[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) › [Mahālakṣmīsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra) › [འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་ཆེན་མོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005) › [The Sutra of Mahashri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000) › intro.1 # འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་ཆན་མའ་མད intro.1 The Sūtra of Mahāśrī intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.1) The Sūtra of Mahāśrī is a short sūtra revealed to Avalokiteśvara in the pure land of Sukhāvatī. In essence, it is a dhāraṇī centered on twelve epithets of the goddess of wealth and a short ritual instruction concerning its recitation. The spell is said to provide protection, wealth, and good social standing. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa