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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




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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.