བསད་ནམས་ཀྱ་སྟབས་ཀྱ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ notes.41
The Exemplary Tale of Puṇyabala notes.41
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41. The Tibetan term jo bo is usually translated as “master” or “lord.” Here it is probably a translation of the Sanskrit term svāmin, which means “lord,” “master,” and “husband.” Her addressing him in this way (even after he squandered all the family’s possessions while gambling) reflects the sort of deference expected of an Indian wife toward her husband, in literature at least.