Samanta

• Samanta, the daughter of the curtisan Sucharya, was a woman tireless in helping beings by means of the ten spiritual activities and the virtuous actions. She was a disciple of Nagarjuna Garbha (klu sgrub snying po) and attained a vision of Tara Devi and became the teacher of Kukkuraja the second dog king -- Kukkuraja the Younger (khyi'i rgyal po phyi ma):alias Dhahuna -- at the ocean in the northwestern part of Uddiyana.
  

from Wellsprings of the Great Perfection. RY

• Early master in the sems sde lineage. [RY]