[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.4 # འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་ཆན་མའ་མད intro.4 The Sūtra of Mahāśrī intro.4 - **Language:** English ### [intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.4) The text is not present under this title in the imperial-period catalogs, but its sibling text is. The colophon of the Tibetan translation of this text attributes it to the famous translator-duo Jinamitra and Yeshé Dé, dating it to sometime in the early ninth century. While the two texts are nearly identical, we may observe that name-epithets in particular were translated somewhat differently. - [Previous: intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.3) - [Next: intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.5) - [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.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahalaksmisutra*bo-d1005~en-84000.intro.4) · Pramāṇa