Tapihritsa or Tapahritsa (c 7th ~ 8th century) was a

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practitioner who achieved the

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mastery of the

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and consequently, as a fully realised

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, is invoked as an iṣṭadevatā () by Dzogchen practitioners in both Bon and

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. He is known for his achievement of the

. The historical Tapihritsa was born in

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to a family of

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s. Tapihritsa's principal teacher was Dawa Gyaltsen. Tapihritsa was contemporaneous with Ligmincha, King of Zhangzhung, and

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, Emperor of Tibet. Tapihritsa is often visualized as representing the realization of all the masters of the Zhangzhung Whispered Transmission () lineage, one of the three Bon Dzogchen lineages.

Works

Tapihritsa's primary notable work is ''The Twenty-One Nails'' (''rdzogs pa chen po zhang zhung snyan rgyud las gzer bu gnyis shu rtsa gcig''). There are two translations of this text and commentary into English, as follows: * A translation of Tapihritsa's ''The Twenty-One Nails''. *

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The Invocation of Tapihritsa, by Nangzher Lopo
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