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IOL Toch 52

Known as:	IOL Toch 52; H 149.198; U12
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 52". 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-ioltoch52 (accessed 10 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Unknown
Collection:	British Library (London)
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānavarga
Passage:	17.7b-18.1c
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// śu bha¯ ¯m• ple we śe [śca] ///
a2	/// ·t· rṇo bha ga vāṃ bu ddha – ///
a3	/// mā ni nā skeṃ s̝· ///
a4	/// trā pa ḥ sa rva ta ///
a5	/// lñe yā mi • 9 || [u] ///
a6	/// – na ma yaṃ nti ta – ///
b1	/// – o lya po tse [ka] ///
b2	/// ṇḍi tā • ta ka rṣka – ///
b3	/// ka ma rtī ke e ///
b4	/// tā ḥ snai ma rka· n· ///
b5	/// je ṣya te • kuse tā k[e]· ///
b6	/// kn[e] ṣṣe re ki ka rtse a ///

Transcription

a1	/// śubham plewe śeścä(nmormeṃ) ///
a2	/// (ut)t(ī)rṇo bhagavāṃ buddha(ḥ) ///
a3	/// (ṣa)māni nāskeṃ ṣ(pä) ///
a4	/// (ya)trāpaḥ sarvata° ///
a5	/// (rīta)lñe yāmi • 9 ॥ u(dakena) ///
a6	/// – namayaṃnti ta(kṣakā) ///
b1	/// – olyapotse kä(tkare) ///
b2	/// (pa)ṇḍitā • takärṣka(ñ) – ///
b3	/// kamartīke e(sale) ///
b4	/// (paṇḍi)tāḥ snai märkä(r) n(o) ///
b5	/// (vi)jeṣyate • kuse tā ke(ṃ) ///
b6	/// (pelai)kneṣṣe reki kärtse a(ksoṣ) ///

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 52

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №52; Lévi 1933: 47; Thomas 1971: 24-26; Lévi 1933: 47; Thomas 1971: 24-26

Translations

Hackstein 1995: a1 (93), a3 (171); Thomas 1993: a5 (164)