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IOL Toch 73

Known as:IOL Toch 73; H 149.235; A.235
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 73". 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-ioltoch73&outputformat=print (accessed 14 May 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:Buddha legend

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):7 × 7 cm
Number of lines:4

Transliteration

a1/// ·p· ktāṃ ne ṣe¯ ¯ymä ri ttau ñ· ///
a2/// ○ liṃ śwe s̝s̝aṃ mai ma ñcu ///
a3/// ○ yā re • kau¯ ¯cä pa ///
a4/// – ¯śä ye sa ṣ[ṣ]e ·ai ///
b1/// – ñe mpa pa [l]·k· ///
b2/// ○ pya cṣe kpyā mtsa¯ – ///
b3/// ○ pa ñä kteṃ tse pai ne – ///
b4/// – pra se na jiṃ tsa || ṣa ñma – ///

Transcription

a1/// (s)p(a)ktāṃne ṣeym rittau ñ· ///
a2/// (upā)liṃś weṣṣäṃ maimañcu ///
a3/// (kla)yārekauc pä° ///
a4/// – ś yesaṣṣe ·ai ///
b1/// – ñempa pal(s)k(o) ///
b2/// (e)pyac ṣek pyāmtsa(t) ///
b3/// pañäkteṃtse paine – ///
b4/// (॥) prasenajiṃtsaṣañ – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*According to Broomhead 1962: 179 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, apparently the same as that in [ IOL Toch 18 ]. The manuscript has four lines in a clear state of preservation. Same series as [ IOL Toch 18 ]."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 73

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №73; Broomhead 1962: 179-180

Translations

Broomhead 1962: a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 (180); Thomas 1957: a1 (306)

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