rahulabhadra

Updated: May 19, 2025

The deity was summoned by the rites already described and the object of the performer was to obtain magical powers or siddhi. The successful sorcerer was known as siddha, and we hear of 84 mahâsiddhas, still celebrated in Tibet, who extend from Rahulabhadra Nâgârjuna to the thirteenth century. Many of them bear names which appear not to be Indian.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2