[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.8 # འཕགས་མ་སྒྲལ་མ་འཇགས་པ་བརྒྱད་ལས་སྐྱབ་པའ་མད notes.8 Tārā Who Protects from the Eight Dangers notes.8 - **Language:** English ### [notes.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.8) 8. The second part of this dhāraṇī presents a standard homage to Avalokiteśvara. We have amended namo to nama following the homage as given in the Vajra­tārā­sādhanas in the Sādhana­mālā (see e.g. Bhattacharyya 1925, p. 178) and The Dhāraṇī of Tārā. A tentative translation of it is as follows: “ oṁ! Homage to Noble Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva mahāsattva, the great compassionate one!” - [Previous: notes.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.7) - [Next: notes.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.9) - [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.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.tarastaghorataranisutra*bo~en-84000.notes.8) · Pramāṇa