གླང་པའ་རྩལ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.26
The Strength of the Elephant notes.26
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26. The Tibetan rigs can refer to various concepts related to the Indian traditional organization of society: varṇa, jāti, kula, gotra. In the present context, rigs could refer to varṇa or jāti. An alternative term to “caste” would be “class.”