Eighty-four mahasiddhas

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Eighty-four mahasiddhas (Skt. caturaśītisiddha; T. grub thob brgyad cu rtsa bzhi གྲུབ་ཐོབ་བརྒྱད་ཅུ་རྩ་བཞི་) are a group of mahasiddhas, or great adepts, that are said to have lived in ancient India. The stories of their lives are recounted in a text by Abhayadatta.

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