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IOL Toch 143

Known as:IOL Toch 143; H 149.add.66; B.66
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 143". 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-ioltoch143 (accessed 14 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:Karmavācanā
Passage:Śayyāsana-vastu (?)
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Vinaya
Verse/Prose:prose

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):8.3 × 8.3 cm
Number of lines:5

Transliteration

a1/// cāṃ ṣṣe sa ṅka ntse śai yā [s]· ///
a2/// [¯]ś śai yā saṃ a kṣā [n]e ·[i] ///
a3/// na le nma ceṃ śa ri – ///
a4/// pa ka ccāṃ tā [k]· ///
b1/// [n]· /// (– –) /// – ///
b2/// ne ai wo ln·e ///
b3/// [s]ta wī ta rya śtwā ra t· ///
b4/// 6 ña kteṃ śpā lmeṃ l· [t]· ///
b5/// tko¯ ¯s̝ cme la o nwa ñ[ñ]e [l]· ///

Transcription

a1/// (paka)cāṃṣṣe saṅkantse śaiyās(aṃ) ///
a2/// °ś śaiyāsaṃ akṣā-ne ·i ///
a3/// °na lenma ceṃ śari(putre) ///
a4/// pakaccāṃ tāk· ///
b1/// – – – ///
b2/// °ne aiwol n·e ///
b3/// °stä tarya śtwāra ///
b4/// 6 ñakteṃ śpālmeṃ ///
b5/// °tkoṣ cmela onwaññe ///

Commentary

Remarks

*The lower margin of the recto (upper of the verso) has been preserved.
*According to Broomhead 1962: 155 "[w]ritten in large ductus and very clearly preserved it is the middle part of a five line manuscript. Traces of the fifth line only visible on verso."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 143

Identification

Broomhead 1962

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №143; Broomhead 1962: 155; Peyrot 2007: №143; Ogihara 2011: 130-131

Translations

Broomhead 1962: a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 (155); Ogihara 2011: a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 (131)