List of the 84 Mahasiddhas In Buddhism there are 84 Mahasiddhas (the asterisk * denotes a female): Acinta or Acintapa, the Avaricious Hermit; Ajogi or Ayogipa, the Rejected Wastrel; Anangapa, Ananga, or Anangavajra; Aryadeva (or Karnaripa), the Lotus-Born or the One-Eyed; Babhaha, the Free Lover; Bhadrapa, the Snob or the Exclusive Brahmin; Bhandepa, the Envious God; Bhiksanapa, Siddha Two-Teeth; Bhusuku, Bhusukupada or Shantideva, the Lazy Monk or the Idle Monk; Camaripa, the Divine Cobbler; Campaka or Campakapada, the Flower King; Carbaripa or Carpati, Who Turned People to Stone or the Petrifyer; Catrapa, the Lucky Beggar; Caurangipa, the Limbless One or the Dismembered Stepson; Celukapa, the Revitalized Drone; Darikapa, the Slave-King of the Temple Whore; Dengipa, the Courtesans 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; Dombipa, the Tiger Rider; Dukhandi, the Scavenger; Ghantapa, the Celibate Monk or the Celibate Bell-Ringer; Gharbari or Gharbaripa, the Contrite Scholar (Skt., pandita); Godhuripa, the Bird Catcher; Goraksa, Gorakhnath or Goraksha, the Immortal Cowherd; Indrabhuti, (teachings disseminated to Tilopa); Jalandhara, the Dakinis Chosen One; Jayananda, the Crow Master; Jogipa, the Siddha-Pilgrim; Kalapa, the Handsome Madman; Kamparipa, the Blacksmith; Kambala, the Yogin of the Black Blanket (or the Black-Blanket-Clad Yogin); Kanakhala*, the younger of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters; Kanhapa (or Krsnacarya), the Dark-Skinned One (or the Dark Siddha); Kankana, the Siddha-King; Kankaripa, the Lovelorn Widower; Kantalipa, the Rag Picker (or the Ragman-Tailor); Kapalapa, the Skull Bearer; Khadgapa, the Master Thief (or the Fearless Thief); Kilakilapa, the Exiled Loud-Mouth; Kirapalapa (or 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, teachings disseminated to Tilopa; Mahipa, the Greatest; Manibhadra*, the Model Wife or the Happy Housewife; Medhini, the Tired Farmer; Mekhala*, the elder of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters; Mekopa, the Wild-Eyed Guru (or the Guru Dread-Stare); Minapa, the Fisherman; Nagabodhi, the Red-Horned Thief; Nagarjuna, Philosopher and Alchemist; Nalinapa, the Self-Reliant Prince; Nirgunapa, the Enlightened Moron; Pacaripa, the Pastrycook; Pankajapa, the Lotus-Born Brahmin; Putalipa, the Mendicant Icon-Bearer; Rahula, the Rejuvenated Dotard; Saraha, the Great Brahmin; Sakara or Saroruha; Samudra, the Pearl Diver; Śāntipa (or Ratnākaraśānti), the Academic (the Complacent Missionary) was a teacher of Brogmi; Sarvabhaksa, the Empty-Bellied Siddha (or the Glutton); Savaripa, the Hunter, held to have incarnated in Drukpa Künleg; Syalipa, the Jackal Yogin; Tantepa, the Gambler; Tantipa or Tanti, the Senile Weaver; Thaganapa, Thaganapa, Master of the Lie (or the Compulsive Liar); Tilopa, the Great Renunciate Udhilipa, the Flying Siddha (the Bird-Man); Upanaha, the Bootmaker; Vinapa, the Music Lover, the Musician (teachings disseminated to Indrabhuti) and Tilopa}; Virupa, inspired the Sakya lineage; Vyalipa, the Courtesans Alchemist.
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