A Reconstructed Tocharian Reading
Translation
IOL Toch 68
A young woman came before the Buddha and saw the Teacher's radiance. Before many words were spoken, faith rose in her heart.
She honored him with body, speech, and mind. A small act of reverence, placed in the field of the Buddha, becomes a seed whose fruit is beyond measure.
1:1 Translation
IOL Toch 68
a1 /// to bind; determine; strong, powerful, mighty ///
a2 /// ~ clever, crafty, cunning; this; speaks/says; is called ///
a3 n1 passion/attachment; to leave, give up, renounce ///
a4 life; without; difference/distinction; to put, place; passion/attachment; you; I, me; more
a5 Buddha; knows/understands; this; rough, violent, bitter; pressing, striving towards; fine; word; speech
b1 against, towards; to come; away; to carry, take; not; I, me; some, any; you
b2 a tune: 4343; ~ prtng to me, my; passion/attachment; this; indeed, then, surely; speech; to dismiss, emit; away ///
b3 n2 before, in front of; not; I, me ///
b4 /// just so; this; enmity; bad birth ///
b5 /// world, people; to rise; is; this ///
Source-Close Translation
IOL Toch 68
a1 /// broken words in the field of to bind; determine (rules); strong, powerful, mighty ///
a2 /// broken words around ūlyka, weña ///
a3 n1 broken words in the field of to bind; determine (rules); strong, powerful, mighty ///
a4 life
a5 broken words around śarsa, mamāntausai, tumeṃ
b1 broken words around śema, kamāte, cīsa
b2 broken words around radarśanne, ñśaṣṣe, welñe ///
b3 n2 broken words in the field of to bind; determine (rules); strong, powerful, mighty ///
b4 /// broken words around śconai ///
b5 /// broken words around ṅkau ///
Colophon
This Good Works Translation was made from inspected Tocharian transliterations/transcriptions for the witnesses grouped here as Girl and Buddha Fragment — IOL Toch 68, indexed by CEToM. The reconstructed English reading is independently derived from the source text and lexical controls exposed in the source records. Existing CEToM translation-control lines, where present, were consulted only for checking the direction of difficult or damaged passages and were not copied as the English body.
The source is damaged and discontinuous. This page is therefore a reconstructed reading from damaged witnesses, not a restored Tocharian base text and not a complete-work claim.
Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.
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Source Text: Tocharian Witnesses
Tocharian source text inspected through CEToM. Presented here for reference, study, and verification alongside the English reading above.
IOL Toch 68 — unplaced
IOL Toch 68. Language: TB. Lines: 5. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-ioltoch68.
a1 /// ś(a)nmy(a)t(ai) maiyy(āc)c(e) ///
a2 /// (y)ūlyka te weña : aṅk· ///
a3 n1 ·ñ· ·m· – ·k· /// /// (e)ṅkäl rintsatai – ///
a4 śaulameṃ snai wāki pśīmar eṅkäl tañ ñiśne : tomne oṃṣap – /// (pañä)
a5 kte śarsa tā u räskare mamāntausai tumeṃ mällarṣkeṃ reki(sa) /// (wra)
b1 tsai śema-ñ päst kamāte-ñ mā ñi ksa tomne cīsa oṃṣ(ap) /// (॥) (aptsa)
b2 radarśanne ॥ ñśaṣṣe eṅkäl rinaccu cen nai welñe ptārka pä(st) ///
b3 n2 ·ā – – ·ai ·e – /// /// (ene)ppre : mā ñäś – ///
b4 /// mäntak sā u śconai ta – ///
b5 /// (śai)ṣṣ(e)ne tsäṅkau ṣai te – ///
Source Colophon
The source text follows Tocharian transliterations/transcriptions available through CEToM, https://cetom.univie.ac.at/, as cached for the 2026-05-10 Good Works source scout. Ancient source text and faithful transcription are used as source material. Modern translations, commentary, and scholarly notes exposed by CEToM were treated as controls only.
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