Vidyādhara
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Vidyādharas · vidyādhara
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
"And women endowed with virtues, marked by beauty and youth — Gandharvas, Kiṃnaras, Siddhas, Nāgas, and Vidyādharas as well, blazing as the sun, disport themselves there together with those women.
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Semi-divine beings dwelling in the northern paradise.
"And women endowed with virtues, marked by beauty and youth — Gandharvas, Kiṃnaras, Siddhas, Nāgas, and Vidyādharas as well, blazing as the sun, disport themselves there together with those women.
Pairs of Gandharvas of many kinds, birds rough from intoxication, flocks of Vidyādharas—all took flight,
The Vidyādharas and great sages, displaying their great powers, stood together in the sky and gazed upon the mountain.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
A class of semi-divine beings associated with courage and self-sacrifice, positioned in the rebirth hierarchy.
Kriyāśakti means He creates the entire world, and moreover all the hosts of deities.
Now, remember again the form of the Divine *Ātmā*'s descent, a coarse and doubtful entity.
that is not deluded by its own actions, but has a mind that is simply tranquil and clear when practicing heroism and courage, then the *Vidyādhara* is the *yoni* of that *sattva*.