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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'').
'''Kanha''' or '''Kanhapa''' (Skt. ''Kāṇha''; [[Wyl.]] ''nag po pa'') was one of the two main students of the [[mahasiddha]] [[Virupa]] from whom he received the [[Lamdre]] teachings.
 
==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


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.tbrc.org/link?RID=P3299 TBRC Profile]
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/news/post.cfm/kanha-name-confusions Kanha name confusions]


[[Category:Indian Masters]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]

Revision as of 20:15, 25 September 2010

Kanha or Kanhapa (Skt. Kāṇha; Wyl. nag po pa) was one of the two main students of the mahasiddha Virupa from whom he received the Lamdre teachings.

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