Humkara

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Humkara (Skt. Hūṃkāra; T. hUM ka ra / hUM mdzad ཧཱུྃ་ཀ་ར་ / ཧཱུྃ་མཛད་) — one of the eight vidyadharas of India according to the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

According to tradition, he received the tantra associated with Viśuddha heruka from the cycle of the Eight Great Sadhana Teachings.

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