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IOL Toch 86

Known as:IOL Toch 86; H 149.296; A.296
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 86". 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-ioltoch86 (accessed 20 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

Title of the work:kāśyapas (Broomhead)
Text genre:Literary

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):13.3 × 14 cm
Number of lines:8

Transliteration

a1yai sa • po yśiṃ pa ñä kta ysa pe ke nts· ///
a2pne || ce ka kā wo rmeṃ skwa ssu śā yi e ///
a3pa pā lau : 1 || pa ñä kte we s̝s̝aṃ || ///
a4wi tskaṃ ceṃ kuse tu rā – – || ///
a5– [n]e yṣi ntse na no nä kṣā tta rnta ///
a6k· sau ñai • kā śya pe ntse [ma]¯ ¯nt ///
a7– – /// (–) ·e ·e (–) ·[o] yśiṃ pa ñä kte meṃ pe ·ai – ///
a8– – – – – – – /// [tu] meṃ – kte l·a – – (–) ///
b1– – – – – – /// || pa ñä [k]t[e] we s̝s̝a[ṃ] || ///
b2(–) /// – – – ·s· ·r· sko ka lpā stra ña kteṃ yā – ///
b3(–) /// mā ka kuce twe ne kci ye pwā rntse ///
b4(–) /// v· śa nma lñe sa kā śya pi ///
b5ṣa nī ke ne sau • || te we – [ñ]o ///
b6kau ñä kteṃ¯ ¯ts swa ñcai ṣṣai pe ñ· ///
b7ṣe sa pṛ thi vī dhā tu yne śyā mo rmeṃ – ///
b8st[m]o rmeṃ au ntsa te a wā ska tte [k]e ///

Transcription

*(ati)¬
a1¬yaisa • poyśiṃ pañäkta ysape kents(a) ///
a2°pne ॥ ce kakāwormeṃ skwassu śāyi e° ///
a3papālau : 1 ॥ pañäkte weṣṣäṃ ॥ ///
a4witskaṃ ceṃ kuse tu rā – – ॥ ///
a5– ne yṣintse nano näkṣāttärnta /// (lä)¬
a6¬k(t)sauñai • kāśyapentse mant ///
a7– – /// – ·e ·e – (p)oyśiṃ pañäktemeṃ pe(l)ai(kne) ///
a8– – – – – – – /// tumeṃ – kte l·a – – – ///
b1– – – – – – /// ॥ pañäkte weṣṣäṃ ॥ ///
b2– /// – – – ·s· (p)r(o)sko kälpāsträ ñakteṃ yā – ///
b3– /// māka kuce twe nekciye pwārntse ///
b4– /// v· śänmalñesa kāśyapi /// (a)¬
b5¬ṣanīke nesau • ॥ te we(we)ño(rmeṃ) ///
b6kauñäkteṃts swañcaiṣṣai peñ(yai) ///
b7ṣesa pṛthivīdhātu yneś yāmormeṃ – ///
b8stmormeṃ auntsate awāskatte ke° ///

Other

b2... Furcht gibt es (bei) Göttern [und] Ya(kṣas?) ... (Schmidt 1974: 216)

Commentary

Remarks

*According to Broomhead 1962: 133 "[w]ritten in large ductus, and slightly abraded on both sides, it is the left edge of a large manuscript containing eight lines."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 86

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №86; Broomhead 1962: 133-135

Translations

Broomhead 1962: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 (134-135); Schmidt 1974: b2 (216); Thomas 1969: a1 (258)