འཕགས་པ་གྲགས་ལྡན་མའ་གཟངས intro.2

intro.2

The Yaśovatī Dhāraṇī is a collection of six dhāraṇīs that are recited to cure and protect oneself from various illnesses, avert the influence of demonic beings, and, in one case, to revive the recently deceased. The first five dhāraṇīs open with a verse of homage to the Three Jewels and the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, and the sixth begins with an homage to the Three Jewels, Avalokiteśvara, and the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi. The text does not include any introductory material concerning the occasion when it was first taught, the audience present for the teaching, or the individual who gave the teaching. It also contains no information on the identity of Yaśovatī (Tib. grags ldan ma), and it is not clear if this name refers to a goddess, to the dhāraṇī itself, or to both.