Likely a translation of udvega or a related word, skyo ba here refers to a kind of valorized world-weariness that stands somewhere between fear and disgust. For a study of this, though without reference to Tibetan, see Andrea Acri’s (2015) “Between Impetus, Fear and Disgust.”

A sense of distress or anxiety that gives rise to disillusionment and weariness with the world. Connected with the term yid ’byung ba (“disillusionment”).