View source for Five Excellent Ones of Sublime Nobility

The '''Five Excellent Ones of Sublime Nobility''' (Tib. དམ་པའི་རིགས་ཅན་དྲ་མ་ལྔ་, ''dampé rikchen drama nga'', [[Wyl.]] ''dam pa’i rigs can dra ma lnga'') who received the [[Mahayoga]] and [[Anuyoga]] [[tantra]]s of the [[Nyingma]] tradition at the summit of [[Mount Malaya]] from [[Vajrapani]] were:
*the [[gods|god]] Yashasvi Varapala (Skt. ''Yaśasvī Varapāla''; Wyl. ''grags ldan mchog skyong'')
*the [[naga]] king Takshaka (Skt. ''Takṣaka''; Wyl. ''klu rgyal ’jog po'')
*the [[yaksha]] Ulkamukha (Skt. ''Ulkāmukha''; ''skar mda’ gdong'')
*the [[rakshasa]] Matyaupayika (Skt. ''Matyaupāyika''; Wyl. ''blo gros thabs ldan'') 
*the human being Licchavi Vimalakirti (Skt. ''Vimalakīrti''; Wyl. ''dri med grags pa''). Alternatively, according to some sources, the god [[Indra]] (Wyl. ''rig ’dzin lha dbang brgya sbyin'') is listed in place of Vimalakirti.

==Alternative Translations==
*Five Noble Ones (Dorje & Kapstein)

==Sources==
*''[[Kunzang Lamé Shyalung]]'', pages 334 & 398.

[[Category: Vajrayana]]
[[Category: Mahayoga]]
[[Category: Anuyoga]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category: 05-Five]]