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IOL Toch 29

Known as:IOL Toch 29; H 149.78; A.78
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 29". 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-ioltoch29 (accessed 25 Apr. 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:Mahendrasena (Broomhead)
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):7.6 × 8.9 cm
Number of lines:3

Images

Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project and the British Library.

Transliteration

a1/// [p]· pe ku sai ke ktse ñmeṃ ce n[o]
a2/// nte i sta¯ ¯k a sta rya
a3/// a ka la lle o lya po
a4/// he ndra se ne wa lo
a5/// – (–) he n·a se ne lāṃ
b1/// – – – – ṣṣe a kā

Transcription

a1/// p(e)pekusai kektseñmeṃ ceno
a2/// °nte ista-k astarya
a3/// akalṣälle olyapo
a4/// (ma)hendrasene walo
a5/// – (ma)hen(dr)asene lāṃ¬
b1(t) /// – – (perne)ṣṣe akā¬
*(lksa)

Commentary

Remarks

*According to Broomhead 1962: 143, this is one of three manuscriprs mentioning King Mahendrasena (the other two being IOL Toch 1 and IOL Toch 63). He goes on to describe IOL Toch 1 and this ms. as "five line manuscripts, written in the same large ductus, but probably not following. The state of preservation of both is very clear, but [ IOL Toch 1 ] has been blackened appreciably, whereas [this ms.] is white." Cf. also ibid: 144: "the right hand edge of a five line manuscript ... The verso has only one line."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 29

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №29; Broomhead 1962: 144, 146

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.

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.