IOL Toch 874
| Known as: | IOL Toch 874 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 874". 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-ioltoch874 (accessed 06 Feb. 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 | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [n]· ndeṃ [p]r[o] /// |
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| a2 | /// ·[ā] kkeṃ pī śka nt· ts[ai] [n]w· /// |
| a3 | /// [i] we rsa tsyā lpā te /// |
| a4 | /// [d]· te[ṃ] ·e m·[o] /// |
| a5 | /// r[ñ]· /// |
| b1 | /// – ca – /// |
| b2 | /// w[s]a pū d[ñ]ä /// |
| b3 | /// s̝a¯ ¯p [p]k· t· kau tsi kca śe /// |
| b4 | /// ta tā ka wä rt[t]o po je ·e /// |
| b5 | /// – tsya l[p]ā ·[e] /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (ā)n(a)ndeṃ pro(tär) /// |
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| a2 | /// (ś)ākkeṃ pīś känt(e) tsainw(a) /// |
| a3 | n1 /// iwersa tsyālpāte /// |
| a4 | /// d· teṃ ·e m·o /// |
| a5 | /// rñ· /// |
| b1 | /// – ca – /// |
| b2 | /// (ceu)wsa pūdñä° /// |
| b3 | n2 /// ṣäp pk(ā)t(e) kautsi kca śe /// |
| b4 | n3 /// ta tāka wärtto po je ·e /// |
| b5 | /// – tsyalpā(t)e /// |
Commentary
Linguistic commentary
| Some words indicate an archaic ling. stage: wärtto in b4, tsyalpā(t)e in b5, tsyālpāte and iwersā in a3. |
Philological commentary
| : a short story with at least the Buddha and Ānanda as acting characters. The theme might be killing. The type of story might fit e.g. the Udānālaṅkāra. | |
| n1 | : rsa lijkt rsā misschien täṅkuwersā? |
| n2 | śe ///: possibly a form of śerwe 'hunter' or śer- 'hunt'. |
| n3 | je ·e ///: apparently a mistake for jetavaṃ. |
References
Online access
Edition
Tamai 2007: №874; Tamai 2007: №874
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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.
