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'''Chimphu''' ([[chims phu]]). The hermitage of caves above [[Samye]] in Central Tibet. Guru Rinpoche spent several years there in retreat.
'''Chamara''' ([[rnga g.yab]]). One of the eight sub-continents surrounding [[Mount Sumeru]] as well as the support for the terrestrial pure land of Guru Rinpoche known as the [[Glorious Copper Colored Mountain]]; the southwestern island of the [[rakshasas]], from which rises the Glorious Copper-colored Mountain ([[zangs mdog dpal ri]]).
 
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Chamara (rnga g.yab). One of the eight sub-continents surrounding Mount Sumeru as well as the support for the terrestrial pure land of Guru Rinpoche known as the Glorious Copper Colored Mountain; the southwestern island of the rakshasas, from which rises the Glorious Copper-colored Mountain (zangs mdog dpal ri).