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'''Eight vidyadharas''' (Tib. ''rig 'dzin brgyad'') - [[Vimalamitra]], [[Humkara]], [[Mañjushrimitra]], [[Nagarjuna]], [[Padmasambhava]], [[Dhanasamskrita]], [[Rambuguhya]] and [[Shantigarbha]].
'''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 which circumstances is this correct, and in which not? For example, in relation to Vajrakilaya, the eight vidyadharas include Prabahasti, not Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava received a ninth casket from Chemchok Heruka at a later time.


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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.