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Bhavabhadra, who particularly studied the Vijnana-vada and acquired proficiency in about 50 tantras. He received the blessings of Cakrasamvara in dream and also had the vision of Tara. He practiced the Gutika-siddhi and attained success. Later on, he attained success in the practice of alchemy, which proved highly beneficial for himself and others.
6. Bhavyakirti, a profound scholar of the Tantrika scriptures and said to have attained unfettered abhijnana.
7. Lilavajra, who obtained Yamari-siddhi and probably composed the Bhairava-asta-vetala-sadhana. Upon hearing the rumour of an impending Turuska invasion, he defeated their soldiers by drawing the Yamari-cakra as on reaching Magadha, they became dumb and inactive and remained so for a long time and were thus turned away.
8. Durjayacandra,
9. Krsna-samaya-vajra
10. Tathagata-rakshita
11. Bodhibhadra, who was a great scholar of the Guhya-mantras of both the insiders as well as the outsiders.
12. Kamalaraksita, a bhikshu in rank and a scholar in all sutras and tantras and specially in the Prajnaparamita, Guhya-samaja and Yamari. When he attained siddhi of Yamari in the Amda-giri to the south of Magadha, he was confronted by various miraculous obstructions. All these subsided when he meditated on sunyata and the Yamari melted into his heart making him stronger. Even as he is mentioned to have defeated the Turuskas, by an earthen pitcher full of charmed water, he performed many other abhicaras, but for which he could have attained the rainbow body. It is said that the abhicaras caused some obstacles even for a great yogi like him. This acharya was a kind teacher also of Jo-bo-rje (Atisa) and Khyun-po-rnal-‘byor-pa. It is said that in the latter part of his life, he lived in a forest near Nalendra, fully absorbed in meditation mainly on sampanna-krama.
It is said that except for the first two of the 12 acharyas, each of them acted as the chief of the Mahavihara for 12 years. After Kamalaraksita, came the 6 Door-keeper scholars, who existed during the reign of King Canaka and the earlier half of Bheyapala.
1. Eastern doorkeeper - Acarya Ratnakarasanti-pa.
2. Southern doorkeeper - Prajnakaramati, a scholar having the direct vision of Manjusri, who during debates with the tirthikas, used to get the appropriate answers upon worshipping Manjusri.
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