IOL Toch 659
| Known as: | IOL Toch 659; 150.55 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 659". 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-ioltoch659 (accessed 21 Apr. 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: | Caṣṭana-Avadāna |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | (–) ·ts· – /// |
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| a2 | sa sw[e] se [n]· kñ· /// |
| a3 | ktsi pa skā ya || /// |
| a4 | ta rko rmeṃ po – /// |
| a5 | – ·au ·ai /// |
| b1 | – lk· ·r· /// |
| b2 | ca ṣṭa ne wa – /// |
| b3 | ltsa e ne ṅka śs· – /// |
| b4 | ·o sa ñī – ·o /// |
| b5 | (–) – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | – ·ts· – /// |
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| a2 | saswe sen(i)k ñ(i) /// |
| a3 | °ktsi päskāya ॥ /// |
| a4 | tärkormeṃ po – /// |
| a5 | – ·au ·ai /// |
| b1 | – lk· ·r· /// |
| b2 | caṣṭane wa(lo) /// |
| b3 | n1 °ltsa eneṅkaś s· – /// |
| b4 | ·osa ñī – ·o /// |
| b5 | – – /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... |
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| a2 | ... the lord [is] under my care (?) ... |
| a3 | .. try to ... ! |
| a4 | ... having let go all ... |
| a5 | ... |
| b1 | ... |
| b2 | ... king Caṣṭana ... |
| b3 | ... with (force?) towards the inside ... |
| b4 | ... me ... |
| b5 | ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | (warṣṣä)ltsa? |
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References
Online access
Edition
Peyrot 2007: №659
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.
