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,
Thinking "the mountain is being shattered by these beings," the ascetic Vidyādharas, frightened, flew up from it together with their bands of women.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
A class of semi-divine beings associated with courage and self-sacrifice, positioned in the rebirth hierarchy.
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*.
But if the *Bhūta Dĕṅĕn* and the *Daitya* alone meet with the *Daitya*, *Vidyādhara*, and *Devatā*, and they are luminous and great in the *buddhi*, that is the cause of the *ātmā* attaining heaven.
Now, remember again the form of the Divine *Ātmā*'s descent, a coarse and doubtful entity.