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