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IOL Toch 827

Known as:	IOL Toch 827
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 827". 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-ioltoch827 (accessed 16 Feb. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Date of online publication:	2015-01-14
Provenience
Collection:	British Library (London)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Karmavācanā
Passage:	Upasaṃpadā
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Vinaya
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

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Transliteration

a1	/// – ///
a2	/// ·n· s[ai] myā mu – ///
a3	/// ¯s̝ a ṣa nī keṃ śca • ///
a4	/// u pā dhyā yeṃ sai¯ ¯m yā mo ///
b1	/// yku w[e]¯ ¯s̝ ta ka [rṣ]k·(·) ta tā [k]· ///
b2	/// ·[eṃ] tsa yso mo po ///
b3	/// [lye] ya ma s̝a ///
b4	/// [o] ·o ///

Transcription

a1	/// – ///
a2	/// ·n· saim yāmu – ///
a3	n1 /// ṣ aṣanīkeṃśca • ///
a4	n2 /// upādhyāyeṃ saim yāmo(ṣ) ///
b1	n3 /// ykuweṣ takarṣk(eṃ) tatāk· ///
b2	n4 /// (aṣanīk)eṃtsa ysomo po ///
b3	n5 /// lye yamaṣä(le) ///
b4	n6 /// o(n)o(lme) ///

Translation

a1	...
a2	... having taking refuge ...
a3	... towards the honourable one.
a4	... having taken refuge in the teacher ...
b1	... Having gone (into refuge), having become faithful ...
b2	... by the honourable, (knowing) all (dharmas) completely ...
b3	... is to be done ...
b4	... a being ...

Commentary

Parallel texts

*	IOL Toch 92, THT 1102

Remarks

*	On IDP, recto and verso are reversed.

Philological commentary

n1	aṣanīkeṃśca: for aṣanīkeṃśc or aṣanīkeṃśco.
n2	: cf. THT 1102 a1.
n3	: cf. THT 1102 a2, IOL Toch 92 b4.
n4	: cf. THT 1102 a3.
n5	: cf. the large lacuna between THT 1102 a4 and THT 1102 b1.
n6	: cf. THT 1102 b1.

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 827

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.