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[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Eighty-four siddhas in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems

The Eighty-four Great Adepts (Tibetan: grub thob brgyad bcu rtsa bzhi) are:

  1. ṅt,
  2. Ajogi,
  3. Բṅg,
  4. Āⲹ𱹲,
  5. Babhaha,
  6. Bhadrapa,
  7. Bhandepa,
  8. 󾱰ṣaԲ貹,
  9. Bhusuku (Śāntideva),
  10. 峾貹,
  11. Campaka,
  12. Carbaripa,
  13. Catrapa,
  14. 䲹ܰṅg貹,
  15. Celukapa,
  16. 첹貹,
  17. Ḍeṅg貹,
  18. Dhahulipa,
  19. Dharmapa,
  20. Dhilipa,
  21. ٳDzī貹,
  22. Dhokaripa,
  23. Ḍo貹,
  24. ٳܰṅd,
  25. ҳṇṭ貹,
  26. Gharbari,
  27. Godhuripa,
  28. Ҵǰٳ,
  29. Իūپ,
  30. Ի󲹰,
  31. ԲԻ岹,
  32. Jogipa,
  33. 貹,
  34. Kambala,
  35. Kamparipa,
  36. Բ󲹱,
  37. ṇh貹,
  38. ṅkṇa,
  39. ṅkī貹,
  40. Kantalipa,
  41. Kapālapa (Āryadeva),
  42. ḍg貹,
  43. Kilakilapa,
  44. 貹,
  45. Kokilipa,
  46. ṭa貹,
  47. Kucipa,
  48. Kukkuripa,
  49. Kumbharipa,
  50. ṣmīṅk,
  51. ī貹,
  52. Lucikapa,
  53. ū貹,
  54. Mahipa,
  55. Ѳṇi󲹻,
  56. Medhini,
  57. ѱ󲹱,
  58. Mekopa,
  59. īԲ貹,
  60. 岵ǻ,
  61. 岵ܲԲ,
  62. Nalinapa,
  63. DZ貹,
  64. ṇa貹,
  65. Pacaripa,
  66. ʲṅkᲹ貹,
  67. Putalipa,
  68. ܱ,
  69. Ratnākaraśānti (Śāntipa),
  70. Samudra,
  71. Saraha,
  72. Saroruha,
  73. 󲹰ṣa,
  74. Ś貹,
  75. Śⲹ貹,
  76. ղṅt貹,
  77. Tantipa,
  78. Thaganapa,
  79. Tilopa,
  80. Udhilipa,
  81. Upanaha,
  82. վṇāp,
  83. վū貹,
  84. ղ貹,
: Rigpa Shedra: Wiki

The Eighty-four Siddhas (䲹ٳܰśīپ) refers to the eighty-four great adepts of ancient India whose lives have been recounted by Abhayadatta (Cf. Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas).—In Sanskrit they are known as ٳܰśīپ- and in Tibetan as: (1) grub thob brgyad cu rtsa bzhi (2) grub thob brgyad bcu rtsa bzhi.

The Eighty-four Maha-Siddhas are:

