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===List of the Mahasiddhas=== {| class="nounderlines" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background:transparent;" |- valign="top" | [[File:Nagarjuna with 84 mahasiddha.jpg|320px]] | [[File:Vajradhara Buddha with 84 mahasiddha.jpg|320px]] | [[File:Atisha with 84 mahasiddha.jpg|320px]] |- | ''[[Nagarjuna|Nāgārjuna]] with 34 Mahāsiddhas'' ({{Circa|1750}}), Tibetan Buddhist ''[[thangka]]'' currently preserved in the [[Rubin Museum of Art]], New York City | [[Vajradhara]] and 25 Mahāsiddhas | [[Atiśa]] and 28 Mahāsiddhas |} In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] there are eighty-four Mahasiddhas. The list (in alphabetical order) below includes their name and their epithet. An asterisk after their name denotes a female Mahasiddha.<ref>{{Cite book |last=varuna_balakrishnan |url=https://archive.org/details/mahamudramastersofmahamudrasongsandhistoriesof84buddhistssiddhaskeithdowmansunny_202002/page/n5/mode/2up |title=Mahamudra, Masters Of Mahamudra Songs And Histories Of 84 Buddhists Siddhas Keith Dowman Sunny}}</ref> Many Mahasiddhas practiced specific tantras, for example Brahman Kukkuripa (34th in Abhyadatta's list) of Kapilaśakru practiced [[Cakrasaṃvara Tantra]], Monk Virūpa (3) of Somapuri practiced [[Hevajra]] for 12 years, Monk Karṇaripa (Aryadeva) (18) of Nālandā practiced [[Guhyasamāja]]. #[[Acinta]], the "Avaricious Hermit"; #[[Ajogi]], the "Rejected Wastrel"; #[[Anangapa]], the "Handsome Fool"; #[[Aryadeva]] (Karnaripa), the "One-Eyed",(fl. 3rd century CE), Nalanda; #[[Babhaha]], the "Free Lover"; #[[Bhadrapa]], the "Exclusive Brahmin"; #[[Bhandepa]], the "Envious God"; #[[Bhiksanapa]], "Siddha Two-Teeth"; #Bhusuku ([[Shantideva]]), the "Idle Monk"; #[[Camaripa]], the "Divine Cobbler"; #Champaka, the "Flower King"; #[[Carbaripa]] (Carpati) "the Petrifyer"; #[[Catrapa]], the "Lucky Beggar"; #[[Caurangipa]], "the Dismembered Stepson"; #[[Celukapa]], the "Revitalized Drone"; #[[Darikapa]], the "Slave-King of the Temple Whore"; #[[Dengipa]], the "Courtesan's Brahmin Slave"; #[[Dhahulipa]], the "Blistered Rope-Maker"; #[[Dharmapa]], the "Eternal Student" (c.900 CE); #[[Dhilipa]], the "Epicurean Merchant"; #[[Dhobipa]], the "Wise Washerman"; #[[Dhokaripa]], the "Bowl-Bearer"; #[[Dombi Heruka]], the "Tiger Rider"; #[[Dukhandi]], the "Scavenger"; #[[Ghantapa]], the "Celibate Bell-Ringer"; #[[Gharbari]] or [[Gharbaripa]], the "Contrite Scholar" (Skt., [[pandit]]a); #[[Godhuripa]], the "Bird Catcher"; #[[Goraksha]], the "Immortal Cowherd"; #[[Indrabhuti]], the "Enlightened Siddha-King"; #[[Jalandhara (Mahasiddha)|Jalandhara]], the "Dakini's Chosen One"; #[[Jayananda]], the "Crow Master"; #[[Jogipa]], the "Siddha-Pilgrim"; #[[Kalapa (Mahasiddha)|Kalapa]], the "Handsome Madman"; #[[Kamparipa]], the "Blacksmith"; #[[Kambala (Mahasiddha)|Kambala]] (Lavapa), the "Black-Blanket-Clad Yogin"; #Kanakhala*, the younger Severed-Headed Sister; #[[Kanhapa]] (Krishnacharya), the "Dark Siddha"; #[[Kankana]], the "Siddha-King"; #[[Kankaripa]], the "Lovelorn Widower"; #[[Kantalipa]], the "Ragman-Tailor"; #[[Kapalapa]], the "Skull Bearer"; #[[Khadgapa]], the "Fearless Thief"; #[[Kilakilapa]], the "Exiled Loud-Mouth"; #[[Kirapalapa]] (Kilapa), the "Repentant Conqueror"; #[[Kokilipa]], the "Complacent Aesthete"; #[[Kotalipa]] (or [[Tog tse pa]], the "Peasant Guru"; #[[Kucipa]], the "Goitre-Necked Yogin"; #[[Kukkuripa]], (late 9th/10th Century), the "Dog Lover"; #[[Kumbharipa]], "the Potter"; #[[Laksminkara]]*, "The Mad Princess"; #[[Lilapa]], the "Royal Hedonist"; #[[Lucikapa]], the "Escapist"; #[[Luipa]]da, the "Fish-Gut Eater"; #[[Mahipa]], the "Greatest"; #Manibhadra*, the "Happy Housewife"; #[[Medhini]], the "Tired Farmer"; #[[Mekhala and Kanakhala|Mekhala]]*, the Elder Severed-Headed Sister; #[[Mekopa]], the "Guru Dread-Stare"; #[[Minapa]], the "Fisherman"; #[[Nagabodhi]], the "Red-Horned Thief'"; #[[Nagarjuna]], "Philosopher and Alchemist", a Brahmin, (c. 150 – c. 250 CE); #[[Nalinapa]], the "Self-Reliant Prince"; #[[Nirgunapa]], the "Enlightened Moron"; #[[Naropa]], the "Dauntless"; #[[Pacaripa]], the "Pastrycook"; #[[Pankajapa]], the "Lotus-Born Brahmin"; #[[Putalipa]], the "Mendicant Icon-Bearer"; #[[Rahula (Mahasiddha)|Rahula]], the "Rejuvenated Dotard"; #[[Saraha]], the "Great Brahmin", the teacher of [[Nagarjuna]], eastern India; #[[Sakara (Mahasiddha)|Sakara]] or [[Saroruha]]; #[[Samudra (Mahasiddha)|Samudra]], the "Pearl Diver"; #[[Śāntipa]] (or Ratnākaraśānti), the "Complacent Missionary"; #[[Sarvabhaksa]], the "Glutton"; #[[Savaripa]], the "Hunter", held to have incarnated in [[Drukpa Künleg]]; #[[Syalipa]], the "Jackal Yogin"; #[[Tantepa]], the "Gambler"; #[[Tantipa]], the "Senile Weaver"; #[[Thaganapa]], the "Compulsive Liar"; #[[Tilopa]], the "Great Renunciate" #[[Udhilipa]], the "Bird-Man"; #[[Upanaha]], the "Bootmaker"; #[[Vinapa]], the "Musician"; #[[Virupa]], the "Dakini Master";t neutral. #[[Vyalipa]], the "Courtesan's Alchemist";
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