[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) › [Puṣpakūṭadhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani) › [འཕགས་པ་མེ་ཏོག་བརྩེགས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886) › [The Dharani “Heap of Flowers”](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886~en-84000) › intro.5 # འཕགས་པ་མ་ཏག་བརྩགས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.5 The Dhāraṇī “Heap of Flowers” intro.5 - **Language:** English ### [intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886~en-84000.intro.5) The Tibetan translation is recorded in the imperial catalogs¹ and we know of at least one fragment from the Dunhuang manuscript hoard, which was copied on the back of a Chinese scroll that contained a translation of the Diamond Sūtra (Vajra­cchedikā Prajñā­pāramitā).² In the Degé Kangyur, the text is included in both the Tantra section (Toh 516)³ and the Compendium of Dhāraṇīs (Toh 886).⁴ ⁵ The translators are not identified in these sources, but according to Butön Rinchen Drup (bu ston rin chen grub, 1290–1364), the dhāraṇī was translated by the well-known Tibetan scholar-monk, Yeshé Dé (ye shes sde).⁶ - [Previous: intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886~en-84000.intro.4) - [Next: intro.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886~en-84000.intro.6) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886~en-84000.intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.puspakutadharani*bo-d886~en-84000.intro.5) · Pramāṇa