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IOL Toch 128

Known as:	IOL Toch 128; H 149.add.4; B.4
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 128". 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-ioltoch128 (accessed 12 Jul. 2025).
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:	Buddhalist (Broomhead)
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	3.8 × 15.2 cm
Number of lines:	4

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Transliteration

lf	30 6
a1	– ·nai ñi – [ñ]· – ·[e] – ·i – t[r]e t·e ··o pre ścyaṃ t[e] yā ·[t]· kr· – – – – – – [l]· [nu] – ·re m[ā] ·ñe – (–) –
a2	ly[e] [ṅ]ka¯ ¯tsä ··[w]ä· t[ā] koṃ o no lmi pi – ymai nne ka ·[au] – – – – ·e ·[e] ·e ntsa – ṣ[ṣeṃ] – – – ·[s]· –
a3	la [ṣy]e [k]· ttseṃ 20 7 || sa rwā na [ṣṣ]e – – lne po [yś]i [n]·e – ṣa [ññ]e – ñä kti – [ntra] [t]ā [n]· – ·i – –
a4	[pa] ra c[i] te • ra tna śśi khi • pra ṇā te • śri saṃ [bha] [v]e • kau [ṇ]ḍi – – su [da] – – – ·[u] ·e ·e • [dh]ṛ ti [r]· ṣt· • ·e /// (–)
b1	·g· re • di va ṅga re • pra bha ṅga re • ta mo nu te – – h[e] • ma he ntre • a ni ru ddhe • su jā te • ca ntr· – – – /// (–)
b2	ha ri ci • 20 pa ra mā rttha da rśi • a tyu [ca] [k]ā mi • u tta re • śre ṣṭi • śa mi tā ri • a ṅkī ra se • [bh]ā ·[i] /// (–)
b3	te • bra hme • bra hmā yu • bra hma da t[t]e • 30 i ndra da ma ke • ra tna śai le • sa rvvā rttha sā dha ne • i
b4	ndra dhva je • sa rvvā – – – [•] ra tna c[u] ri • [p]a tmo tta re • ya śo tta re • s· – ·i • ·i [ma] le 40 pra bo – ·e – ·i /// (–)

Transcription

lf

30-6

a1	– ·nai ñi – ñ· – ·e – ·i – tre t·e ··o preścyaṃ te yā ·t· kr· – – – – – – l· nu – ·re mā ·ñe – – (a)¬
a2	lyeṅkäts ··wä· tākoṃ onolmi pi(ś) ymainne ka ·au – – – – ·e ·e ·e ntsa – ṣṣeṃ – – – ·s· –
a3	n1 la ṣye k· ttseṃ 20-7 ॥ särwānaṣṣe (maṇḍā)lne poyśin(ts)e – ṣaññe (pa)ñäkti – nträ tā n· – ·i – (a)¬
a4	paracite • ratnaśśikhi • praṇāte • śrisaṃbhave • kauṇḍi(nye) (•) suda(rśane) (•) (s)u(n)e(tr)e • dhṛtir(ā)ṣt(re) • (kṣ)e(ma)¬
b1	(ṅ)g(a)re • divaṅgare • prabhaṅgare • tamonute (•) (siṃ)he • mahentre • aniruddhe • sujāte • cantr(e) (•) – – /// –
b2	harici • 20 paramārtthadarśi • atyucakāmi • uttare • śreṣṭi • śamitāri • aṅkīrase • bhā(g)i(ra)¬
b3	te • brahme • brahmāyu • brahmadatte • 30 indradamake • ratnaśaile • sarvvārtthasādhane • i¬
b4	ndradhvaje • sarvvā(rttasiddhe) • ratnacuri • patmottare • yaśottare • s(uvād)i • (v)imale 40 prabo(dhan)e (•) ·i /// –

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	For a list of Buddhas parallel (but not identical) to the list in a4-b4, see A 256 b4-b7 and the discussion in Ogihara 2014b: 38ff.
*	Recto rather abraded.
n1	||: the double daṇḍa is highly ornamental.

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 105, "[w]ritten in small ductus, it is badly abraded on the recto, and verso is clear."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 128

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №128; Broomhead 1962: 105; Sieg and Siegling 1921: 132

Bibliography

Broomhead 1962

Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Ogihara 2014b

Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2014b. “Lists of former Buddhas in Tocharian texts: A comparative study of unearthed manuscripts and captions in Kumtura cave No. 34.” Literature & History of the Western Regions 9: 33–49.

Peyrot 2007

Peyrot, Michaël. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 1 – IOL Toch 822 in the India Office Library.” International Dunhuang Project. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Peyrot_2007.

Sieg and Siegling 1921

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.