Eighty-four mahasiddhas

Eighty-four mahasiddhas — eighty (or eighty four) great siddhas of ancient India whose lives have been recounted by Abhayadatta:

1. Acinta or Acintapa, the 'Avaricious Hermit';
2. Ajogi or Ayogipa, the 'Rejected Wastrel';
3. Anangapa, Ananga, or Anangavajra;
4. Aryadeva, the 'Lotus-Born' or the 'One-Eyed';
5. Babhaha, the 'Free Lover';
6. Bhadrapa, the 'Snob' or the 'Exclusive Brahmin';
7. Bhandepa, the 'Envious God';
8. Bhiksanapa, 'Siddha Two-Teeth';
9. Bhusuku or Bhusukupada, the 'Lazy Monk' or the 'Idle Monk';
10. Camaripa, the 'Divine Cobbler';
11. Campaka or Campakapada, the 'Flower King';
12. Carbaripa or Carpati, 'Who Turned People to Stone' or 'the Petrifyer';
13. Catrapa, the 'Lucky Beggar';
14. Caurangipa, the 'Limbless One' or 'the Dismembered Stepson';
15. Celukapa, the 'Revitalized Drone';
16. Darikapa, the 'Slave-King of the Temple Whore';
17. Dengipa, the 'Courtesan's Brahmin Slave';
18. Dhahulipa, the 'Blistered Rope-Maker';
19. Dharmapa, the 'Eternal Student' (c.900 CE);
20. Dhilipa, the 'Epicurean Merchant';
21. Dhobipa, the 'Wise Washerman';
22. Dhokaripa, the 'Bowl-Bearer';
23. Dombipa, the 'Tiger Rider';
24. Dukhandi, the 'Scavenger';
25. Ghantapa, the 'Celibate Monk' or the 'Celibate Bell-Ringer';
26. Gharbari or Gharbaripa, the Contrite Scholar (Skt. pandita)
27. Godhuripa or Gorura, the 'Bird Catcher';
28. Goraksa, Gorakhnath or Goraksha, the 'Immortal Cowherd';
29. Indrabhuti, (teachings disseminated to Tilopa);
30. Jalandhara, the 'Dakini's Chosen One';
31. Jayananda, the 'Crow Master';
32. Jogipa,
33. Kalapa,
34. Kamparipa,
35. Kambala,
36. Kanakhala, the younger of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters;
37. Kanhapa,
38. Kankana,
39. Kankaripa,
40. Kantalipa,
41. Kapalapa,
42. Khadgapa,
43. Kilakilapa,
44. Kirapalapa,
45. Kokilipa,
46. Kotalipa,
47. Kucipa,
48. Kukkuripa,
49. Kumbharipa,
50. Laksminkara, 'The Mad Princess';
51. Lilapa,
52. Lucikapa,
53. Luyipa,
54. Mahipa,
55. Manibhadra, the 'Model Wife' or the 'Happy Housewife';
56. Medhini,
57. Mekhala, the elder of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters;
58. Mekopa,
59. Minapa,
60. Nagabodhi,
61. Nagarjuna,
62. Nalinapa,
63. Naropa,
64. Nirgunapa,
65. Pacaripa,
66. Pankajapa,
67. Putalipa,
68. Rahula,
69. Saraha, the 'Arrow Maker';
70. Sakara,
71. Samudra,
72. Shantipa,
73. Sarvabhaksa,
74. Savaripa,
75. Syalipa,
76. Tantepa,
77. Tantipa,
78. Thaganapa,
79. Tilopa,
80. Udhilipa,
81. Upanaha,
82. Vinapa,
83. Virupa,
84. Vyalipa.

Further Reading

• Abhayadatta, Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas, Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979
• Dowman, Keith, Buddhist Masters of Enchantment: The Lives and Legends of the Mahasiddhas, Inner Traditions, 1998