• བཅོམ་པ་མ།
  • bcom pa ma
  • bhāgavatī
  • Term
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  • courtesan
  • བཅོམ་པ་མ།
  • bcom pa ma
  • bhāgavatī
Definition in this text:

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).