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'''Eight vidyadharas''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') — eight Indian masters of awareness ([[vidyadhara]]) who were entrusted with the [[Kagyé]] teachings:
'''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]].
*[[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.
 
==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|Vimalamitra
Image:Shantigarbha.jpg|Shantigarbha
Image:Rombhuguhya.jpg|Rombhuguhya
Image:Prabahasti.jpg|Prabahasti
Image:Nagarjuna8.jpg|Nagarjuna
Image:Manjushrimitra8.jpg|Manjushrimitra
Image:Humkara.jpg|Humkara
Image:Dhanasamskrta.jpg|Dhanasamskrta
</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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Latest revision as of 09:05, 14 September 2023

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.