[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) › [Grahamātṛkānāmadhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka) › [འཕགས་མ་གཟའ་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ཡུམ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo) › [The Noble Dharani “The Mother of the Grahas”](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo~en-84000) › intro.3 # འཕགས་མ་གཟའ་རྣམས་ཀྱ་ཡམ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.3 The Noble Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas” intro.3 - **Language:** English ### [intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo~en-84000.intro.3) As the Buddha concludes his teaching, the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi approaches the Buddha to ask him to teach a Dharma discourse that will pacify both the celestial and harmful grahas.² The Buddha then begins teaching on The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas” with a description of the maṇḍala for the rite, followed by the various bali offerings that one should prepare for each of the maṇḍala deities. The Buddha then recites The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of Grahas” itself, followed by a set of ritual instructions to accompany the recitation of this dhāraṇī. - [Previous: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Next: intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo~en-84000.intro.4) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo~en-84000.intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo~en-84000.intro.3) · Pramāṇa