[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.2 # འཕགས་མ་འད་ཟར་ཅན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.2 The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī intro.2 - **Language:** English ### [intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī opens in Śrāvastī in Prince Jeta’s Grove, where the Buddha Śākyamuni is residing with a saṅgha of monks and bodhisattvas. The Buddha introduces his saṅgha to the goddess Mārīcī by describing her unique qualities and powers. He notes that whoever knows and recites her dhāraṇī heart mantra will have the same powers as Mārīcī, and he then pronounces six separate dhāraṇī mantras. - [Previous: intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.1) - [Next: intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.3) - [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.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) · Pramāṇa