ཕག་མའ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད notes.27
The Exemplary Tale About a Sow notes.27
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27. The Tibetan sdug pa could be a rendering of the Sanskrit priya or kānta. The extant Sanskrit, however, lacks any equivalent here. The Chinese translation mentions 妓女 (“courtesans”) after 天眾 (“the assembly of the gods”), so perhaps the Tibetan sdug pa (“lovely one”) refers to the heavenly nymphs (apsaras) in Trāyastriṃśa heaven.