བཅོམ་པ་མ། | Glossary of Terms
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བཅོམ་པ་མ།
- bcom pa ma
- bhāgavatī
- Term
- courtesan
- བཅོམ་པ་མ།
- bcom pa ma
- bhāgavatī
This term is used for a female devotee of Viṣṇu (bhagavat), but here is used as an honorific term for a courtesan. Bhaga can also mean “vulva” and is therefore also used in that way in compounds. This English is also used as a translation for gaṇika in chapter 43 (see UT22084-037-007-4448).