IOL Toch 853
| Known as: | IOL Toch 853 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 853". 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-ioltoch853 (accessed 21 Jan. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
| Collection: | British Library (London) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Vinayavibhaṅga |
| Passage: | not identified |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Vinaya |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 4.0 × 5.0 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [tsa] [ṅ]k· /// |
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| a2 | /// waṃ 60 to y[o] /// |
| a3 | /// – tse tra ṅ[k]o ste /// |
| a4 | /// – /// |
| b1 | /// ·ra /// |
| b2 | /// m[e]ṃ se mā pa – /// |
| b3 | /// kuse śu waṃ – /// |
| b4 | /// kā rma¯ ¯·ä – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// tsäṅk· /// |
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| a2 | /// (śu)waṃ 60 toy o /// |
| a3 | /// – tse träṅko ste /// |
| a4 | /// – /// |
| b1 | /// ·rä /// |
| b2 | /// °meṃ se mā pa – /// |
| b3 | n1 /// kuse śuwaṃ – /// |
| b4 | /// kārma· – /// |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | śuwaṃ: Under the akṣara śu an akṣara is added later. Ogihara 2009: 129 leaves it untransliterated, Tamai 2007: №853 reads ko. I would read [m]o. |
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References
Online access
Identification
Ogihara 2009: 129
Edition
Tamai 2007: №853; Tamai 2007: №853; Ogihara 2009: 129, 416
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2009. “Researches about Vinaya-texts in Tocharian A and B [Recherches sur le Vinaya en tokharien A et B].” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 853 – IOL Toch 1247 in the India Office Library, London.” The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Tamai_2007.
