Lawapa or Lavapa () was a figure in Tibetan Buddhism who flourished in the 10th century. He was also known as Kambala and Kambalapada (Sanskrit: ). Lawapa, was a mahasiddha, or accomplished yogi, who travelled to Tsari. Lawapa was a progenitor of the Dream Yoga sÃÂdhanÃÂ and it was from Lawapa that the mahasiddha Tilopa received the Dream Yoga practice lineage.
Bhattacharya, while discussing ancient Bengali literature, proffers that Lawapa composed the Kambalagëtika ( "Lawapa's Song") and a few songs of realization in the Charyapada.
Simmer-Brown (2001: p. 57) when conveying the ambiguity of á¸ÂÃÂkinës in their "worldly" and "wisdom" guises conveys a detailed narrative that provides the origin of Lawapa's name:
Alternate English orthographies are Lwabapa, Lawapa and Lvapa. An alternate English nomenclature for Lawapa is Kambala.
The Hevajra Tantra, a yoginë tantra of the anuttarayogatantra class, is held to have originated between the late eighth century C.E. (Snellgrove), and the "late ninth or early tenth century" (Davidson), in Eastern India, possibly Bengal. TÃÂranÃÂtha lists Saroruha and Kampala (also known as "Lva-va-pÃÂ, "Kambhalë", and "à Ârë-prabhada") as its "bringers": <blockquote>... the foremost yogi Virà «pàmeditated on the path of YamÃÂri and attained siddhi under the blessings of VajravÃÂrÃÂhi,...His disciple Dombi Heruka...understood the essence of the Hevajra Tantra, and composed many à ÂÃÂstras like the NairÃÂtmÃÂ-devi-sÃÂdhana and the Sahaja-siddhi. He also conferred abhiá¹£eka on his own disciples. After this, two ÃÂcÃÂryas Lva-va-pàand Saroruha brought the Hevajra Tantra. ... Siddha Sarouha was the first to bring the Hevajra-pitá¹Â-sÃÂdhana.</blockquote>
The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006) identifies three principal teachers of Lawapa:
The Tibetan Buddhism Resource Center (2006) identifies two principal students of Lawapa: