Kailash: Journal of Himalayan Studies

1973 | 1,793,099 words

Kailash (Journal of Himalayan Studies) is a scholarly publication focusing on the history and anthropology of the Himalayan region. It began in 1973 and is printed on traditional rice paper in Kathmandu, Nepal, by Ratna Pustak Bhandar. This interdisciplinary journal is published quarterly but is difficult to acquire, with only a few university libr...

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Chu-mig byang-chub-la (The Spring of Wisdom): Rishi swara: this

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284 | Kailash 1 spring is on the path to India. Upon auspicious days of worship in the first month of the year, you can see a naturally formed image of the Guru in a rock. "At a place one days march to the south-west is the Spring of the Ambrosia of Wisdom (Chu-mig byang-chub bdud-rtsi). (Shing-kun dkar-chag) This power place is a short walk from the main KathmanduRaxaul road close to the top of the watershed ridge of the Sivaliks. In the Vulture Peak Monastery (Bya-rgod phung-po'i dgon-pa) of Kimdol (sky im-grol), the Newari Bhiksu Vagindra Bajra or Ngag-dbang rDo-rje nas (?) printed these new blocks (of the Guide to the Power Places of Nepal, Bal-yul gnas-yig) on the auspicious 14 th day of the month of Saga Dawa in the wood-horse year (1774 A.D.). SARVA MANGALAM

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