84 SIDHAS IN HINDUISM AND BUDHISM

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ADESH ADESH... 
Shaivites (followers of Shiva) of Hindu India and the Tantric Buddhists of Tibet preserve legends of 84 mahasiddhas who flourished up to the 11th century. The number 84 is a conventional, mystical number representing totality.The lists of names vary considerably but with various overlapps WITH NATH YOGA... 9NATH84 SIDHA PLAY A MAJOR ROLE N MAIN COMPONENT OF NATH SAMPRDAY... the concept of 84 remains the same....
In Buddhism there are 84 MAHASIDDHAS... INCLUDING SOME FEMALES..
Acinta or Acintapa, the 'Avaricious Hermit';
Ajogi or Ayogipa, the 'Rejected Wastrel';
Anangapa, Ananga, or Anangavajra;
Aryadeva (or Karnaripa), the 'Lotus-Born' or the 'One-Eyed';
Babhaha, the 'Free Lover';
Bhadrapa, the 'Snob' or the 'Exclusive Brahmin';
Bhandepa, the 'Envious God';
Bhiksanapa, 'Siddha Two-Teeth';
Bhusuku, Bhusukupada or Shantideva, the 'Lazy Monk' or the 'Idle Monk';
Camaripa, the 'Divine Cobbler';
Campaka or Campakapada, the 'Flower King';
Carbaripa or Carpati, 'Who Turned People to Stone' or 'the Petrifyer';
Catrapa, the 'Lucky Beggar';
Caurangipa, the 'Limbless One' or 'the Dismembered Stepson';
Celukapa, the 'Revitalized Drone';
Darikapa, the 'Slave-King of the Temple Whore';
Dengipa, the 'Courtesan's Brahmin Slave';
Dhahulipa, the 'Blistered Rope-Maker';
Dharmapa, the 'Eternal Student' (c.900 CE);
Dhilipa, the 'Epicurean Merchant';
Dhobipa, the 'Wise Washerman';
Dhokaripa, the 'Bowl-Bearer';
Dombipa, the 'Tiger Rider';
Dukhandi, the 'Scavenger';
Ghantapa, the 'Celibate Monk' or the 'Celibate Bell-Ringer';
Gharbari or Gharbaripa, the Contrite Scholar (Skt., pandita);
Godhuripa, the 'Bird Catcher';
Goraksa, Gorakhnath or Goraksha, the 'Immortal Cowherd';
Indrabhuti, (teachings disseminated to Tilopa);
Jalandhara, the 'Dakini's Chosen One';
Jayananda, the 'Crow Master';
Jogipa, the 'Siddha-Pilgrim';
Kalapa, the 'Handsome Madman';
Kamparipa, the 'Blacksmith';
Kambala, the 'Yogin of the Black Blanket' (or the 'Black-Blanket-Clad Yogin');
Kanakhala*, the younger of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters;
Kanhapa (or Krsnacarya), the 'Dark-Skinned One' (or the 'Dark Siddha');
Kankana, the 'Siddha-King';
Kankaripa, the 'Lovelorn Widower';
Kantalipa, the 'Rag Picker' (or the 'Ragman-Tailor');
Kapalapa, the 'Skull Bearer';
Khadgapa, the 'Master Thief' (or the 'Fearless Thief');
Kilakilapa, the 'Exiled Loud-Mouth';
Kirapalapa (or Kilapa), the 'Repentant Conqueror';
Kokilipa, the 'Complacent Aesthete';
Kotalipa (or Tog tse pa, the 'Peasant Guru';
Kucipa, the 'Goitre-Necked Yogin';
Kukkuripa, (late 9th/10th Century), the 'Dog Lover';
Kumbharipa, 'the Potter';
Laksminkara*, 'The Mad Princess';
Lilapa, the 'Royal Hedonist';
Lucikapa, the 'Escapist';
Luipa, teachings disseminated to Tilopa;
Mahipa, the 'Greatest';
Manibhadra*, the 'Model Wife' or the 'Happy Housewife';
Medhini, the 'Tired Farmer';
Mekhala*, the elder of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters;
Mekopa, the 'Wild-Eyed Guru' (or the 'Guru Dread-Stare');
Minapa, the 'Fisherman';
Nagabodhi, the 'Red-Horned Thief';
Nagarjuna, "Philosopher and Alchemist",
Nalinapa, the 'Self-Reliant Prince';
Nirgunapa, the 'Enlightened Moron';
Pacaripa, the 'Pastrycook';
Pankajapa, the 'Lotus-Born Brahmin';
Putalipa, the 'Mendicant Icon-Bearer';
Rahula, the 'Rejuvenated Dotard';
Saraha, the "Great Brahmin"
Sakara or Saroruha;
Samudra, the 'Pearl Diver';
Santipa (or Ratnakarasanti), the 'Academic' (the 'Complacent Missionary') was a teacher of Brogmi;
Sarvabhaksa, the 'Empty-Bellied Siddha' (or the 'Glutton');
Savaripa, the 'Hunter', held to have incarnated in Drukpa Künleg;
Syalipa, the 'Jackal Yogin';
Tantepa, the 'Gambler';
Tantipa or Tanti, the 'Senile Weaver';
Thaganapa,
Thaganapa, 'Master of the Lie' (or the 'Compulsive Liar');
Tilopa, the "Great Renunciate"
Udhilipa, the 'Flying Siddha' (the 'Bird-Man');
Upanaha, the 'Bootmaker';
Vinapa, the 'Music Lover', the 'Musician' (teachings disseminated to Indrabhuti) and Tilopa};
Virupa, inspired the Sakya lineage;
Vyalipa, the 'Courtesan's Alchemist'...
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