[INDOLOGY] Marry Christamas and Hevajratantra (and its Tibetan commentaries)

[Paolo E. Rosati]

Dear Indologists,

first of all, I hope you are having a happy Christmas.

While waiting for the Christmas lunch, I am working on the revision of my
PhD thesis and have encountered some difficulties concerning the HT (1.7.1
0-19), particularly its description of the pīṭhas in relation to the
bodhisattva bhūmis.

Snellgrove (1959, 1: 68n1) gives us these translations:

pīṭhas = seats
kṣestras = fields
melāpakas = meeting-places
śmaśānas = cemeteries
pīlavas = no trans. is given
chandohas = no trans. is given

Snellgrove cit. *Blue Annals*' translation of  pīlavas (ḥhu-gcod) as "drink
and cut"
However, Snellgrove is skeptical regarding this translation.

He also pointed out the *Netravibhaṅga*:

chando = a place where "one desires and yearns"
pīlava = a place where "there are no obstructions"

I am wondering if any studies on these terms have been published in recent
years, or if someone could help me understand these two terms.

With my best wishes,
Paolo

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*Paolo E. Rosati*

*PhD in Asian and African Studies*
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