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IOL Toch 217

Known as:IOL Toch 217; H add.149.93; C.93
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 217". 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-ioltoch217 (accessed 05 May 2024).

Edition

Editor:Michaël Peyrot
Date of online publication:2014-08-13

Provenience

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

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Title of the work:Hariścandrāvadāna
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):8.9 × 8.9 cm
Number of lines:7

Images

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

Transliteration

a1/// – mā tne || nau ske a ra [ñ]·ä ///
a2/// [l](·)[ā] ntaṃ o no lmeṃ ·u ska [s]k·(·) ///
a3/// – lā¯ ¯ñc la ntu ññe ī ke [n]e [kr]· ///
a4/// ○ tse tā kau¯ ¯c || ha ri śca ///
a5/// ○ ñi śce wä nt[a] re ne ṣ[ta] – ///
a6/// ○ [k]ra tā [t]ña ·ā ·[e] [l]· ///
a7/// – (–) ·[e] ///
b3/// – – (–) – (–) – ///
b4/// ○ wā yau [m]· [||] – – ///
b5/// ○ nta ṣe sa mā ta rlā [nts]· ///
b6/// ○ tu meṃ mā ce¯ ¯r lā ntsa – ///
b7/// [ka] ṣṣe ne || to ywa te ñī paiṃ – ///
b8/// – n[o] : ha ri śca ndra ·[o]ṃ śka [ñ]ī ///
b9/// [ś]·[o]¯ ¯m e tsu wai [k]e ka mo – ///

Transcription

a1 /// (॥) (niṣkra)mātne ॥ nauske arañ(c)ä(nne) ///
a2 /// (ta)l(l)āntäṃ onolmeṃ (n)uskask(eṃ) ///
a3 /// – lāñc lantuññe īkene kr· ///
a4 /// …tse tākau-chariśca(ndre) ///
a5 /// ñiś ce wäntarene ta – ///
a6 /// krätātñ= a ·ā ·e l· ///
a7 /// – – ·e ///
b3 /// – – – – – – ///
b4 /// wāyau-m(e) ॥ – – ///
b5 /// (amācä)nta ṣesa mātär lānts(o) ///
b6 /// tumeṃ mācer lāntsa – ///
b7 /// (॥) (nauṣaññe) (nāṭa)käṣṣene ॥ toy wate ñī paiṃ(tsa) ///
b8 /// – no : hariścandra (s)oṃśka ñī ///
b9 /// ś·om etsuwai kekamo(rmeṃ) ///

Translation

a1 … (||) in the [tune] (niṣkra)mātne || Oppression into the hearts …
a2 … (kings) oppress the miserable beings …
a3 … kings in [their] royal place [i.e. position] (do good deeds) …
a4 … I will be … for you. Hariścandra (says:) …
a5 … and in this matter I …
a6 … grateful …
a7
b3
b4 … I will lead you. || …
b5 … (the ministers) together with [his] mother the queen …
b6 … Thereupon [his] mother the queen …
b7 … (||) in the [tune] (nauṣaññe nāṭa)käṣṣene || They for the second time tonight … my …
b8 … Hariścandra! Dear son of mine! …
b9 … having come towards …

Commentary

Philological commentary

For a detailed commentary and a discussion of the Old Uyghur parallel from the Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā, see Peyrot and Wilkens 2014.

Remarks

Compared to IDP, recto and verso are to be reversed.
Broomhead 1962: 129-130 also has sides in reverse order; he describes the MS as "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and very clearly preserved, it is a section near the left or right edge of a large manuscript of probably nine lines. The Schnurloch is to the left, and occupies three lines."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 217

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №217; Broomhead 1962: 129-130; Peyrot and Wilkens 2014

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 thesis, 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. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Peyrot_2007.

Peyrot and Wilkens 2014

Peyrot, Michaël, and Jens Wilkens. 2014. “Two Tocharian B fragments parallel to the Hariścandra-Avadāna of the Old Uyghur Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā.” Acta Orientalia Hungarica 67: 319–35.