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IOL Toch 861

Known as:	IOL Toch 861
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 861". 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-ioltoch861 (accessed 23 Jan. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Unknown
Collection:	British Library (London)
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

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Transliteration

a1	/// ·ā [lp]· [k]a¯ ¯m• a ///
a2	/// do ṣai ra saṃ v[ṛ] ///
a3	/// [dha] || ya ltse na [y]·· ///
a4	/// ·[n]· śau¯ ¯l śā mña n[ā] ///
a5	/// ·i śne ta rya ko ṭa n[ma] ///
b1	/// – tne pi śā ka ṣū [k]· ///
b2	/// pi kwa la śau¯ ¯l• || ///
b3	/// [nr]ai ṣ[ṣ]e¯ ¯ts śā m[ñ]· ///
b4	/// bi mpa ste wī – ///
b5	/// ·e – [o] kta m[ka] ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·ālp·kam a ///
a2	/// doṣair asaṃvṛ ///
a3	/// dha ॥ yaltse nay·· ///
a4	/// ·n· śaul śāmña nā ///
a5	/// (av)iśne tarya koṭanma ///
b1	/// – tne piśāka ṣūk· ///
b2	/// pikwala śaul ॥ ///
b3	n1 /// nraiṣṣets śāmñ· ///
b4	/// bimpä ste wī – ///
b5	/// ·e – oktamka ///

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	nraiṣṣets: the second ṣ rather looks like p.

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 861

Edition

Tamai 2007: №861; Tamai 2007: №861

Bibliography

IDP

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

Tamai 2007

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.