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Two
Two Excellent Ones (Gunaprabha & Shakyaprabha)
Two Karmapas: Black Hat & Red Hat
Two Red Ones (Sakya Pandita, Chogyal Pagpa)

Three
The Three: Ku, Ngog & Drom (Kuton, Ngogton & Dromton)
Three; Abbot, Acharya, Dharma King
Three Dharmachakra Kings (Songtsen Gampo, Trisongdetsen, Ralpachen)
Three, Father & Sons (Tsongkapa, Kedrub, Gyaltsab)
Three: Gorampa, Panchen Shakya Chogden, Tagtsang Lotsawa
Three Lord Manjushri (Sakya Pandita, Longchenpa, Tsongkapa)
Three Manjushri Embodiments (Kyentse, Kongtrul, Chogyur Lingpa)
Three Manjushri Embodiments (Kyentse, Kongtrul, Mipam)
Three; Marpa, Milarepa & Gampopa
Three Omniscient Brothers (Atisha, Dromton and Putowa)
Three Omniscient Father & Sons (Padmasambhava, Lonchenpa, Jigme Lingpa)
Three Orgyan Principal Figures (Padmasambhava, Mandarava, Yeshe Tsogyal)
Three Siddhas; Luipa, Krishnacharya, Ghantapa (Chakrasamvara Traditions)
Three Supreme Emanations: Nyangral, Chowang, Godem
Three White Ones (Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, Dragpa Gyaltsen, Sonam Tsemo)
Three Zur Teachers (Zurchen, Zurchung, Zurmo)

Four
Four Bonpo Families (Dru, Shu, Pa, Meu)

Five
Five Bonpo Families (Dru, Shu, Pa, Meu, Shen)
Five Early Kalachakra Teachers
Five Superior Lords of Sakya
Five Terton Kings

Six
Six Ornaments & Two Excellent Ones
Six Ornaments of Sakya

Seven
Seven Accomplished Scholars

Eight
Eight Mahasiddha
Eight Panchen Lamas
Eight Vidyadharas

Nine
Nine Sengge (Drugpa Kagyu Teachers)
Nine Zhangzhung Sages

Eleven
Eleven Stainless Lingpa

Fourteen
Fourteen Dalai Lamas

Sixteen
Sixteen Elders/Arhats

Seventeen
Seventeen Karmapas
Seventeen Scholars of Nalanda Monastery

Twenty-four
Twenty-four Zhangzhung Masters

Twenty-five
Twenty-five Disciples of Padmasambhava
Twenty-five Shambhala Kings

Eighty-four
Eighty-four Mahasiddha (Abhayadatta)
Eighty-four Mahasiddha (Vajrasana)

Jeff Watt 4-2006