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'''[[Kanha]]''' or '''[[Kanhapa]]''' (Skt. ''[[Kāṇha]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ནག་པོ་པ]]་}} [[Wyl.]] ''[[nag po pa]]'') was one of the two main students of the [[mahasiddha]] [[Virupa]] from whom he received the [[Lamdre]] teachings. | '''[[Kanha]]''' or '''[[Kanhapa]]''' (Skt. ''[[Kāṇha]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ནག་པོ་པ]]་}} [[Wyl.]] ''[[nag po pa]]'') was one of the two main students of the [[mahasiddha]] [[Virupa]] from whom he received the [[Lamdre]] teachings. | ||
| − | [[Virūpa]]'s disciple was also called Kāṇha of Deliberate Behaviour (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ནག་པོ་པ]]་}}, ''[[trulshyug nagpopa]]''), he was also known as the Eastern Kāṇha, (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ནག་པོ་པ་ཤར་ཕྱོགས་པ]]་}}, ''[[nagpopa sharchokpa]]''). | + | [[Virūpa]]'s [[disciple]] was also called [[Kāṇha]] of Deliberate {{Wiki|Behaviour}} (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ནག་པོ་པ]]་}}, ''[[trulshyug nagpopa]]''), he was also known as the Eastern [[Kāṇha]], (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ནག་པོ་པ་ཤར་ཕྱོགས་པ]]་}}, ''[[nagpopa sharchokpa]]''). |
| − | There is a second [[Nagpopa]], [[Kṛṣṇasamayavajra]], (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ནག་པོ་པ་དམ་ཚིག་རྡོ་རྗེ]]་}}, ''[[nagpopa damtsik dorje]]''), whose real name is [[Śribhadra]], and who is the source of one of the four [[Hevajra]] transmissions of the [[Sakya]] tradition.<ref>'''{{Nolinking|Cyrus Stearns:''' ''Taking the result as the path: core teachings of the Sakya lamdré tradition'', p.640 n.135}}</ref> | + | There is a second [[Nagpopa]], [[Kṛṣṇasamayavajra]], (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ནག་པོ་པ་དམ་ཚིག་རྡོ་རྗེ]]་}}, ''[[nagpopa damtsik dorje]]''), whose real [[name]] is [[Śribhadra]], and who is the source of one of the four [[Hevajra]] [[transmissions]] of the [[Sakya]] [[tradition]].<ref>'''{{Nolinking|Cyrus Stearns:''' ''Taking the result as the path: core teachings of the [[Sakya]] [[lamdré tradition]]'', p.640 n.135}}</ref> |
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| − | 1. '''Kanha'''.-A name for [[Māra]]. E.g., Sn.v.355; M.i.377; D.ii.262; Thag.v.1189. | + | 1. '''[[Kanha]]'''.-A [[name]] for [[Māra]]. E.g., Sn.v.355; M.i.377; D.ii.262; Thag.v.1189. |
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| − | 2. '''Kanha'''.-The name of the [[Bodhisatta]]; he was born in a [[brahmin]] family and later became a sage. He is also called Kanha-tāpasa, and is mentioned among those the memory of whose lives caused the [[Buddha]] to smile. See [[Kanha Jātaka]] (2). DhsA.294, 426. | + | 2. '''[[Kanha]]'''.-The [[name]] of the [[Bodhisatta]]; he was born in a [[brahmin]] family and later became a [[Wikipedia:Sage (sophos|sage]]. He is also called [[Kanha-tāpasa]], and is mentioned among those the [[memory]] of whose [[lives]] [[caused]] the [[Buddha]] to [[smile]]. See [[Kanha Jātaka]] (2). DhsA.294, 426. |
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| − | 3. '''Kanha'''.-Another name of [[Vāsudeva]] (J.iv.84, 86; vi.421; PvA.94ff ); the scholiast explains that he belonged to the [[Kanhāyanagotta]]. | + | 3. '''[[Kanha]]'''.-Another [[name]] of [[Vāsudeva]] (J.iv.84, 86; vi.421; PvA.94ff ); the scholiast explains that he belonged to the [[Kanhāyanagotta]]. |
