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འཕགས་པ་ས་ལའ་ལྗང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.17

The Rice Seedling notes.17

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notes.17

17. Although the Tibetan dus is most often rendered with the general term “time,” the Sanskrit ṛtu suggests a specific time span. Also compare with Kamalaśīla’s Śālistamba[ka]ṭīkā, (p. 405): “As for ‘season,’ the division by specific momentary conditions of the earth, etc., is considered a specific aspect of time (dus kyang sa la sogs pa’i gnas skabs kyi bye brag gis rab tu phye ba nyid dus kyi bye brag tu dgongs pa’o//).”