དན་རྣམ་པར་ངས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་ཆས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་གྲངས notes.55
Distinctly Ascertaining the Meanings notes.55
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55. Samtani also counts thirteen types of grain in the Tibetan (Samtani 1971, p. 24, n. 5). We are especially uncertain about “corn,” which is a possible translation of nivāpa (assuming that nisvapa in the Tibetan is a misspelling of nivāpa). “Mat bean” is a possible translation of mukuṣṭa/makuṣṭa, assuming that the Tibetan mon sran na gu is a mistake for mon sran nag gu (the Stok Palace Kangyur edition has, in fact, nag gu). The list in Samtani 1971, p. 24 is as follows: dhānyatilasarṣapamudgayavamāṣāṇām (“rice, sesame, mustard, lentils, barley, and beans”).