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IOL Toch 188

Known as:	IOL Toch 188; H add.149.50; C.50
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 188". 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-ioltoch188 (accessed 18 May 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
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	3.8 × 11.4 cm
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// – ///
a2	/// ṣmau s̝a wa ska mo pi lko ceṃ • spa ṣṭā ṣṭa mā rgā ṅga śa –
a3	/// yi tā smi mo kṣa¯ ¯m• kau cru tko ṣe śa ne cceṃ wā yo yma rme
a4	/// [s]· wai ptā rna ssa moṃ tsseṃ tstsa na sa • daṃ da hya mā naṃ ja ga da
b1	/// ṅsai : kwri nta kca ā sta sa s̝pa śle ya sa rmi sai we nta sa
b2	/// tva haṃ sa rva ja na sya du ḥ kha¯ ¯m• kwri nta kca no ñi¯ ¯ś po o
b3	/// – ya¯ ¯m yke po staṃ pa stai tsi • aṃ tyo pi hi syā tpa ra du
b4	/// – – – – – ·ṃ – – – – – – [l]·ṃ – – ·e – /// – –

Transcription

a1	/// – ///
a2	/// (yau)ṣmauṣä waskamo pilkoceṃ • spaṣṭāṣṭamārgāṅgaśa –
a3	/// yitāsmi mokṣam kauc rutkoṣ eśanecceṃ wāyoymar-me
a4	/// s· waiptār nassamoṃts seṃtstsanasa • daṃ dahyamānaṃ jagada
b1	/// °ṅsai : kwri nta kca āstasa ṣpä śle yasar misaiwentasa
b2	/// tv ahaṃ sarvajanasya duḥkham kwri nta kca no ñiś po o°
b3	/// – yam yke postäṃ päst aitsi • aṃtyo pi hi syāt paradu°
b4	/// – – – – – ·ṃ – – – – – – l·ṃ – – ·e – /// – –

Commentary

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 358 "[w]ritten in small ductus, and very clearly preserved, it is from the middle of a four line manuscript".

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 188

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №188; Broomhead 1962: 358

Translations

Thomas 1976a: b1 (72); Thomas 1979d: b1 (153)