--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Mar 22, 2009, at 5:34 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > >> > >> One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of India and Himalayas was a dog- > >> lover, the saint Kukkuripa. > >> > >> > > > > If it's "kukkuriipa", the name prolly means 'protecting'(-pa) > > a 'bitch' (female dog: kukkurii)... > > > Protector of the Untouchable. His other names were Shantibhadra > (zAntibhadra) and Kukkuraja (King of the Dogs = King of the > Untouchables). >
Kukkuriipa - Sanskrit meaning: "Guarding from, and vanquishing the degenerate goblin" Kukkuraja - Sanskrit meaning: "Master of the Deficients" or Welcomer/Comfortor of the Deficients" OffWorld
