[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Protective spells and dhāraṇī-sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani) › [Dhāraṇīs of goddesses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess) › [Aṣṭadevīdhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani) › [འཕགས་པ་ལྷ་མོ་བརྒྱད་ཀྱི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo) › [The Dharani of the Eight Goddesses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo~en-84000) › intro.2 # འཕགས་པ་ལྷ་མ་བརྒྱད་ཀྱ་གཟངས intro.2 The Dhāraṇī of the Eight Goddesses intro.2 - **Language:** English ### [intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) The Dhāraṇī of the Eight Goddesses is a teaching given by the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi to the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī on a set of dhāraṇīs in an eight-goddess maṇḍala. The eight dhāraṇī goddesses in this maṇḍala are as follows: - [Previous: intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.1) - [Next: intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.3) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.astadevidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) · Pramāṇa