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Ācinti (Slob dpon Ā tsinti)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Acintapā. No. 38 in Sempa Dorje. Illustration following p. 104. His name in Tibetan, Bsam du med pa. He was of the lakaḍahārā caste, from Dhanirūpa (Bhanirūpa).
  • Egyed, Mahāsiddha no. 38 (A tsinta pa), spelled A tsin dha in the text of Vīraprabhāsvara. Shown chopping a tree, with a bundle of cut wood.
  • Evidently the same as the Mahāsiddha Acinta (A tsinta), in Tibetan: Dran pa med pa, or Bsam du med pa. He was a wood seller by caste and very poor. He couldn't think of anything besides making money. Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, vol. 1, pp. 690-692.
  • Linrothe, Holy Madness, p. 253 (upper left). Shown tying together a bundle of wood.

Bibliography:

  • Tīrthikacaṇḍālikā (Mu stegs kyi gtum mo). Tôh. no. 2393. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZI, folios 22v.7-23r.3.
    • Dergé colophon: mu stegs kyi gtum mo zhes bya ba slob dpon a tsintas mdzad pa rdzogs so.
    • Davidson, IEB, p. 218, supplies a translation, giving the author the name siddha Acinta.