མཆད་པའ་སྤྲན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.3
The Dhāraṇī “Cloud of Offerings” intro.3
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Like many dhāraṇī texts, The Dhāraṇī “Cloud of Offerings” is found in the Degé Kangyur in both the Tantra section, where it is classed as an action tantra (bya rgyud, kriyātantra), and in the Compendium of Dhāraṇīs section. We are unaware of either an extant Sanskrit text or a Chinese translation of The Dhāraṇī “Cloud of Offerings”. None of the Kangyur recensions includes a translators’ colophon, but a text bearing the same title appears in both the Denkarma as well as the Phangthangma imperial catalogs, suggesting that some version of The Dhāraṇī “Cloud of Offerings” was translated into Tibetan and circulated in Tibet during the imperial period.¹ We cannot be sure, however, that the texts referenced in these catalogs match the present work.