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IOL Toch 32

Known as:	IOL Toch 32; H 149.80; A.80
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 32". 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-ioltoch32 (accessed 10 Jun. 2026).
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:	Sunakṣatra, king (Broomhead)
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	7.6 × 7.6 cm
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// ·[u] na kṣa tre wlo yā mṣa o¯ ¯mp vai ś· ///
a2	/// – te rā ma grā¯ ¯m ypo yntse cwi pta ·e ///
a3	/// ·ī no a jā ta śa tru wlo yā ///
a4	/// [s]· ne no yā mṣa te ·e ///
a5	/// te sa swe ke na ·[e] ///
a6	/// – hma ṇe [n]· ///
b1	/// – ke kre [ñc]· ///
b2	/// [m]y· nta rśa¯ ¯k – ///
b3	/// śyai ne we rtsya pa ///
b4	/// – 2 kuse cai a rhā nti e – ///
b5	/// ·[k]· lpe cci ā na ndeṃ wa rñai • ku ///
b6	/// – ¯m śai ṣṣe tse ne rvā ṇä ṣṣe ·[au] ///

Transcription

a1	/// (s)unakṣatre wlo yāmṣa omp vaiś(aline) ///
a2	/// – te rāmagrām ypoyntse cwi pta·e ///
a3	/// ·ī no ajātaśatru wlo yā° ///
a4	/// s· ne no yāmṣate ·e ///
a5	/// te saswe kena ·e ///
a6	/// (brā)hmaṇen(tse) ///
b1	/// – ke kreñc· ///
b2	/// (ya)my(e)ntär śak – ///
b3	/// (pre)śyaine wertsya pa° ///
b4	/// – 2 kuse cai arhānti e – ///
b5	/// ·k·lpecci ānandeṃ warñai • ku° ///
b6	/// – m śaiṣṣetse nervāṇäṣṣe ·au ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	Buddha legend? According to Broomhead 1962: 157 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and very clearly preserved, it is from the middle of a six line manuscript."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 32

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №32; Broomhead 1962: 157