འཕགས་པ་སྡང་པ་རྒྱན་གྱ་མཆག་ཅས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས notes.9
The Dhāraṇī of the Supreme Stem Ornament notes.9
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9. Here the Degé, and most of the other Kangyurs consulted in the Pedurma edition, read ’dre lnga sdod (“the five ghosts remaining”), which we understand to mean possession by the ghosts. The Yongle and Kangxi Kangyurs read ’dre lgna gdon (“the demonic five ghosts” or “the demons/spirits who are the five ghosts”), which is also a plausible reading. Given two plausible readings, we simply chose the one that is predominant.