[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) › [Mahāśrīnāmadvādaśaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka) › [དཔལ་གྱི་ལྷ་མོའི་མཚན་བཅུ་གཉིས་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006) › [The Twelve Names of the Goddess Shri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006~en-84000) › intro.5 # དཔལ་གྱ་ལྷ་མའ་མཚན་བཅ་གཉས་པ intro.5 The Twelve Names of the Goddess Śrī intro.5 - **Language:** English ### [intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006~en-84000.intro.5) The Tibetan translation dates from the imperial period, sometime in the early ninth century. It is listed in both imperial catalogs,⁴ and the colophon attributes it to the famous translator-duo Jinamitra and Yeshé Dé. We know of at least one Dunhuang copy of the Tibetan translation;⁵ this was copied on the back of a Chinese scroll in a somewhat unusual way, in columns. - [Previous: intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006~en-84000.intro.4) - [Next: intro.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006~en-84000.intro.6) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006~en-84000.intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.mahasrinamadvadasaka*bo-d1006~en-84000.intro.5) · Pramāṇa