IOL Toch 6
| Known as: | IOL Toch 6; H 149.36 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 6". 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-ioltoch6 (accessed 17 Aug. 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 | |
| Title of the work: | Pratītyasamutpāda |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Abhidharma |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 7.6 × 19.1 cm |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project and the British Library.
Transliteration
| lf | – 9 |
|---|---|
| a1 | śo¯ – – [ṣe] pi – – [r]·· – – [me] – – – – [s]u su [k]·¯ ¯·ñ rsa we – (–) cme – /// |
| a2 | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – [ś]· [ñ]· – – – – – – – – mi /// |
| a3 | – – – – pa ·[ś]· [lñ]· – – [l]s·· – – – – – – /// |
| a4 | – – – [mā] ṣe p[i] i t[r]e [t]· – – – – – – – – – – /// |
| a5 | – – – – [i] – – ·[e] – – – – – [m]i [p]· ·e [t]· – – – – /// |
| a6 | – – – [ske] – (–) – ·e – ñe ·[i] la kle ·e – – – – – – – – /// |
| b1 | ·[t]s· s̝a rmai s̝aṃ la kle ktsai tsa ñe [s]ru ka lñe ntse te ·[ä] – – [t]·[¯] [¯]y s̝a rm[o] [k]· /// |
| b2 | ṣñā ri ke nta ne kly· – ne m[ā] – [r]·[o] rmeṃ o no lmi [t]ne¯ ¯k spo rto ntra – – [t]· /// |
| b3 | ce pi śa k[w]i – ·e – ·e – [ma] ksu ka tko wā kna tsa ñe s[t]e /// |
| b4 | vi p·e [śś]· – ntse wā ki [sa] [no] [ta] [n]e w· k[i] – lpā sta /// |
| b5 | mā ·[e] – ya ma lñe – pre śśi ya ntse wā ki sa no ta ne wā ki ka lpā stra : /// |
| b6 | ktsai tsä ñe [s]ru ka lñe – m[a] nta : ce¯ ¯yä pe lai kne nta [ṣ]e· m· – ntre cci mā wai /// |
Transcription
| lf | – 9 |
| a1 | śo – – ṣe pi – – r·· – – me – – – – su su k· ·ñ rsa we – – cme – /// |
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| a2 | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ś· ñ· – – – – – – – – mi /// |
| a3 | – – – – pä ·ś· lñ· – – ls·· – – – – – – /// |
| a4 | – – – mā ṣe pi itre t· – – – – – – – – – – /// |
| a5 | – – – – i – – ·e – – – – – mi p· ·e t· – – – – /// |
| a6 | – – – ske – – – ·e – ñe ·i läkle ·e – – – – – – – – /// |
| b1 | ·ts· ṣärm aiṣäṃ lakle ktsaitsañe srukalñentse te ·ä – – t· y ṣärm ok(o) /// |
| b2 | ṣñār ikentane kly(ema)ne mā (kä)r(s)ormeṃ onolmi tne-k sportonträ – – t· /// |
| b3 | n1 cepi śak wi – ·e – ·e – mäksu kätkow āknatsañe ste /// |
| b4 | °vi p(r)eśś(iya)ntse wākisa no tane w(ā)ki (kä)lpāstä(r) /// |
| b5 | mā ·e – yamalñe – preśśiyantse wākisa no tane wāki kälpāsträ : /// |
| b6 | ktsaitsäñe srukalñe – manta : cey pelaiknenta ṣe· m· – ntrecci mā wai /// |
Translation
| a1 | śo – – ṣe pi – – r·· – – me – – – – su su k· ·ñ rsa we – – cme – /// |
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| a2 | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ś· ñ· – – – – – – – – mi /// |
| a3 | – – – – pä ·ś· lñ· – – ls·· – – – – – – /// |
| a4 | – – – mā ṣe pi itre t· – – – – – – – – – – /// |
| a5 | – – – – i – – ·e – – – – – mi p· ·e t· – – – – /// |
| a6 | – – – ske – – – ·e – ñe ·i läkle ·e – – – – – – – – /// |
| b1 | ... gives the cause of ... Sorrow and old age ... of death ... cause and effect ... |
| b2 | ... standing each in their own place. Not having known this, the beings here conduct themselves ... |
| b3 | ... the twelve parts (?) of the ... Who has crossed foolishness ... |
| b4 | ... through the distinction of the ... time one obtains the distinction here ... |
| b5 | ... through the distinction of the time of not doing ... one obtains the distinction here ... |
| b6 | ... old age, death ... These laws ... |
Commentary
Remarks
| On IDP, recto and verso are reversed. | |
| The recto is badly abraded: all readings are uncertain. | |
| Pages also reversed in Broomhead 1962: 188, who describes the ms. as "[w]ritten in medium ductus ... badly abraded and to all intents and purposes illegible on verso". |
Philological commentary
| : on top of the 9 there appears to be another number, perhaps 30 or 60. | |
| n1 | śak wi – ·e –: possibly śak wi (pak)e(nta) (cf THT 149 a1). |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | A1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Broomhead 1962: 188; Peyrot 2007: №6
Bibliography
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.
“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.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
