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IOL Toch 63
| Known as: | IOL Toch 63; H 149.221; A.221 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 63". 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-ioltoch63 (accessed 08 Oct. 2024). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
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| Collection: | British Library (London) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | classical |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Ṣaḍdanta-Jātaka |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
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| Meter: | 665 (4x) |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 3.8 × 7 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 3 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | ma he ndra se neṃ lā nta śco ṣī /// |
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| a2 | śpā lmeṃ lā ntso śtā¯ ¯u ñä ske¯ ¯[m] /// |
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| a3 | nd·a se [n]e – [lo] – ·eṃ /// |
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| b1 | ·[y]··[u] /// |
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| b2 | mtsi • || tu meṃ bhā dra mñcu ṣka lā /// |
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| b3 | nai plā wa kwri ñī tkā ce¯ ¯r kwä l·e /// |
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Transcription
Translation
| a1 | ... (took) a step towards king Mahendrasena ... |
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| a2 | ... (they said?) unto the excellent queen: her we desire ... |
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| a3 | ... king Mahendrasena ... |
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| b1 | ... |
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| b2 | ... • || Thereupon princess Bhadrā ... the king ... |
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| b3 | ... send! if my daughter is wishing ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | According to Broomhead 1962: 143, this is one of three manuscriprs mentioning King Mahendrasena (the other two being IOL Toch 1 and IOL Toch 29). He goes on to describe it as "a three line fragment written in small ductus, very clearly preserved" (ibid. and cf. p. 144). |
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References
Online access
IDP: IOL Toch 63
Edition
Broomhead 1962: 143, 144, 146; Peyrot 2007: №63
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.
