Nine great vidyadharas
The nine great vidyadharas (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་ཆེན་པོ་དགུ་, rigdzin chenpo gu, Wyl. rig 'dzin chen po dgu) are the eight vidyadharas of India who were the first recipients of one of the Kagyé teachings, plus Guru Rinpoche who received all eight Kagyé teachings together.