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| '''Eight vidyadharas''' (Tib. ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') - Eight Indian masters of awareness who were entrusted with the [[Kagyé]] teachings: [[Vimalamitra]], [[Humkara]], [[Mañjushrimitra]], [[Nagarjuna]], [[Prabahasti]], [[Dhanasamskrita]], [[Rambuguhya-Devachandra]] and [[Shantigarbha]]. Sometimes [[Padmasambhava]] is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of Prabahasti. | | '''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]]. |
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| ==The Eight Vidyadharas and the Kagyé==
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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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| ==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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| | [[Category:Historical Masters]] |
| | [[Category:Eight Vidyadharas| ]] |
| | [[Category:Kagyé]] |
| [[Category:Enumerations]] | | [[Category:Enumerations]] |
| [[Category:Historical Masters]] | | [[Category:08-Eight]] |