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BODHISATTVĀVADĀNAKALPALATĀ
or parama, uttama 'the best, the most excellent.' Thus
lit. signifies 'the most excellent thing which is very difficult to acquire,' i. e. ratna 'gem' or any precious
object. It is to be noted that the form
is older than
དཀོན་མཆོག·
9. 10a. Print. text reads དང
ing to Skt.
11. 12a. Print. text gives here any sense. གིས.
for
གདུང་
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10. 10a. For
which is, according to Skt., expected to be the actual reading in the sense of asti 'is' understood, there is. If that is the true reading it may be explained in the following way: It is used both as a subst. and a vb. meaning in such cases bhoga, upabhoga 'experience' 'and to experience' respectively. Here it is a vb. in the passive voice meaning upabhujyate 'is being experienced'.
as emended accord
for . The former hardly In b we should like to read for
12. 125. Actually it means sattvavat like a (spiritual) mind,' the meaning of the compound being thus explained in Tib.
