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'''Eight vidyadharas''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') - Eight Indian masters of awareness ([[vidyadhara]]) who were entrusted with the [[Kagyé]] teachings: [[Vimalamitra]], [[Humkara]], [[Mañjushrimitra]], [[Nagarjuna]], [[Prabhahasti]], [[Dhanasamskrita]], [[Rambuguhya-Devachandra]] and [[Shantigarbha]]. Sometimes [[Padmasambhava]] is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of Prabahasti.
'''Eight vidyadharas''' (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་བརྒྱད་, ''rigdzin gyé''; [[Wyl.]] ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') are the [[eight vidyadharas of India]]. It can also refer to the [[eight vidyadharas of Tibet]].


==The Eight Vidyadharas and the Kagyé==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|+According to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]:
|-
! Master!! Deity!! Casket
|-
| Vimalamitra
| [[Chemchok]] || gold
|-
| Humkara
| [[Yangdak]] || silver
|-
| Mañjushrimitra
| [[Yamantaka]] || iron
|-
| Nagarjuna
| [[Hayagriva]] || copper
|-
| Padmasambhava
| [[Vajrakilaya]] || turquoise
|-
| Dhanasamskrita
| [[Mamo Bötong]] || rhinoceros horn
|-
| Rambuguhya
| [[Jikten Chötö]] || agate
|-
| Shantigarbha
| [[Möpa Drakngak]] || Zi stone
|}


==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
==Gallery==
<gallery>Image:Vimalamitra8.jpg
Image:Shantigarbha.jpg
Image:Rombhuguhya.jpg
Image:Prabahasti.jpg
Image:Nagarjuna8.jpg
Image:Manjushrimitra8.jpg
Image:Humkara.jpg
Image:Dhanasamskrta.jpg
</gallery>
==Internal Links==
*[[A Constant Stream of Blessings|Prayer to the Eight Supreme Vidyadharas of India: “A Constant Stream of Blessings”]]
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Revision as of 12:18, 22 March 2016

Eight vidyadharas (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་བརྒྱད་, rigdzin gyé; Wyl. rig 'dzin brgyad) are the eight vidyadharas of India. It can also refer to the eight vidyadharas of Tibet.