Twenty-One Indian Panditas

Twenty-One Indian Panditas (rgya gar gyi mkhas pa nyi shu rtsa gcig).

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According to the Self-Existing Oneness of the Effortless Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po rtsol bral rang byung nyag gcig) revealed by the knowledge-holder Longsal Nyingpo (1625-1692) of the Katok tradition, their lineage is as follows:

• Garab Dorje (dga' rab rdo rje)
• Manjushrimitra ('jam dpal bshes gnyen)
• Dhahena Talo
• Rajadeva the senior prince, aka Rajahasti the senior prince
• Princess Paramita
• Takshaka the naga king ('jog po)
• Bodhi the Yakshini (gnod sbyin mo byang chub ma)
• Sarati the courtesan (smad tshong ma bdag nyid ma)
• Brilliance the Kashmiri scholar (kha che'i mkhan po rab snang)
• Maharaja the scholar of Uddiyana
• Princess Gomadevi (sras mo go ma de byi)
• Aloke the Atsantra (a tsan tra a lo ke)
• Kukkuraja the Dog King (khyi'i rgyal po ku ku ra' dza)
• Parati the rishi
• Putamati the courtesan
• Nagarjuna
• Kukkuraja the Younger (khyi'i rgyal po phyi ma) aka Dhahuna the Dog King aka Kukku Dhahuna
• Manjushrimitra the Younger ('jam dpal bshes gnyen phyi ma)
• Devaraja (rgyal po de ba ra' dza) aka Devaraja Muley Tsen
• Butakuta aka Bhutakugta
• Shri Singha
• Kungamo the virtuous (dge slong ma kun dga' mo)
• Vimalamitra

[RY], from Wellsprings of the Great Perfection.

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