main find spot:Unknown
Collection:British Library (London)

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):7 × 7 cm
Number of lines:5

Images

Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project and the British Library.

Transliteration

a1/// ·n· pr[o] skai a rwā r[e] ya tsi au – ///
a2/// śtwā ra a ścī o kta e śne : o ṅ[k]o ///
a3/// – tsai ñe ñco lkā nta rne k[ā] [p]·e ///
a4/// – yā m· ā bhi nai wa ///
a5/// [le] ·o ///
b1/// – – – – – – – ///
b2/// ·k[ā]¯ ¯k śā yau ñke : 1 || t· k· ///
b3/// [¯]ṅk pa lkā te pre ntse to¯ ¯t i ///
b4/// [e] mpe lya o no lmeṃ tā ñī ///
b5/// – rwe¯ ¯r p[t]ā ka wa [r]pa tsi : 1 [||] ///

Transcription

a1/// (s)n(ai) proskai arwāre yatsi au – ///
a2/// śtwāra aścī oktä eśne : oṅko(lmo) ///
a3/// – tsaiñeñco lkāntar-ne p·e ///
a4/// – yām· ābhinai wa ///
a5/// le ·o ///
b1/// – – – – – – – ///
b2
1x/// ·kāk śāyau ñke : 1 ॥
· ·///
b3/// …ṅk pälkāte prentse tot i… ///
b4/// empelya onolmeṃ ñī ///
b5
1x/// (ā)rwer ptāka warpatsi : 1 ॥

Translation

a1... without fear, ready, ... started (?) to go ...
a2... four heads [and] eight eyes. The elephant ...
a3... these two ornaments are seen on him. ...
a4... acting ...
a5...
b1...
b2... yet I still live now. 1. || ...
b3... thought ... an instant such ...
b4... terrible ... being ... she me ...
b5... be ready to receive it! 1. ||

Commentary

Remarks

According to Broomhead 1962: 291 "[w]ritten in medium ductus the writing is very clear. The middle of a five line manuscript."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 145

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №145; Broomhead 1962: 291

Bibliography

Broomhead 1962

Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.

IDP

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

Peyrot 2007

Peyrot, Michaël. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 1 – IOL Toch 822 in the India Office Library.” International Dunhuang Project. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Peyrot_2007.