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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.
'''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.
==In the mandala of Rigdzin Düpa==
The eight vidyadharas appear as follows in the mandala of [[Rigdzin Düpa]] (together with the associated deities of Kagyé):
* East - Humkara - Yangdak Heruka
* South - Manjushrimitra - Yamantaka
* West - Nagarjuna - Hayagriva
* North - Prabhahasti - Vajrakilaya
* South-east - Dhanasamskrita - Mamo Bötong
* South-west - Vimalamitra - Düdtsi Yönten
* North-west- Rombhuguhya - Jikten Chötö
* North-east - Shantigarbha - Möpa Drakngak




[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]

Revision as of 13:37, 15 July 2007

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.

In the mandala of Rigdzin Düpa

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

  • East - Humkara - Yangdak Heruka
  • South - Manjushrimitra - Yamantaka
  • West - Nagarjuna - Hayagriva
  • North - Prabhahasti - Vajrakilaya
  • South-east - Dhanasamskrita - Mamo Bötong
  • South-west - Vimalamitra - Düdtsi Yönten
  • North-west- Rombhuguhya - Jikten Chötö
  • North-east - Shantigarbha - Möpa Drakngak