Shawaripa

Shawaripa was born in the region of the Vikrama Peak. He was also known as Savari, meaning "hill person." There exist stories that Shawaripa already had clear visions of Nagarjuna in his youth, although it is likely that they first met when he was an adult.
Historically verified information reveals Nagarjuna became Shawaripa’s root lama. The latter probably not only received the Chakrasamvara Tantra from his teacher but also the complete transmission of Mahamudra.
Later, he got this same quintessential dharma again directly from the bodhisattvas Ratnamati and Sukhanatha, and from Saraha, when he – like Saraha and Nagarjuna during their lifetimes – traveled to Southern India and meditated at the same place where Buddha Shakyamuni had transmitted the Mahamudra teachings for the first time. In some traditions this place is mentioned as the mountain retreat of Sriparvata (i.e. Nagarjunakonda in South India). Like Saraha, Shawaripa lived and practiced the Dharma with his consort until they reached enlightenment. Therefore, he and his consort are often depicted in united form.

When he had realized Mahamudra, he became, as Saraha and Nagarjuna before him, one of the 84 Mahasiddhas.

Shawaripa’s main disciple was Maitripa. They seem to have had an extraordinary relationship since Maitripa was a famous scholar, and yet from Shavaripa, a simple hunter, he received the most detailed and clearest exposition on the fundamental meaning of the Mahamudra scriptures.