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The following is from [[Matthieu Ricard]] ([[MR]]) in his [[The Life of Shabkar]].  The terms you may have been searching for will appear '''bolded''' in this wonderfully educational, and highly abbreviated geographic description of ''how'' the land of Tibet '''''actually lives through''''' it's cultural habitat, both historically ''and'' spiritually:
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#redirect [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
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from chapter 11, pgs. 342-343, note 10:
 
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The White Snow Mountain, [[Kangkar Tise]] ([[gangs dkar ti se]]), [[Mt. Kailash]] (literally 'Silver Mountain'), is one of the world's great holy mountains, sacred to [[Hindus]] and Buddhists alike.  It is one of the so-called "[[Three Holy Places of Tibet]]", associated with the body, speech, and mind aspects of [[Chakrasamvara]] and [[Vajravarahi]].  The other two are [[Lapchi]] ([[la phyi]]) and [[Tsari]] ([[tsa ri]]).  These three are also listed among the "[[Twenty-four Great Sacred Places]]" (Tib. - [[gnas chen nyer gzhi]]), (Skt. - ''pitha'') of the world, [[Mt. Kailash]] being identified as [[Himavat]], [[Lapchi]] as [[Godhavari]], and [[Tsari]] as both [[Caritra]] and [[Devikota]].  There are several descriptions of and guides to [[Mt. Kailash]], including one written by [[Konchog Tendzin Chokyi Lodro]], the [[sixth Drigung Chungtsang]] ([['bri gung chung tshang dkon mchog bstan 'dzin chos kyi blo gros]], 1829-1906), and a recent one composed by [[Choying Dorje]] (1990), hereafter quoted as MK.
 
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It is recounted in the ''[[Chakrasamvara Tantra]]'' and it's commentaries (as related in MK) that the world was once ruled by [[Bhairava]], the wrathful form of [[Mahadeva]], who made the land of [[Magadha]] the seat of his power.  It is said also that four [[devas]] and four ''[[gandharvas]]'' descended from the sky and established their dominion in the eight places known as the [[Eight Celestial Abodes]] ([[mkha' spyod kyi gnas brgyad]]).  Likewise, four [[yakshas]] and four [[rakshasas]], already on the earth, made their way to [[Jambudvipa]], where they established themselves in the [[Eight Earthly Abodes]] ([[sa spyod kyi gnas brgyad]], while four [[naga]s and four [[asura]]s came to [[Jambudvipa]] from beneath the earth, to settle themselves in [[Eight Underground Abodes]] ([[sa 'og gi gnas brgyad]]).  They invited [[Bhairava]] to visit their dwellings, twenty-four in all, but he, instead of coming personally, manifested in each place as a ''[[lingam]]'' to which these savage beings would make blood sacrifices. 
 
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(...to be continued)
 

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