Eight vidyadharas of India 印度八大持明

Eight vidyadharas (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་བརྒྱད་, rigdzin gyé; Wyl. rig 'dzin brgyad) of India — eight Indian masters who were the first recipients of the Kagyé teachings, and having mastered them, reached the vidyadhara level. They are:

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妙吉祥友 Mañjushrimitra～文殊身續部（寂靜：文殊等，忿怒：閻摩敵等）～文殊閻摩敵　
龍樹 Nagarjuna～蓮花語續部（寂靜：長壽佛、阿彌陀佛、觀音菩薩等，忿怒：馬頭明王，極怒事業：黑馬頭明王）～馬頭明王
吽嘎拉 Humkara～真實意續部（寂靜：金鋼薩埵等，忿怒：揚達嘿嚕嘎等，附屬意種姓：金剛手類）～揚達嘿嚕嘎（真實意嘿嚕嘎）
無垢友 Vimalamitra～善逝總集續部（甘露功德、報身藥師佛等）～千秋赫魯迦（大殊勝嘿嚕嘎）
札巴哈德 Prabhahasti～普巴事業續部（寂靜：金剛薩埵，忿怒：普巴金剛等）～普巴金剛（金剛橛）
達那桑智達 Dhanasamskrita～召遣瑪摩（差遣非人）續部～無上嘿嚕嘎　
絨布咕嘿雅 Rambuguhya-Devachandra～世間供贊（供贊世神）續部～普降傲慢（哲巴袞都）
寂藏 Shantigarbha～猛咒詛詈續部～黑具力尊（朵滇那波）

Sometimes Padmasambhava is added as a ninth, or even as part of the eight in place of Prabahasti. 有時將蓮花生大士列為第九位，或甚至代替札巴哈德而合為八位。

The Eight Vidyadharas and the Kagyé

According to Dudjom Rinpoche:
Master	Deity	Casket
Vimalamitra	Chemchok	gold
Humkara	Yangdak	silver
Mañjushrimitra	Yamantaka	iron
Nagarjuna	Hayagriva	copper
Padmasambhava	Vajrakilaya	turquoise
Dhanasamskrita	Mamo Bötong	rhinoceros horn
Rambuguhya	Jikten Chötö	agate
Shantigarbha	Möpa Drakngak	Zi stone