[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) › [Mārīcīdhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani) › [འཕགས་མ་འོད་ཟེར་ཅན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo) › [The Marici Dharani](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000) › intro.1 # འཕགས་མ་འད་ཟར་ཅན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.1 The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.1) The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī opens at Prince Jeta’s Grove in Śrāvastī, where the Buddha Śākyamuni introduces a saṅgha of monks and bodhisattvas to the goddess Mārīcī by listing her unique qualities and powers. The Buddha then teaches the saṅgha six dhāraṇī mantras related to the goddess Mārīcī. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa