84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཀུ་ཀུ་རི་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཀུ་ཀུ་རི་པ།

  • ku ku ri pa
  • kukkuripa
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  • Kukkuripa
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Counted among the most famous of the Indian Buddhist Mahāsiddhas and renowned for his association with packs of dogs (kukkura), he is a central figure in a number of tantric lineages, specifically of the Guhya­samāja Tantra and Mahā­māyā Tantra. He was active sometime between the eighth and tenth centuries.

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Kukuripa