Eight Charnel Grounds

Eight Charnel Grounds (dur khrod brgyad)

see also Eight Great Charnel Grounds.

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• The eight great cemeteries of ancient India, known respectively, in Tibetan, as

1. gtum drag,
2. tshang tshing 'khrigs pa,
3. 'bar 'khrigs pa,
4. keng rus can,
5. bsil ba tshal (Skt. Sitavana),
6. mun pa nag po,
7. ki li ki lir sgra sgrog pa, and
8. ha ha rgod pa. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)

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1) Cool Grove, Sitavana (bsil ba tshal), in the east.

2) Perfected in Body (sku la rdzogs) to the south.

3) Lotus Mound (pad ma brtsegs) to the west.

4) Lanka Mound (lan ka brtsegs) to the north.

5) Spontaneously Accomplished Mound (lhun grub brtsegs) to the south-east.

6) Display of Great Secret (gsang chen rol pa) to the south-west.

7) Pervasive Great Joy (he chen brdal ba) to the north-west.

8) World Mound ('jig rten brtsegs) to the north-east.

There are also numerous other lists of charnel grounds. (RY)

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