PHUG GCAL, sPa gro

སྤ་རོ (Wangchang Gewog - BT)
27.416700,89.400000
Grottocenter / carte

Location

The "Tibetan History of Bön" gives a description (Fol. 219b) of the hiding place for a sacred text in the not certain identified cave sPa gro phug gcal, which fits to –>Zlum Rtse Phug (translated by S. KARMAY, page 145): »… on the left side of sPa gro phug gcal, at the level of the waist, in a rock like a Mongolian engaging in battle, under a rock like a white lion opening its mouth wide, behind a rock like a black tortoise drinking water, at the foot of a rock with the large claws of a scorpion, in the centre of a brown rock like a burning flame, in a rocky cave that had the form of the sun …« (LAUF 1973: 42). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 09/02/2016

Documents

Bibliography 09/02/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
1.8ZLUM rTSE PHUG
13.3TOM PHIONG SUBTERRANEAN LAKE
22.9PADMASAMBHAVA PHUG, Thimpu
25.7DECHEN PHUG, Tashi Cho Dzong
32.2TANGO DIGLAM
38.3GANGYUL (Cave at)
48.0WANGDÜ PHODRANG DZONG CAVE (Hole at)
48.6NAGRI RINCHEN PHUG
81.7PAREP CAVE (Cave of)