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Eight vidyadharas (Wyl. rig 'dzin brgyad) - Eight Indian masters of awareness (vidyadhara) who were entrusted with the Kagyé teachings: Vimalamitra, Humkara, Mañjushrimitra, Nagarjuna, Prabhahasti, Dhanasamskrita, Rambuguhya-Devachandra and Shantigarbha. Sometimes Padmasambhava is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of Prabahasti.

The eight vidyadharas appear as follows in the mandala of Rigdzin Düpa (together with the associated deities of Kagyé):

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-<gallery>Image:Vimalamitra8.jpg
+<gallery>Image:Vimalamitra8.jpg|Vimalamitra
-Image:Shantigarbha.jpg
+Image:Shantigarbha.jpg|Shantigarbha
-Image:Rombhuguhya.jpg
+Image:Rombhuguhya.jpg|Rombhuguhya
-Image:Prabahasti.jpg
+Image:Prabahasti.jpg|Prabahasti
-Image:Nagarjuna8.jpg
+Image:Nagarjuna8.jpg|Nagarjuna
-Image:Manjushrimitra8.jpg
+Image:Manjushrimitra8.jpg|Manjushrimitra
-Image:Humkara.jpg
+Image:Humkara.jpg|Humkara
-Image:Dhanasamskrta.jpg
+Image:Dhanasamskrta.jpg|Dhanasamskrta
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