[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) › [Tārāṣṭaghoratāraṇīsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra) › [འཕགས་མ་སྒྲོལ་མ་འཇིགས་པ་བརྒྱད་ལས་སྐྱོབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo) › [Tara Who Protects from the Eight Dangers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000) › notes.6 # འཕགས་མ་སྒྲལ་མ་འཇགས་པ་བརྒྱད་ལས་སྐྱབ་པའ་མད notes.6 Tārā Who Protects from the Eight Dangers notes.6 - **Language:** English ### [notes.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.6) 6. Quintessence (hṛdaya, snying po) here refers to a dhāraṇī that is considered to encapsulate the essence of a deity, in this case Tārā. - [Previous: notes.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.5) - [Next: notes.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.7) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.6) · Pramāṇa