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ཕག་མའ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད notes.48

The Exemplary Tale About a Sow notes.48

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notes.48

48. The Sanskrit reads: “It is among the gods of Tuṣita, Kauśika, whose heavenly desires are all fulfilled. There, that god enjoys himself, having taken the Three Refuges here” (tuṣitā nāma kauśika devāḥ sarvakāmasamṛddhayaḥ / tatrāsau modate devo gatveha śaraṇatrayam). The second sentence does not have an equivalent in the Tibetan and Chinese translations, but it seems that at some stage it was interpreted as applying to Indra, which then led to the expanded description of Indra’s gladness, as seen in the following sentence in both the Tibetan and the Chinese.