[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) › [Parṇaśavarīdhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani) › [འཕགས་མ་རི་ཁྲོད་ལོ་མ་གྱོན་མ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo) › [The Dharani of Parnashavari](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo~en-84000) › intro.3 # འཕགས་མ་ར་ཁྲད་ལ་མ་གྱན་མ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.3 The Dhāraṇī of Parṇaśavarī intro.3 - **Language:** English ### [intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo~en-84000.intro.3) In the dhāraṇī translated here, Parṇaśavarī is described only briefly as a piśācī with two arms, one holding a noose and the other an axe. Her form evolved in the later Indo-Tibetan tradition, however, and a three-faced, six-armed form has become widely popular. In this depiction her body is described as yellow or green in color, with a matching center face, a white face to the right, and a red face to the left. Her six arms wield a vajra, axe, and arrow on the right while making the gesture of threat and holding a noose, bow, and bundle of leaves on the left.² Her relationship to wild and untamed spaces is made particularly explicit by the description of leaves clinging to her body and her matted locks, tiara of woven flowers, tiger-skin sash, and so forth.³ - [Previous: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Next: intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo~en-84000.intro.4) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo~en-84000.intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.parnasavaridharani*bo~en-84000.intro.3) · Pramāṇa