Dombi Heruka

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Dombi Heruka (Skt. Ḍombi Heruka; Tib. ཌོམ་བི་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ་) or Dombipa (Skt. Ḍombipa) was one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas of India and student of Virupa. He is usually depicted riding a tiger and holding a snake.

He is an important in the Hevajra lineage.

Further reading

Print publications:

  • Abhayadatta, Buddha's Lions: Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas, Emeryville, Dharma Publishing, 1979
  • Dowman, Keith, Buddhist Masters of Enchantment: The Lives and Legends of the Mahasiddhas, Inner Traditions, 1998

Web publications:

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