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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.

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-'''Eight vidyadharas''' (Tib. ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') - Eight Indian masters of awareness who were entrusted with the [[Kagyé]] teachings: [[Vimalamitra]], [[Humkara]], [[Mañjushrimitra]], [[Nagarjuna]], [[Prabahasti]], [[Dhanasamskrita]], [[Rambuguhya-Devachandra]] and [[Shantigarbha]]. Sometimes [[Padmasambhava]] is added as a ninth.
+'''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]].
-==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
+[[Category:Historical Masters]]
+[[Category:Eight Vidyadharas]]
+[[Category:Kagyé]]
 [[Category:Enumerations]]
-[[Category:Historical Masters]]
+[[Category:08-Eight]]