IOL Toch 29
| Known as: | IOL Toch 29; H 149.78; A.78 |
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| 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 16 Nov. 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
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [p]· pe ku sai ke ktse ñmeṃ ce n[o] |
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| a2 | /// nte i sta¯ ¯k a sta rya |
| a3 | /// a ka ls̝a 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 |
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| 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
Edition
Peyrot 2007: №29; Broomhead 1962: 144, 146
Bibliography
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.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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.
