IOL Toch 161
| Known as: | IOL Toch 161; H 149.add.117; B.117 |
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| 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 Oct. 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 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project and the British Library.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// – ne sa ma ne k[t]sai tsaṃ ñe sru ka lñe ma ske /// |
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| 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 k❠¯ñä ka rsa l[ñ]e /// |
| b4 | /// – cwī ñī ka lymi sa o śo nai pa lsko ne [y]· /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – nesamane ktsaitsäṃñe srukalñe mäske° /// |
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| 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· /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| 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." |
References
Online access
Edition
Peyrot 2007: №161; Broomhead 1962: 166
Translations
Thomas 1957: a2 (236)
Bibliography
Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 1 – IOL Toch 822 in the India Office Library.” International Dunhuang Project. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Peyrot_2007.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.




