[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) › [Other dhāraṇīs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other) › [Gāthādvayadhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani) › [ཚིགས་སུ་བཅད་པ་གཉིས་པའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918) › [The Two Stanza Dharani](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918~en-84000) › intro.4 # ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ་གཉས་པའ་གཟངས intro.4 The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī intro.4 - **Language:** English ### [intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918~en-84000.intro.4) Kano concludes that The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī formed part of a set of five texts used for recitation in India.⁷ These also included The Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates (Toh 141, 526, 916),⁸ The Single Stanza (Toh 323),⁹ The Four Stanzas (Toh 324),¹⁰ and The Prayer of Good Conduct (Toh 1095).¹¹ Initially, these five texts circulated individually but became popular in India as a set by the time of Advayavajra or Ratnākaraśānti (eleventh century). Later, they were incorporated in the dhāraṇī collections in Nepal. - [Previous: intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918~en-84000.intro.3) - [Next: intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918~en-84000.intro.5) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918~en-84000.intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.gathadvayadharani*bo-d918~en-84000.intro.4) · Pramāṇa