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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Abhayadatta''' (also known as Abhayadāna) was a 12th-century Indian [[Buddhist]] monk notable for composing ''the lives of the eighty-four [[mahasiddhas]]'' which detailed the backgrounds of the mahasiddhas who were tantric masters. His work was later translated into Tibetan.<ref name="Shaw1994">{{cite book|author=Miranda Shaw|title=Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dahS9CHLfXoC&pg=PA77|year=1994|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01090-0|pages=77–}}</ref> His story on the lives of the mahasiddhas was influential in showing their highly unconventional paths to achieving realization.<ref name="Shaw1994"/><br />
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He was a native of Campa which has been identified with Champaran district of [[Bihar]], [[India]].<ref name="Dowman2010">{{cite book|author=Keith Dowman|title=Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_cGIppWCeYC|date=31 March 2010|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-0148-5}}</ref> He was also a disciple of Vajrasana who was one of the last great siddhas in the eleventh century.<ref name="Jr.2019">{{cite book|author=Donald S. Lopez, Jr.|title=Seeing the Sacred in Samsara: An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emWMDwAAQBAJ|date=28 May 2019|publisher=Shambhala|isbn=978-0-8348-4212-0}}</ref><br />
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