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: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Eighty-four Great Adepts (Tibetan: grub thob brgyad bcu rtsa bzhi) are:
- ṅt,
- Ajogi,
- Բṅg,
- Āⲹ𱹲,
- Babhaha,
- Bhadrapa,
- Bhandepa,
- ṣaԲ貹,
- Bhusuku (Śāntideva),
- 峾貹,
- Campaka,
- Carbaripa,
- Catrapa,
- 䲹ܰṅg貹,
- Celukapa,
- 첹貹,
- Ḍeṅg貹,
- Dhahulipa,
- Dharmapa,
- Dhilipa,
- ٳDzī貹,
- Dhokaripa,
- Ḍo貹,
- ٳܰṅd,
- ҳṇṭ貹,
- Gharbari,
- Godhuripa,
- Ҵǰٳ,
- Իūپ,
- Ի,
- ԲԻ岹,
- Jogipa,
- 貹,
- Kambala,
- Kamparipa,
- Բ,
- ṇh貹,
- ṅkṇa,
- ṅkī貹,
- Kantalipa,
- Kapālapa (Āryadeva),
- ḍg貹,
- Kilakilapa,
- 貹,
- Kokilipa,
- ṭa貹,
- Kucipa,
- Kukkuripa,
- Kumbharipa,
- ṣmīṅk,
- ī貹,
- Lucikapa,
- ū貹,
- Mahipa,
- Ѳṇi,
- Medhini,
- ѱ,
- Mekopa,
- īԲ貹,
- 岵ǻ,
- 岵ܲԲ,
- Nalinapa,
- DZ貹,
- ṇa貹,
- Pacaripa,
- ʲṅkᲹ貹,
- Putalipa,
- ܱ,
- Ratnākaraśānti (Śāntipa),
- Samudra,
- Saraha,
- Saroruha,
- ṣa,
- Ś貹,
- Śⲹ貹,
- ղṅt貹,
- Tantipa,
- Thaganapa,
- Tilopa,
- Udhilipa,
- Upanaha,
- վṇāp,
- վū貹,
- ղ貹,
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:
- Lūipa (lit. “the fish-gut eater�),
- Līlapa (lit. “the royal hedonist�),
- Virūpa (lit. “the ḍākinī-master�),
- Ḍombipa (lit. “the tiger-rider�),
- Śavaripa (lit. “the hunter�),
- Saraha (lit. “the great brahmin�),
- Kaṅkāripa (lit. “the lovelorn widower�),
- Mīnapa (lit. “the hindu jonah�),
- Nāth Siddha Gorakṣa (lit. “the immortal cowherd�),
- Cauraṅgipa (lit. “the dismembered stepson�),
- Vīṇāpa (lit. “the musician�),
- Śāntipa (lit. “the complacent missionary�),
- Tantipa (lit. “the senile weaver�),
- Cāmāripa (lit. “the cobbler�),
- Khaḍgapa (lit. “the fearless thief�),
- Nāgārjuna (lit. “nagarjuna�),
- Kāṇhapa (lit. “the dark siddha�),
- Āryadeva (lit. “the one-eyed�),
- Thaganapa (lit. “the compulsive liar�),
- Nāropa (lit. “the dauntless�),
- Śyalipa (lit. “the jackal-yogin�),
- Tilopa (lit. “the great renunciate�),
- Catrapa (lit. “the lucky beggar�),
- Bhadrapa (lit. “the exclusive brahmin�),
- Dukhaṅdhi (lit. “the scavenger�),
- Ajogi (lit. “the rejected wastrel�),
- Kālapa (lit. “the handsome madman�),
- Dhobīpa (lit. “the wise washerman�),
- Kaṅkaṇa (lit. “the siddha-king�),
- Kambala (lit. “the black-blanket-clad yogin�),
- Ḍeṅgipa (lit. “the courtesan's brahmin slave�),
- Bhandepa (lit. “the envious god�),
- Taṅtepa (lit. “the gambler�),
- Kukkuripa (lit. “the dog-lover�),
- Kucipa (lit. “the goitre-necked yogin�),
- Dharmapa (lit. “the eternal student�),
- Mahipa (lit. “the greatest�),
- Aciṅta (lit. “the avaricious hermit�),
- Babhaha (lit. “the free lover�),
- Nalinapa (lit. “the self-reliant prince�),
- Śāntideva (lit. “the idle monk�),
- Indrabhūti (lit. “the enlightened siddha-king�),
- Mekopa (lit. “guru dread-stare�),
- Koṭālipa (lit. “the peasant guru�),
- Kamparipa (lit. “the blacksmith�),
- Jālandhara (lit. “the ḍākinī's chosen one�),
- Rāhula (lit. “the rejuvenated dotard�),
- Dharmapa or Gharbari (lit. “the contrite paṇḍita�),
- Dhokaripa (lit. “the bowl-bearer�),
- Medhinī (lit. “the tired farmer�),
- Paṅkajapa (lit. “the lotus-born brahmin�),
- Ghaṇṭāpa (lit. “the celibate bell-ringer�),
- Jogipa (lit. “the siddha-pilgrim�),
- Celukapa (lit. “the revitalized drone�),
- Godhuripa (lit. “the bird-catcher�),
- Lucikapa (lit. “the escapist�),
- Nirguṇapa (lit. “the enlightened moron�),
- Jayānanda (lit. “crow master�),
- Pacaripa (lit. “the pastrycook�),
- Campaka (lit. “the flower king�),
- Bhikṣanapa (lit. “siddha two-teeth�),
- Dhilipa (lit. “the epicurean merchant�),
- Kumbharipa (lit. “the potter�),
- Carbaripa (lit. “the petrifier�),
- Maṇibhadrā (lit. “the happy housewife�),
- Mekhalā (lit. “the elder severed-headed sister�),
- Kanakhalā (lit. “the younger severed-headed sister�),
- Kilakilapa (lit. “the exiled loud-mouth�),
- Kantalipa (lit. “the ragman-tailor�),
- Dhahulipa (lit. “the blistered rope-maker�),
- Udhilipa (lit. “the bird-man�),
- Kapālapa (lit. “the skull-bearer�),
- Kirapālapa (lit. “the repentant conqueror�),
- Sakara (lit. “the lotus-born�),
- Sarvabhakṣa (lit. “the glutton�),
- Nāgabodhi (lit. “the red-horned thief�),
- Dārikapa (lit. “slave-king of the temple whore�),
- Putalipa (lit. “the mendicant icon-bearer�),
- Upanaha (lit. “the bootmaker�),
- Kokilipa (lit. “the complacent esthete�),
- Anaṅgapa (lit. “the handsome fool�),
- Lakṣmīṅkarā (lit. “the crazy princess�),
- Samudra (lit. “the pearl diver�),
- Vyālipa (lit. “the courtesan's alchemist�).

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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Partial matches: Maha, Mahasiddha.
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