IOL Toch 161

Known as:	IOL Toch 161; H 149.add.117; B.117
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 161". 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-ioltoch161 (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:	Pratītyasamutpāda
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Abhidharma
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	5.7 × 8.9 cm
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// – ne sa ma ne k[t]sai tsaṃ ñe sru ka lñe ma ske ///
a2	/// ne ya ma sk[e] ma ne [ma]· [t]rā kka ma kte au – ///
a3	/// ka ma kcwī n·o ne [s]· ma ne ne sa lñe ma ske ///
a4	/// [l]· ·[eṃ] ·e [s]· lñe ma ske ta¯ ¯r^• e ṅ[ka] ///
b1	/// ·m· – o śo nai pa lsko – ///
b2	/// – rma meṃ na no ṣka syä llo¯ ¯ñä cwī ñī ma [kt]· ///
b3	/// yne śka rsa lñe pā kri ta kā¯ ¯ñä ka rsa l[ñ]e ///
b4	/// – cwī ñī ka lymi sa o śo nai pa lsko ne [y]· ///

a1	/// – nesamane ktsaitsäṃñe srukalñe mäske° ///
a2	/// °ne yamaskemane mä(n)trākka mäkte au – ///
a3	/// ka mäkcwī n()o nes(a)mane nesalñe mäske° ///
a4	/// l· ·eṃ (n)es(a)lñe mäsketär eṅkä(lñe) ///
b1	/// ·m· – ośonai palsko – ///
b2	/// (ṣä)rmameṃ nano ṣkas yälloñ cwī ñī makt· ///
b3	/// yneś karsalñe pākri takā-ñ karsalñe ///
b4	/// – cwī ñī kalymisa ośonai palskone y· ///

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 166 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and slightly abraded, (the photograph is very bad), there are four lines of a manuscript, which possible had more."