IOL Toch 391.a
| Known as: | IOL Toch 391.a; D 32 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 391.a". 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-ioltoch391a (accessed 20 Jan. 2026). |
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 |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// – to¯ ¯t ra ska re prā ska /// |
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| a2 | /// o¯ ¯t weṃ ṣi ye e pi ṅkte /// |
| a3 | /// ·[o]ṃ (–) kle nta po yśi – /// |
| a4 | /// we s̝s̝aṃ ta s· /// |
| a5 | /// [¯]ñ[ä] pwai ṣ·e – /// |
| b1 | /// – /// |
| b2 | /// – ki ce m· /// |
| b3 | /// – – – tma dṛ ṣṭi [ṣ]e /// |
| b4 | /// ·ā ñī ke ktse ñe s· (–) /// |
| b5 | /// lo we s̝s̝aṃ ca me¯ ¯l [t]e k· /// |
| b6 | /// – lo we s̝s̝aṃ ma ntrā kka o /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – tot räskare prāska° /// |
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| a2 | /// ot weṃṣiye epiṅkte /// |
| a3 | /// ·oṃ (la)klenta poyśi – /// |
| a4 | /// weṣṣäṃ ta s· /// |
| a5 | /// °ñ pw aiṣ(ṣ)e – /// |
| b1 | /// – /// |
| b2 | /// – ki ce m· /// |
| b3 | /// – – – tmadṛṣṭi ṣe /// |
| b4 | /// ·ā ñī kektseñe s· – /// |
| b5 | /// (wa)lo weṣṣäṃ camel tek· /// |
| b6 | /// – lo weṣṣäṃ mäntrākka o° /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... so harshly will he (?) fear ... |
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| a2 | Then including urine ... |
| a3 | these sorrows the omniscient ... |
| a4 | ... says: «... |
| a5 | ... giving all ... |
| b1 | ... |
| b2 | ... |
| b3 | ... self-insight ... |
| b4 | ... my body ... |
| b5 | The king says: «Birth ... |
| b6 | The king says: «Such ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| The press mark consists of two fragments, a and b. At the recto of fragment a, a rather large piece is lying at the lower right corner, interfering with the reading. |
References
Online access
Edition
Peyrot 2007: №391
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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.
