IOL Toch 998
| Known as: | IOL Toch 998 |
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| Cite this page as: | "IOL Toch 998". 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-ioltoch998 (accessed 11 Feb. 2026). |
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: | Pratītyasamutpāda |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Abhidharma |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 3 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | ṣ[o] trī tse wa rpa lñe • e ne ṅka wṣi lñe [s̝a] /// |
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| a2 | lñe s̝a rma tse ·e ○ sa lñe • e cce spā rt[t]a /// |
| a3 | tse kwā lñe • ā ntseṃ ṣa la s̝s̝a lñe ṣo trī (·)e /// |
| lf | 20 3 |
| b1 | pa ke nt[a] ·y· pra [t]ī tya sa mu dpā dne wi /// |
| b2 | yi¯ ¯s̝p wī – k· ○ m· cce [c]a me¯ ¯l ktsai tsa ñ· /// |
| b3 | l·o ñe me rsna ṣka syä llo¯ ¯ñä ta [ka] lñe wa rpa [lñ](·) /// |
Transcription
| lf | 20-3 |
| a1 | ṣotrītse warpalñe • eneṅka wṣilñe ṣä /// |
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| a2 | lñe ṣärmatse ·e salñe • ecce spārtta /// |
| a3 | tse kwālñe • āntseṃ ṣaläṣṣälñe ṣotrī ·e /// |
| b1 | pakenta ·y· pratītyasamudpādne wi /// |
| b2 | yiṣp wī – k· m· cce camel ktsaitsäñ(ñe) /// |
| b3 | l··o ñem ersna ṣkas yälloñ takälñe warpalñ· /// |
Translation
| a3 | Throwing off the skandhas (is) the mark ... |
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| b2 | birth, old age ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| a1-2 List of the twelve causes of existence ("nidānas"): b 3 Malzahn 2010: 942. |
References
Online access
Edition
Tamai 2007: №998
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Malzahn, Melanie. 2010. The Tocharian verbal system. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
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.
