IOL Toch 166

Known as:	IOL Toch 166; H 149.add.116; B.116
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 166". 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-ioltoch166 (accessed 20 May 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
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	5.7 × 16.5 cm
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// pa rkau wa la ktse tstsa na : tu kme nā ksa ta¯ ¯ñä sa swa sa rwa na ///
a2	/// [l]u kse ntre śne : u ppā lnta sa e śne ṣṣeṃ ña kteṃ śā mna a ///
a3	/// ṣe ṣṣi rku : 4 ta ka rṣka na ā s·o na la laṃ ṣka na au ///
a4	/// – spa [n]tau wa (–) – – ·i ·e – ·ā ·iṃ ·e – (–) – – ///
b1	/// – ṣṣi nau my· nta tsa kse ma ne śle swa ñcai ·tu kme nā ksa : śa kkeṃ ñe pi rṣā ke [nts]e ///
b2	/// ·s· na e śnāṃ tpi toṃ wi nā skau : 5 wä tkā ltsa na snai wa ///
b3	/// – mā ra no kla ṅka rṣka na : śpa lmaṃ ñe sa ke ke nwa mā ce kwa ///
b4	/// – yā sau wa : ma kcyo ppā lnta tseṃ ñā na ke ke su wa kre ntā na ///

3b	a1/// pärkauwa ; läktsetstsana :
3c	tu-k menāksa tañ saswa ; särwana /// a2/// ; luksentr= eśne :
5c	uppālntasa eśneṣṣeṃ ; ñakteṃ śāmna a° /// a3/// ṣeṣṣirku : 4 takarṣkana ās(tr)ona ; lalaṃṣkana au° /// a4/// – späntauwa – – – ·i ·e – ·ā ·iṃ ·e – – – – /// b1n1 /// – ṣṣi naumy(e)nta ; tsaksemane śle swañcai(ṃ) ; tu-k menāksa :
6a	śakkeṃñepi rṣākentse ; /// b2/// ·s(a)na eśn= āṃtpi toṃ wināskau : 5 wätkāltsana snai wa° /// b3n2 n3 /// – mā rano kläṅkarṣkana :
6b	śpalmaṃñesa kekenwa ; mā ce-k wa(rñai) /// b4/// (ya)yāsauwa :

*	mäkcy oppālnta tseṃñāna kekesuwa krentāna ///

a2	... the eyes light up [3c] ...

b1	Juwelen, mit Strahlen leuchtend (Schmidt 1974: 20)

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 108 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, the recto is slightly abraded but the verso is reasonably clear. Near the left edge of a large four line MS. Schnurloch visible."

n1	tsaksemane: a cross above the line is visible, but the ne added underneath is very faint (grey ink).
n2	śpalmaṃñesa: a cross above the line marks the sa added underneath in grey ink.
n3	kekenwa mā: a cross above the line marks the mā added underneath in grey ink.