IOL Toch 879
| Known as: | IOL Toch 879 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 879". 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-ioltoch879 (accessed 18 Jul. 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: | Lakṣaṇa-Buddhastotra |
| Passage: | 20b-23a |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Araṇemi γ |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// rṣl· nts· tsa ṅka – /// |
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| a2 | /// rkwa cne ta¯ ¯ñ k· [ṣ]· pk[ai] : śwā l·ai – – /// |
| a3 | /// c[k]ai ne : 20 lyu ke wme /// |
| a4 | /// p[o] pra tsā kai ne śu /// |
| a5 | /// [n]· [ś]· – rt·i [p]i /// |
| b1 | /// – ·cy· – n· v· /// |
| b2 | /// ai rā vaṃ śle na nda[ṃ] [w]· /// |
| b3 | /// mn[o] pya pyai ntse : /// |
| b4 | /// gra ha nma : na ndo pa na nd· /// |
| b5 | /// lkā ta¯ ¯r[c] sa m· /// |
Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// (sume)r-ṣl(e)nts(e) tsaṅka(r) /// |
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| a2 | n2 /// (mä)rkwacne tañ k(aur)ṣ(a-)pkai : śwāl(y)ai – – /// |
| a3 | n3 /// (ckā)ckaine : 20 lyuke-wme(r) /// |
| a4 | n4 /// po pratsākaine śu(ddhavāsäṣṣi) /// |
| a5 | n5 /// n· ś· – rt·i pi /// |
| b1 | n6 /// – ·cy· – n· v· /// |
| b2 | n7 /// airāvaṃ śle nandaṃ w(arñai) /// |
| b3 | n8 /// (ra)m no pyapyaintse : /// |
| b4 | n9 /// grahanma : nandopanand· /// |
| b5 | n10 /// lkātär-c sam(udtär) /// |
Translation
| b4 | ... planets like (Nakṣatra's, Bṛhaspati [= Jupiter], Śukra [= Venus]). : nandopanand· /// |
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Commentary
Parallel texts
| THT 74, THT 76 |
Remarks
| Very probably the same manuscript as IOL Toch 466, with one leaf covering pādas 17c-20a in between. On IDP, recto and verso are reversed. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | 20b: THT 74 b4-5 saiwai āntsesa yaitu – /// /// (sume)r-ṣlentse tsaṅkär ramt :; after line ca. 22 akṣ missing |
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| n2 | 20c-d: THT 74 b5-6 śwālyai märkwatsa ok-pokai viṣṇ(u) saiwaisa no mahiśvare märkwactsa tañ kauurṣa-pkai : śwālyai /// /// oṅkolma tañ lkātär saiwai ckāckaine : 20; after line ca. 19 akṣ. missing. |
| n3 | 20d-21a: THT 74 b5-6 śwālyai /// /// oṅkolma tañ lkātär saiwai ckāckaine : 20 – – ·er korne ca – – – ña pratsākaine śrivās·e – na –; after line ca. 22 akṣ. missing. |
| n4 | 21b: THT 76 a1 /// (śuddha)vāsäṣṣi ña(k)t(i) lkāntar-c kauñī ram no ompalskoñe ṣme(mane :) /// |
| n5 | : – ś (va?)rtti ṣ(?)ṣi ?? |
| n6 | : after line as many as 29 syll. missing? |
| n7 | : 22a: THT 76 a3 /// (na)ndaṃ warñai warttonta : (for (na)ndaṃ, see already Sieg and Siegling 1953: 15); after the line, 25 syll. are missing. |
| n8 | : (ra)m no / after the line, 22 syll. are missing. |
| n9 | : 22c: THT 76 a4 /// (nä)kṣāttärnta brahasvati śuk(kä)r wa(rñ)ai ///. grahanma directly follows wa(rñ)ai, see the metrical analysis in Sieg and Siegling 1953: 16. After the line, 25 syll. are missing. |
| n10 | : 23a: THT 76 a5 /// (lkā)tär-c samudtär ysāṣṣe ñ· /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Tamai 2007: №879; Tamai 2007: №879
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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.
