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Chamaradvipa, Chamara continent rakshasa country [IW]

rnga yab Skt. Cāmara-dvīpa, according to Buddhist cosmology, is one of the two sub-continents surrounding our human world Jambu-dvīpa, and is located in its southwestern direction. It is inhabited by rākṣasa-s and is the site of the Pure Realm or Pure Land of Padmasambhava, which is known as the Copper-Colored Mountain of Glory (zangs mdog dpal ri). See rnga yab [Erick Tsiknopoulos]