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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*[[Abhayadatta]], ''Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas'', Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979 | *[[Abhayadatta]], ''Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas'', Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979 | ||
*David Templeman, ''Taranatha's Life of Krsnacarya/Kanha'', Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1989 | |||
*Roger R. Jackson, ''Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India'', Oxford University Press, 2004 | *Roger R. Jackson, ''Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India'', Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||
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Kanha or Kanhapa (Skt. Kāṇha) aka Krishnacharya (Skt. Kṛṣṇācārya; Wyl. nag po spyod pa) was one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas. He is an important master in the lineage of transmission of Chakrasamvara and is the author of a commentary on the Hevajra Tantra as well as a collection of songs (doha).
Further Reading
- Abhayadatta, Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas, Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979
- David Templeman, Taranatha's Life of Krsnacarya/Kanha, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1989
- Roger R. Jackson, Tantric Treasures: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India, Oxford University Press, 2004