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| − | 4. '''Kanha'''.-Son of [[Disā]], a slave girl of [[Okkāka]]. He was called [[Kanha]] because he was black and, like a [[devil]] ([[kanha]]), spoke as soon as he was born. He was the ancestor of the [[Kanhāyanagotta]] (D.i.93). Later he went into the Dekkhan and, having learnt mystic verses, became a mighty seer. Coming back to [[Okkāka]], [[Kanha]] demanded the hand of the king's daughter [[Maddarūpī]]. At first the request was indignantly refused, but when [[Kanha]] displayed his [[supernatural powers]] he gained the princess. D.i.96f.; DA.i.266. | + | 4. '''[[Kanha]]'''.-Son of [[Disā]], a slave girl of [[Okkāka]]. He was called [[Kanha]] because he was black and, like a [[devil]] ([[kanha]]), spoke as soon as he was born. He was the [[ancestor]] of the [[Kanhāyanagotta]] (D.i.93). Later he went into the Dekkhan and, having learnt [[mystic]] verses, became a mighty [[seer]]. Coming back to [[Okkāka]], [[Kanha]] demanded the hand of the king's daughter [[Maddarūpī]]. At first the request was indignantly refused, but when [[Kanha]] displayed his [[supernatural powers]] he gained the {{Wiki|princess}}. D.i.96f.; DA.i.266. |
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| − | 5. '''Kanha'''.-A [[Pacceka Buddha]], mentioned in the [[Isigili Sutta]]. M.iii.71. | + | 5. '''[[Kanha]]'''.-A [[Pacceka Buddha]], mentioned in the [[Isigili Sutta]]. M.iii.71. |
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| − | 6. '''Kanha'''.-A dog. See [[Mahā-Kanha]]. | + | 6. '''[[Kanha]]'''.-A {{Wiki|dog}}. See [[Mahā-Kanha]]. |
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| − | 7. '''Kanha'''.-See [[Kanhadīpāyana]]. | + | 7. '''[[Kanha]]'''.-See [[Kanhadīpāyana]]. |
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- See also :
- See also :
ནག་པོ་པ།; Kāṇhapa; Kanhapa; The Dark Siddha;
Kanha or Kanhapa (Skt. Kāṇha; Tib. ནག་པོ་པ་ Wyl. nag po pa) was one of the two main students of the mahasiddha Virupa from whom he received the Lamdre teachings.
Virūpa's disciple was also called Kāṇha of Deliberate Behaviour (Tib. བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ནག་པོ་པ་, trulshyug nagpopa), he was also known as the Eastern Kāṇha, (Tib. ནག་པོ་པ་ཤར་ཕྱོགས་པ་, nagpopa sharchokpa).
There is a second Nagpopa, Kṛṣṇasamayavajra, (Tib. ནག་པོ་པ་དམ་ཚིག་རྡོ་རྗེ་, nagpopa damtsik dorje), whose real name is Śribhadra, and who is the source of one of the four Hevajra transmissions of the Sakya tradition.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Cyrus Stearns: Taking the result as the path: core teachings of the Sakya lamdré tradition, p.640 n.135
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1. Kanha.-A name for Māra. E.g., Sn.v.355; M.i.377; D.ii.262; Thag.v.1189.
2. Kanha.-The name of the Bodhisatta; he was born in a brahmin family and later became a sage. He is also called Kanha-tāpasa, and is mentioned among those the memory of whose lives caused the Buddha to smile. See Kanha Jātaka (2). DhsA.294, 426.
3. Kanha.-Another name of Vāsudeva (J.iv.84, 86; vi.421; PvA.94ff ); the scholiast explains that he belonged to the Kanhāyanagotta.
4. Kanha.-Son of Disā, a slave girl of Okkāka. He was called Kanha because he was black and, like a devil (kanha), spoke as soon as he was born. He was the ancestor of the Kanhāyanagotta (D.i.93). Later he went into the Dekkhan and, having learnt mystic verses, became a mighty seer. Coming back to Okkāka, Kanha demanded the hand of the king's daughter Maddarūpī. At first the request was indignantly refused, but when Kanha displayed his supernatural powers he gained the princess. D.i.96f.; DA.i.266.
5. Kanha.-A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. M.iii.71.
6. Kanha.-A dog. See Mahā-Kanha.
7. Kanha.-See Kanhadīpāyana.
