mahasiddha
महासिद्ध MahāsiddhaA great perfected one, an adept of the tantric Siddha traditions; both the Haṭhayogapradīpikā roll and the Tibetan list of eighty-four carry a Śābara. Dasgupta holds eighty-four to be a mystical number, so a place on such a list is evidence about the list.
Where this term appears
- The Nāth Sampradaya Lineages
…urce that names them, and which overlaps heavily with the eighty-four mahāsiddhas of Buddhist Vajrayāna.
- A genre that was always bilingual Treatise
In the Haṭhayogapradīpikā 's list of Mahāsiddhas, Matsyendra stands second only to Śrī Ādinātha, whom Bagchi glosses as Śiva.
- Śavaripa the hunter Treatise
Dasgupta gives the roll of Mahāsiddhas from the Haṭhayogapradīpikā I.5 to 9, in Iyangar's edition, and it runs Ādinātha, Matsyendra, Śābara , Ānandabhairava, Cauraṅgī, Mīna, Gorakṣa, and onward.
- The name on everybody's lips Treatise
Dasgupta prints in English the list of Mahāsiddhas from the first chapter of the Haṭhayogapradīpikā , verses five to nine, and its order runs Ādi-nātha, Matsyendra, Śābara, Ānanda-bhairava, Cauraṅgī, Mīna, Gora…
- Chhinnamasta: The Goddess Who Cut Off Her Own Head Treatise
Chinnamunda Vajrayogini , a self-decapitating goddess holding her own head, is attested in Vajrayana Buddhism from perhaps the seventh to ninth centuries, worshipped by the great adepts, the mahasiddhas .