The Treasury of Lives

Mahāvajrāsana (rdo rje gdan pa chen po) was a tenth century Indian paṇḍita. The Gyude Kuntu (rgyud sde kun btus) lists him in a lineage of the Dākārnava Tantra, which is depicted in the painting from which the image here is drawn. He was a disciple of Nāropa, from whom he received the Dākārnava, and also of Maitripa.

Acording to the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center, among his students were the Indian paṇḍita Niṣkalaṅkadeva, Khyungpo Neljor (khyung po rnal 'byor, 978-1127), the founder of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition, and Vajrāsana the latter, whose personal name was Amoghavajra, phoneticized as Donyo Dorje (don yod rdo rje).