  1. Lūipa (lit. “the fish-gut eater�),
  2. Līlapa (lit. “the royal hedonist�),
  3. Virūpa (lit. “the ḍākinī-master�),
  4. Ḍombipa (lit. “the tiger-rider�),
  5. Śavaripa (lit. “the hunter�),
  6. Saraha (lit. “the great brahmin�),
  7. Kaṅkāripa (lit. “the lovelorn widower�),
  8. Mīnapa (lit. “the hindu jonah�),
  9. Nāth Siddha Gorakṣa (lit. “the immortal cowherd�),
  10. Cauraṅgipa (lit. “the dismembered stepson�),
  11. Vīṇāpa (lit. “the musician�),
  12. Śāntipa (lit. “the complacent missionary�),
  13. Tantipa (lit. “the senile weaver�),
  14. Cāmāripa (lit. “the cobbler�),
  15. Khaḍgapa (lit. “the fearless thief�),
  16. Nāgārjuna (lit. “nagarjuna�),
  17. Kāṇhapa (lit. “the dark siddha�),
  18. Āryadeva (lit. “the one-eyed�),
  19. Thaganapa (lit. “the compulsive liar�),
  20. Nāropa (lit. “the dauntless�),
  21. Śyalipa (lit. “the jackal-yogin�),
  22. Tilopa (lit. “the great renunciate�),
  23. Catrapa (lit. “the lucky beggar�),
  24. Bhadrapa (lit. “the exclusive brahmin�),
  25. Dukhaṅdhi (lit. “the scavenger�),
  26. Ajogi (lit. “the rejected wastrel�),
  27. Kālapa (lit. “the handsome madman�),
  28. Dhobīpa (lit. “the wise washerman�),
  29. Kaṅkaṇa (lit. “the siddha-king�),
  30. Kambala (lit. “the black-blanket-clad yogin�),
  31. Ḍeṅgipa (lit. “the courtesan's brahmin slave�),
  32. Bhandepa (lit. “the envious god�),
  33. Taṅtepa (lit. “the gambler�),
  34. Kukkuripa (lit. “the dog-lover�),
  35. Kucipa (lit. “the goitre-necked yogin�),
  36. Dharmapa (lit. “the eternal student�),
  37. Mahipa (lit. “the greatest�),
  38. Aciṅta (lit. “the avaricious hermit�),
  39. Babhaha (lit. “the free lover�),
  40. Nalinapa (lit. “the self-reliant prince�),
  41. Śāntideva (lit. “the idle monk�),
  42. Indrabhūti (lit. “the enlightened siddha-king�),
  43. Mekopa (lit. “guru dread-stare�),
  44. Koṭālipa (lit. “the peasant guru�),
  45. Kamparipa (lit. “the blacksmith�),
  46. Jālandhara (lit. “the ḍākinī's chosen one�),
  47. Rāhula (lit. “the rejuvenated dotard�),
  48. Dharmapa or Gharbari (lit. “the contrite paṇḍita�),
  49. Dhokaripa (lit. “the bowl-bearer�),
  50. Medhinī (lit. “the tired farmer�),
  51. Paṅkajapa (lit. “the lotus-born brahmin�),
  52. Ghaṇṭāpa (lit. “the celibate bell-ringer�),
  53. Jogipa (lit. “the siddha-pilgrim�),
  54. Celukapa (lit. “the revitalized drone�),
  55. Godhuripa (lit. “the bird-catcher�),
  56. Lucikapa (lit. “the escapist�),
  57. Nirguṇapa (lit. “the enlightened moron�),
  58. Jayānanda (lit. “crow master�),
  59. Pacaripa (lit. “the pastrycook�),
  60. Campaka (lit. “the flower king�),
  61. Bhikṣanapa (lit. “siddha two-teeth�),
  62. Dhilipa (lit. “the epicurean merchant�),
  63. Kumbharipa (lit. “the potter�),
  64. Carbaripa (lit. “the petrifier�),
  65. Maṇibhadrā (lit. “the happy housewife�),
  66. Mekhalā (lit. “the elder severed-headed sister�),
  67. Kanakhalā (lit. “the younger severed-headed sister�),
  68. Kilakilapa (lit. “the exiled loud-mouth�),
  69. Kantalipa (lit. “the ragman-tailor�),
  70. Dhahulipa (lit. “the blistered rope-maker�),
  71. Udhilipa (lit. “the bird-man�),
  72. Kapālapa (lit. “the skull-bearer�),
  73. Kirapālapa (lit. “the repentant conqueror�),
  74. Sakara (lit. “the lotus-born�),
  75. Sarvabhakṣa (lit. “the glutton�),
  76. Nāgabodhi (lit. “the red-horned thief�),
  77. Dārikapa (lit. “slave-king of the temple whore�),
  78. Putalipa (lit. “the mendicant icon-bearer�),
  79. Upanaha (lit. “the bootmaker�),
  80. Kokilipa (lit. “the complacent esthete�),
  81. Anaṅgapa (lit. “the handsome fool�),
  82. Lakṣmīṅkarā (lit. “the crazy princess�),
  83. Samudra (lit. “the pearl diver�),
  84. Vyālipa (lit. “the courtesan's alchemist�).
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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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