IOL Toch 36

Known as:	IOL Toch 36; H 149.144; A.144
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 36". 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-ioltoch36 (accessed 08 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:	Haṃsasvara-Avadāna
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	5.1 × 7 cm
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// – ·s· ·k· pi śka nt· [y]s· ṣṣ· na d· n· ///
a2	/// [ṇ]·ā leṃ śwe s̝aṃ mai ma ñci toṃ pi śka nte – ///
a3	/// pi śau¯ ¯l ka rnā stra¯ ¯r we s·· ///
a4	/// ·[k]· ma ne ṣa ñma rkwa śne prā kre ma – ///
a5	/// – ṣa ñe nā ṭa ka ṣṣe ne \|\| ñi ///
b1	/// – mai yya[¯] [¯]ñä hā l· kl· ta tt· – ///
b2	/// [ṇa] di vā ka rne \|\| rai pa lsko ṣṣu [m]· ///
b3	/// wa ste ptā ka cwi mta llā nte – ///
b4	/// s̝s̝aṃ mai ma ñci to na kpi śka nte di [n]· ///
b5	/// – ṅ[ka] [ca] ṇ·ā li [au]· [ts]a nte cau kau ///

a1	/// – ·s· ·k· piś känt(e) ys(ā)ṣṣ(a)na d(i)n(āränta) ///
a2	/// (ca)ṇ(ḍ)āleṃś weṣäṃ maimañci toṃ piś känte ///
a3	n1 /// °pi śaul kärnāsträr wes ·· ///
a4	/// (-s)k(e)mane ṣañ märkwaśne prākre ma – ///
a5	/// (nau)ṣañe nāṭakäṣṣene ॥ ñi(ś) ///
b1	/// – maiyyañ hā l(a)kl(e) tätt(ārmeṃ) ///
b2	/// (taru)ṇadivākarne ॥ rai pälskoṣṣu m· ///
b3	/// (saim-)waste ptāka cwim tallānte – ///
b4	/// (we)ṣṣäṃ maimañci tona-k piś känte din(āränta) ///
b5	/// – ṅka caṇ(ḍ)āli au(n)tsante cau kau° ///

b2	In the taruṇadivākara tune: «O spiritual one!, …» (Peyrot 2013b: 370)

*	This leaf was identified by Dieter Maue, whose corrections and additions are taken account of below. Cf. the metre in a5 also IOL Toch 3 a5.
n1	kärnāsträr: for kärnāstär.

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 111 "[w]ritten in small ductus, and clearly preserved, it is from the left edge, near Schnurloch, of a five line manuscript."