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OT

[929] slob ma bud med/ ... skal ldan gyi nya ma/ ...

DM

bud med ces pa'i yul skad. 367 II 132.3. a kye. Gces 587.4. 'woman' (this word is not really 'obsolete,' since used in works of DL VII). BBNP 473. Seems to be especially common in Milarepa biographies, for his female disciples and patrons (but also sometimes used there for both male and female disciples / patrons!). Perhaps related to nag ma, another word for 'woman.' There are various opinions: those who say it means bud med, bud med slob ma. ris med slob ma pho mo, a ce [a lce]. Btsan-lha. bu mo dang slob ma. Dagyab.

JV

maiden disciples, lady, maiden, mistress of the house, housewife, hearer of a lama who is not a regular disciple, woman, vagina

IW

hearer [of a lama who is not regular disciple], maiden, [young] lady, woman, house-wife, female student, maiden disciples, vagina

RY

hearer, maiden, young lady, woman, house-wife; a woman