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mahasiddha
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Genealogy and historical dates
- Primary tradition
- Other traditions
- Geographical sites
- Caturāsiti-siddha-pravrtti
- Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas
- List of the Mahasiddhas
- Names according to the Abhayadatta Sri tradition
- Identification
- Concordance lists
- Tibetan mahasiddhas
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|255px|Four Mahasiddhas (18th century, Boston MFA). Saraha in top left, Dombhi Heruka top right, [[Naropa bottom left, and Virupa bottom right.]]
Mahasiddha (Sanskrit: mahāsiddha "great adept; ) is a term for someone who embodies and cultivates the "siddhi of perfection". A siddha is an individual who, through the practice of sādhanā, attains the realization of siddhis, psychic and spiritual abilities and powers.
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