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Mahasiddha (Sanskrit:
mahāsiddha "great adept; Tibetan: གྲུབ་ཐོབ་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: grub thob chen po, THL:
druptop chenpo) is a term for
someone who embodies...
- India. It is
famous for its fair of
Mahasiddha Maharaj.[citation needed] It is also
known locally as
Dhanora (
Mahasiddha) to
distinguish it from
several other...
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dominated by long-haired,
wandering mahasiddhas who
openly challenged and
ridiculed the
Buddhist establishment. The
mahasiddhas pursued siddhis,
magical powers...
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bsnun The Archer), (circa 8th
century CE) was an
Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha and poet. The name
Saraha means "the one who has shot the arrow.". According...
- tradition.
Siddha is a term used for both
mahasiddhas and
Naths So a
siddha may mean a siddha, a
mahasiddha or a nath. The
three words are used interchangeably...
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Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha. He was the
disciple of
Tilopa and brother, or some
sources say
partner and pupil, of Niguma. As an
Indian Mahasiddha, Naropa's instructions...
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Buddhism can be
traced back to
groups of
wandering yogi
magicians called mahasiddhas. The
question of the
origins of
early Vajrayana has been
taken up by...
- Sanskrit:
Talika or Tilopadā; 988–1069) was an
Indian Buddhist tantric mahasiddha who
lived along the
Ganges River. He
practised Anuttarayoga Tantra, a...
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known as
Virupaksa and
Tutop Wangchuk, was an 8th–9th
century Indian mahasiddha and yogi, and the
source of
important cycles of
teachings in Vajrayana...
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called Marpa Kagyu in his honour.
Although some
accounts relate that the
Mahasiddha Naropa was the
personal teacher of Marpa,
other accounts suggest that...
