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| '''Eight vidyadharas''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') - eight Indian masters of awareness ([[vidyadhara]]) who were entrusted with the [[Kagyé]] teachings: | | '''Eight vidyadharas''' (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་བརྒྱད་, ''rigdzin gyé''; [[Wyl.]] ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') are the [[eight vidyadharas of India]]. It can also refer to the [[eight vidyadharas of Tibet]]. |
| *[[Vimalamitra]],
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| *[[Humkara]],
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| *[[Mañjushrimitra]],
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| *[[Nagarjuna]],
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| *[[Prabhahasti]],
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| *[[Dhanasamskrita]],
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| *[[Rambuguhya-Devachandra]] and
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| *[[Shantigarbha]].
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| Sometimes [[Padmasambhava]] is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of Prabahasti.
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| ==The Eight Vidyadharas and the Kagyé==
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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| |+According to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]:
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| ! Master!! Deity!! Casket
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| | Vimalamitra
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| | [[Chemchok]] || gold
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| | Humkara
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| | [[Yangdak]] || silver
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| | Mañjushrimitra
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| | [[Yamantaka]] || iron
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| | Nagarjuna
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| | [[Hayagriva]] || copper
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| | Padmasambhava
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| | [[Vajrakilaya]] || turquoise
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| | Dhanasamskrita
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| | [[Mamo Bötong]] || rhinoceros horn
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| | Rambuguhya
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| | [[Jikten Chötö]] || agate
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| | Shantigarbha
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| | [[Möpa Drakngak]] || Zi stone
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| |}
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| ==In the Mandala of Rigdzin Düpa==
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| The eight vidyadharas appear as follows in the mandala of [[Rigdzin Düpa]] (together with the associated deities of Kagyé):
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| * East - Humkara - Yangdak Heruka
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| * South - Manjushrimitra - Yamantaka
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| * West - Nagarjuna - Hayagriva
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| * North - Prabhahasti - Vajrakilaya
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| * South-east - Dhanasamskrita - Mamo Bötong
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| * South-west - Vimalamitra - [[Düdtsi Yönten]]
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| * North-west- Rombhuguhya - Jikten Chötö
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| * North-east - Shantigarbha - Möpa Drakngak
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>Image:Vimalamitra8.jpg|Vimalamitra
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| Image:Shantigarbha.jpg|Shantigarbha
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| Image:Rombhuguhya.jpg|Rombhuguhya
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| Image:Prabahasti.jpg|Prabahasti
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| Image:Nagarjuna8.jpg|Nagarjuna
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| Image:Manjushrimitra8.jpg|Manjushrimitra
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| Image:Humkara.jpg|Humkara
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| Image:Dhanasamskrta.jpg|Dhanasamskrta
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| </gallery>
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| ==Internal Links==
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| *[[A Constant Stream of Blessings|Prayer to the Eight Supreme Vidyadharas of India: “A Constant Stream of Blessings”]]
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| [[Category:Enumerations]]
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| [[Category:Historical Masters]] | | [[Category:Historical Masters]] |
| [[Category:Eight Vidyadharas]] | | [[Category:Eight Vidyadharas| ]] |
| [[Category:Kagyé]] | | [[Category:Kagyé]] |
| | [[Category:Enumerations]] |
| | [[Category:08-Eight]] |