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26. The Tibetan speaks of “site guardians” or “site caretakers” (Tib. gnas srung rnams kyis), while Yijing translates: 護寺天神籌, “divine spirits that protect the monastery” (Taishō 1445 1041c14). Presumably, the “site caretakers” of the Tibetan tradition refer to local resident spirits. This usage of gnas srung should be distinguished from human gnas bstabs pa or “site caretaker” who come from among the monastery’s residents (Tib. gnyug mar gnas pa; Skt. naivāsika). Following Y, Q, L, C, H: (gnas srung) rnams kyi instead of D: (gnas srung) rnams kyis. On a possible correlate to this term, see khang skyong, which Silk reconstructs as *vihāra-pāla (Silk 2008, p. 140), but Negi, citing Guṇaprabha’s Vinayasūtra, gives as equivalent to upadhivārika.