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IOL Toch 979
| Known as: | IOL Toch 979 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 979". 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-ioltoch979 (accessed 10 May 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
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| Collection: | British Library (London) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | Skt.; TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Udānavarga |
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| Passage: | 10.15c-11.2b |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Doctrine |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 3.1 × 3.8 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 3 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [t]· [t]· /// |
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| a2 | /// – wä ra ta ka rṣke /// |
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| a3 | /// dī rya [t]e ja na ḥ t· /// |
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| b1 | /// ma ḥ p· r· ka ññ· ṣṣe /// |
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| b2 | /// [h]ā ya mu ni ḥ kā /// |
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| b3 | /// d· [ḍh]a [m]e /// |
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Transcription
| a1 | /// t· t· /// |
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| a2 | n1 /// – wärä takärṣke /// |
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| a3 | n2 /// |
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| * | p(e)r(ā)käññ(e)ṣṣe /// |
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| b2 | n4 /// |
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| * | (nāpra)hāya muniḥ kā(mān) |
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Translation
| a1 | ... |
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| a2 | [TB] (with clear) water, transparent |
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| a3 | [SKT] (then) man is scared (indeed) [TB] then (man is scared indeed) |
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| b1 | [SKT] the tenth ([verse] collection about faith) [TB] (the tenth [verse] collection) about faith |
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| b2 | [SKT] as long as the wise has not given up [his] desires |
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| b3 | [SKT] (one should) firmly (make an effort) |
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Commentary
Parallel texts
Remarks
| * | The lower margin of the recto (upper of the verso) is preserved. |
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Philological commentary
| n1 | Uv.10.15c acchodakaṃ viprasannaṃ |
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| n2 | Uv.10.16b hy atra vai dīryate janaḥ |
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| n3 | Uv.10end śraddhāvargaḥ, here apparently śraddhāvargaḥ daśamaḥ, cf. the variant reading śraddhāvarga daśama 10 given by Bernhard 1965: 183 under "K". |
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| n4 | Uv.11.1c nāprahāya muniḥ kāmān |
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| n5 | Uv.11.2b dṛḍham eva parākramet, see Dhp.313 (and Norman 2004: 45) |
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References
Online access
IDP: IOL Toch 979
Edition
Tamai 2007: №979; Peyrot 2008a: 97-98
