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IOL Toch 391.a

Known as:IOL Toch 391.a; D 32
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 08 Sep. 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

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:6

Images

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

Transliteration

a1/// – to¯ ¯t ra ska re prā ska ///
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 s̝s̝ama ntrā kka o ///

Transcription

a1/// – tot räskare prāska… ///
a2/// ot weṃṣiye epiṅkte ///
a3/// ·oṃ (la)klenta poyśi – ///
a4/// weṣṣäṃ ta ///
a5/// …ñ pw aiṣ(ṣ)e – ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// – ki ce ///
b3/// – – – tmadṛṣṭi ṣe ///
b4/// ·ā ñī kektseñe – ///
b5/// (wa)lo weṣṣäṃ camel tek· ///
b6/// – lo weṣṣäṃ mäntrākka o… ///

Translation

a1... so harshly will he (?) fear ...
a2Then including urine ...
a3these sorrows the omniscient ...
a4... says: «...
a5... giving all ...
b1...
b2...
b3... self-insight ...
b4... my body ...
b5The king says: «Birth ...
b6The 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

IDP: IOL Toch 391.a

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №391

Bibliography

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.